Kilkenny fell to a second Allianz League defeat when going down by three points (3-12 to 1-15) to Cork in a wet and windy UPMC Nowlan Park.
A late Eoin Cody goal gave optimism that the Cats could snatch a late victory, but the hosts could never turn the pendulum around.
Brian Hayes, Barry Walsh and Alan Walsh all added majors for the Rebels while Alan Connolly also missed a penalty with Aidan Tallis's stock going up as he produced a couple of big saves for Kilkenny.
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