Michael Duignan reckons Kilkenny won't win another All-Ireland under Brian Cody.

Cody is the most successful hurling manager of all-time with 11 All-Ireland titles to his credit, but Duignan is predicting he won't scale those heights again without an established full back and centre back.

"One of the main reasons Galway didn't win an All-Ireland for 29 years was a failure to lock down numbers three and six. Waterford go with an extra defender because they don't fully trust their defence," the former Offaly star wrote in the Irish Daily Mail on Sunday.

"When Kilkenny started winning under Cody, Noel Hickey was a rock at full back. Then JJ Delaney. At six you had the likes of Peter Barry and Brian Hogan.

"When Tipperary came along in 2016 and won the All-Ireland again, Ronan Maher was a big piece of the jigsaw. Same with Gearóid McInerney last summer for Galway and All Star full-back Daithí Burke.

"I just don't see the fairytale ending, that he'll do that and go on and win the All-Ireland."

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