Brian Cody and Henry Shefflin captured their personal 'Deichima' - assuming that Real Madrid's La Decima can be translated into Gaeilge.

The 2-17 to 2-14 win over Tipperary was enough to bring the Liam McCarthy Cup back to Kilkenny for the first time since 2012.

There wasn't room to swing a cat around Croker on Saturday, but the Cats of hurling found the space needed to do the damage.

But how did they do it?

Oisin Langan got the thoughts of GAA writer Christy O'Connor, who explained how and why "the game was played on Kilkenny's terms". 

You can also hear the post-match reactions of Kilkenny's Shefflin and Kieran Joyce and Tipp manager Eamon O'Shea and Noel McGrath via the Monday Rewind podcast:

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