Brian Cody says Kilkenny have hurlers "who haven't been seen yet who will be top players".

The Black & Amber were comprehensively beaten in Sunday's All-Ireland final but their record-breaking manager insists the result does not mark the end of an era:

"Does that mean there are no hurlers coming through? It doesn't mean that at all, there's some very good hurlers coming through," the legendary Cats boss told The Irish Independent.

"That's the challenge that's there for those players to be developed. And there are players on our panel who haven't been seen yet who will be top players, and quickly. You can be rest assured of that.

"There's been a huge change in our team over a number of years, over a short number of years even, and there's no sense of saying 'we should be winning this thing'. It's a struggle.

"It's a challenge all the time, to be competitive, and we've been competitive again this year and we were competitive on Sunday as much as we were able to be against a very good team that ran out convincing winners."

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