Kilkenny manager Brian Dowling reflected on an All-Ireland camogie title won the hardest way possible.
Retirements, injuries, withdrawals, rank bad luck and a couple of tragedies all affected the group at different stages this year but somehow they navigated all those obstacles.
And if karma exists then it finally swung in Kilkenny’s favour as they came from two points down to topple Cork with a 58th-minute Sophie Dwyer goal followed by a stoppage-time Denise Gaule match-winning point.
