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Connacht's talented young scrumhalf Kieran Marmion won the Players' Player of the Year Award at the province's annual awards evening at the weekend.

Snow gone — turkey gone — Game on! That’s the message coming loud and clear from Foulkstown this week. This weekend sees a return to the Leinster League after the recent Arctic conditions and, of course, the Christmas revelries.

With only seven points separating Kilkenny from the top of the table, a win and a bonus point against Roscrea in Streamstown on Sunday was vital to reduce this gap and put a buffer zone between them and the bottom half of the table.

Kilkenny is to be awash with sumptuous food and wine this weekend with the commencement of the fourth annual Savour Kilkenny Food Festival, which is taking the city by storm.

Kilkenny’s first XV slipped down the league table after failing to take advantage of numerous opportunities, going down 24-3 to Clane on their travels last Sunday.

Kilkenny’s first victory of the season was tempered by the tragic loss of former player George Williams jr. The game commenced with a minute’s silence in memory of a well-liked and well respected individual.

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I think it’s fair to say that there has been a lot of doom and gloom over this past year due to the state of the nation’s economy. For many folk sport has become their one saving grace in these tough times. As weekends go the one just past you could say was just what the doctor had ordered.

I was strapping myself into the rowing machine up in the Ormonde Hotel gym last Friday night when I felt a sharp pain in my toe.