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Cian Kenny in possession for Kilkenny. Leah Scholes/INPHO
Cats got the cream
Kilkenny crush Galway by 12 points in Leinster hurling championship opener
Adrian Mullen, Eoin Cody and Martin Keoghan all supplied the goals for Kilkenny.
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Kilkenny 3-24
Galway 0-21
KILKENNY CRUISED TO an opening Leinster hurling round robin victory over Galway in UPMC Nowlan Park with very little resistance from the Connacht side.
Goals from Adrian Mullen, Eoin Cody and Martin Keoghan helped the Cats to a 12-point win in front of a crowd of 8,243 at Nowlan Park.
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