Brian Cody praised his Kilkenny side for showing patience in their Leinster SHC semi-final victory over Galway. The All-Ireland champions turned a five-point deficit into a five-point lead with a burst of 10 unanswered points in the final quarter to finally break the Tribesmen's resistance and set up a provincial final date with Dublin. "I didn't realise it was a 10-point run," a surprised Cody said afterwards. "That's fairly serious alright, scores of the highest quality, but I think it was more what we did when we were under pressure - we hung in there, didn't allow them away - they got five points of a lead but it never went beyond that. "Patience is vitally important because five points of a lead is nothing in hurling - eight, nine points is nothing in hurling really. You keep at it, you keep hurling and keep doing the basics well. "Both teams deserve tremendous credit because Galway were outstanding there. They were capable, they were serious, coming at us in waves. Our panel was tested in a big way - it was a brilliant win for us." Tweet

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