To whoever loses, in advance, you have sympathies. And for all who get on that team bus, my respect, whether you’re a thirty-something with the head down or a mad young buck jumping off sea rocks that morning.

When it comes to war, Kilkenny are never far away and we can guarantee they'll let Limerick know they are nearby for every minute Sunday

There are a lot of players in that Cork changing room who have been held at the mercy of this Limerick team in Croke Park, the Gaelic Grounds and in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

There’s a better balance to the Cork team at the moment. It’s just a case of marrying the hurling with that level of work ethic required to be at the top table

A heartening opening weekend for Tipperary but I’d imagine there were no claps on the back from Liam Cahill, rather a case of 'job done, and I need more'

I want to try describing the feeling and lack of control when you walk into the tunnels of Croke Park fourteen points down and chasing.

I know you’re thinking 'where was that performance in the final, Cadogan?!'. But semi-finals are all about one thing...

Robbie O'Flynn’s hand pass, Shane Kingston bundling Padraic Mannion over the end line in the final minutes but no 65 and Daithi Burke's questionable collision on Seamus Harnedy late on were all decisive moments in such a tight All-Ireland quarter-final

Without being disingenuous to any team in Leinster, few could disagree that it’s played differently to Munster hurling.

With a red-hot Waterford out of the championship, a Cork team unrecognisable from what we saw in the early stages and a Clare side we assumed were too reliant on one player now preparing for Sunday's final, it's been a bonkers Munster Championship