Conor O'Mahony says he has "huge respect" for Kilkenny.

O'Mahony's Tipperary face the Black & Amber in the national hurling league final at Nowlan Park on Sunday and the Newport man knows just how tough a challenge it's going to be:

"Kilkenny are always going to be at the business end of the year but it's a great challenge for our team, our squad and management, going down to Nowlan Park," the Tipp centre back says in The Irish Examiner.

"I think our lads are around long enough. It's a great opportunity, a great challenge and we'd love to get a result down in Kilkenny.

"There's a national league there to be won. I think maybe Eoin [Kelly], Larry [Corbett] and Brendan Cummins have two, a few have one but the majority of lads don't have any. So, it would be great for everybody to pick up a league medal.

"Kilkenny are always going to be there. They're fantastic hurlers. They've been the best hurlers in the country for the last number of years. They're a great team and they're going to be still there in another three or four years' time.

"We're not looking on them any different than we did three or four years ago. We have huge respect for them." Tweet

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