Brian Hogan has dismissed suggestions that the standard of club hurling in Kilkenny has dropped in recent times.

The former All-Ireland winning centre back was speaking to local community radio station CRKC after his O’Loughlin Gaels charges opened their Kilkenny SHL title defence with a comfortable victory over Lisdowney last weekend.

“It was thrown at us last year when we won matches by larger margins that we weren't tested, which is nonsense, you're always tested in Kilkenny,” he maintained.

“It's not going to be fluid (after the first match), there's going to be loads of mistakes. It's a platform to build from. You kinda don't really know where you're at until you have that first competitive game.

“This is the first time we've had the full squad together and even now we've gotten a couple of injuries as well, so it does take a bit of time for the lads I suppose to reintegrate into the group.”

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