Zoning in on weaknesses

Both Clare and Waterford deserve massive credit for the effort and commitment on display in Thurles on Sunday.

Limerick’s team and management will receive some well deserved kudos for their display in putting it up to Tipp in Sunday’s Munster Championship, but as the days go on they will reflect on an opportunity lost.

The key areas that will decide tomorrow’s championship opener in Semple Stadium

In this year’s league Kilkenny used their A game against Tipperary in round one, against Galway in round 5 but crucially they didn’t use it in Cork for their round 4 encounter.

Three factors that could decide tomorrow’s Allianz Hurling League final

Two questions exercised the minds of Cork fans leading up to this game.

THE Queen of England herself got a glimpse of it and seemed genuinely impressed.

Eddie O’Sullivan, the former Irish rugby coach and now US Eagles coach, was fond of the phrase ‘ducks in a row’. Kilkenny had their ducks in a row as they ‘loaded up’ before this final.

I’VE long believed Anthony Daly is an astute tactician and it was no surprise they deployed an extra body around the middle to cut down space yesterday.