Promoted Kilkenny City, seeking to sign players to ensure Premier division survival next season, have instead lost two!

Brendan Rea and David Breen - both natives of Waterford - have left the Cats to sign for relegated Waterford United.

Rea was probably Kilkenny's outstanding player last season - and it was his goal that helped the Cats to their outstanding result: the third-round FAI Cup win over Cork City in Turners Cross.

Ironically, Kilkenny clinched their place in the Premier division by defeating Waterford in a two-legged play-off. That win - gained while Kilkenny manager Pat Byrne was under suspension - was masterminded by assistant manager Paul Power.