FEW THINGS ARE as important to GAA fans as the jersey that their team play in. While it doesn’t ultimately matter much, no fan wants to be from a county that wear truly ghastly strips. With the football league up and running and its hurling equivalent about to kick off, you will get to see all the new fashion statements being made by different counties.

This is what the Cats will be wearing this season. What do Kilkenny hurling traditionalists make of the new collar?

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So Kilkenny could potentially start the defence of their All-Ireland title without King Henry AND with a new collar. Even a manager as seasoned as Brian Cody will struggle to combat such seismic change.

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