“Ye’re roaring there about two All-Irelands in 80 years,” he said to me. “Teddy Mac won two in a fortnight". Well now, Cork could win three All-Irelands in five days.

As hurling people, the pride was bursting out of every one of us — even Kilkenny people, I’m sure — when you witness that gladiatorial excellence at Croke Park

I’m loving this championship but I don’t think it’s totally fair considering how stacked things are in favour of the provincial champions

There is really something building in Cork, while Tipperary now need to rebuild

Anthony Daly gives his verdict on Tipperary v Waterford and Cork v Dublin

Cork have always had an abundance of talent but now that they are finding players with the right mix of skill and character, the last two Cork U20 teams have turned into a real force

This Cork team definitely look to be different. That was obvious from their manic workrate and high tackle count throughout the game

Clare have momentum. The players are in good form but it’s difficult to know how much last Saturday’s game will have taken out of them ahead of their qualifier against Cork.

The only game I could really recall like it was Leinster’s incredible turnaround against Northampton in the 2011 Heineken Cup final

I was sitting at a desk in front of a TV monitor deep in the bowels of Croke Park on Saturday afternoon when Ray McManus, the renowned Sportfile photographer, was suddenly standing nearby.