It can be easy to lose sight of the numbers, but those in Kilkenny could reel them off.
When Brian Cody took over the managerial hotseat, Kilkenny trailed Cork (27) at the top of the All-Ireland senior hurling championship roll of honour by two titles.
Now, with 36 under their belt, they are half a dozen clear of the Rebels.
Cody has won more Liam MacCarthys as manager than reigning champions Limerick have won in their history.
If you add in his three medals as a player, Cody’s haul of 14 is more than Wexford, Galway and Waterford combined.
His record could remain unbroken for some time, but as the gap from the last victory approaches seven years, the question for some is whether he is maximising the talent at his disposal.
A look at the starting XV from their last title in 2015 demonstrates just how many big hitters have departed the scene. By then, Tommy Walsh, JJ Delaney and Henry Shefflin were no longer in action, while Paul Murphy, Michael Fennelly, Eoin Larkin and Richie Power were crucial to the 1-22 to 1-18 win over Galway.
Twice since the Cats have been blitzed in deciders by Tipperary, yet for all the turnover in personnel, they have claimed the last two Leinster titles and were only edged out of a place in the All-Ireland final after extra-time against Cork.
The reliance on TJ Reid - pictured above - continues but he played no part in a league campaign that ended at the penultimate stage, again at the hands of the Rebels, with the other defeat coming against Tipperary.
Still, Mikey Butler has taken to inter-county hurling as smoothly as you like, Padraig Walsh has been something of a revelation at centre-forward and despite defeat to Cork last time out, the inside line of Billy Ryan, Martin Keoghan, and Alan Murphy plundered 2-06 from play.
Throw in Huw Lawlor at full-back, plus the return of Reid and 2019 Young Hurler of the Year Adrian Mullen, where exactly do they stand heading into their championship opener against Westmeath?
"When they played Tipperary I would have been concerned for them, but since that day they have changed 33% of their team and with TJ and Adrian Mullen to come back as well, they will probably have changed 50% of their team, so that’s a lot of bodies," former Limerick hurler Shane Dowling said at the RTÉ GAA Championship coverage launch.
"They have a couple of new players found and I absolutely think they’ll get out of Leinster.
"I wouldn’t have thought that a couple of months ago, but they impressed me a lot in their recent games.
"From what I’ve seen in the last couple of games, Kilkenny are playing as good as they can be and they will probably improve coming into the championship."
And what of Cody himself? What will the 67-year-old be looking to achieve for 2022?
"He probably doesn’t listen to too much outside noise," says Ursula Jacob. "That’s just Brian. He's very much focused on getting his team ready for this weekend.
"He’ll be happy to have won Leinster the past couple of years, even if they haven’t pushed on in the All-Ireland.
"There are question marks around Kilkenny, but they were there or thereabouts against Cork and are still a formidable side."
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