Brian Cody-Henry Shefflin handshake tension 'sad to see' - Eddie Brennan

It was probably the most dramatic moment of what had been a fairly underwhelming Saturday evening at Croke Park.

The build-up, aka the Leinster hurling final, was over and The Handshake Part 2 was upon us.

All eyes were on Kilkenny Brian Cody and his former-player-turned-Galway-manager Henry Shefflin following their tense post-match grip in Salthill last month.

This time, the final whistle blew, Kilkenny secured a third provincial title in a row and... nothing.

Cody wandered onto the field to congratulate this players, looking particularly delighted, while Shefflin stayed standing in the same spot on the sideline.

Several minutes passed before Henry eventually made a move towards Cody in the centre of the field and there was a brief handshake and few words. In the immediate aftermath, the Ballyhale man didn't appear too impressed at having to seek out his long-time bainisteoir.

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Eddie Brennan, who won eight All-Ireland titles alongside both men, felt it was a chance lost to direct the focus elsewhere.

"It was a glorious opportunity there to kill the whole story and my only view on it is that it's just a disappointing thing to see," he told RTÉ Sport, at the launch of Guinness 0.0's new GAA campaign.

"I'm not privvy to all the information to make an informed assessment of it, because I don't know what's gone on, but I just think, from a Kilkenny perspective, if there's a hand-shake there, straight after the final whistle, I think it puts it to bed, kills the whole episode. Whereas now, it's