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Kilkenny led 4-16 to 1-7 at half-time at Corrigan ParkKilkenny's fast start set up a 5-31 to 3-20 Leinster Hurling Championship win over Antrim at Corrigan Park.
Goals from Martin Keoghan and TJ Reid helped the Cats lead 2-2 to 0-1 after only four minutes and the margin was 4-16 to 1-7 by half-time.
Keoghan completed a hat-trick of goals before the interval with Keelan Molloy hitting Antrim's first-half goal.
Antrim improved after the break and Conor Johnston and Neil McManus netted before Reid notched his second goal.
After their lacklustre first-half efforts, the Saffrons did raise their intensity considerably in the second period with a change of tactics to a more direct method causing the Cats difficulty but it was damage limitation for the home side by that stage.
Veteran forward Neil McManus was forced off by a hamstring injury less than 10 minutes after scoring his goal and must be a huge doubt for Antrim's remaining Leinster round-robin games against Galway and Westmeath.
That was another injury blow for Antrim after centre half-back Eoghan Campbell was ruled out of the game by a leg injury and his presence was particularly missed in the first half as the Kilkenny attack ran riot.
More to follow.
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