John Power was the star turn as All-Ireland champions St Kieran's retained their Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling crown on Wednesday.

Power, the younger brother of Kilkenny senior ace Richie, helped himself to 2-6 as Kieran's claimed victory over Kilkenny rivals Castlecomer CS.

The Kilkenny dynasty was also in evidence with Diarmuid Cody, the son of Cats boss Brian, scoring his side's other goal at Nowlan Park.

The final scoreline may suggest a straightforward victory for the holders but they were pushed all the way by Castlecomer and only an unanswered burst of 2-1 in the final quarter smoothed their passage into the All-Ireland series.

St Kieran's College: S Johnson; L Hickey, W Phelan, R O'Hanrahan; C O'Neill, P O'Carroll, E Morrissey; P Butler, C O'Shea; J Power (2-6, 6 frees), A Cleere, C Buckley (0-1); J Nolan, M Brennan, D Cody (1-0). Subs: R Reid for Nolan (23), P Kennelly for A Cleere (48), T O'Hanrahan for Buckley (56), M Donnelly for Reid (57).

Castlecomer CS: D Breen; K Delaney, R Healy, N Callinan; R Kinsella, B Cahill, D Dunne; P Keating, D Moran; E Brennan, R Moran, C Dwyer (0-6, 5 frees); S Daly, B Brophy (0-1), L Maher Subs: A Carron for R Moran (inj) 40, E Bergin for B Brophy 45

Referee: P O'Dwyer (Carlow) Tweet

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