Peer behind the tactical curtain for further education. Cian Lynch, as regards style, is part of an intriguing minority group in the most beautiful game. Left-handed to write, he grips left hand on top and is right side orientated for frees and sideline cuts. Plenty of accomplished exponents operate in the same style

Proximity alone does not guarantee intimacy. Long proximity is required. As Cork and Kilkenny bear out.

Not for fading, these Cork Rebels, not the boys of 2021

Both Galway vs Waterford and Clare-Cork obliged. There were plenty of wobbles and no end of bobbles. Melodrama came home to Thurles and Limerick

What changed in the third quarter’s astonishing reversal and what are the main lessons to take forward?

Dublin or Kilkenny making the All-Ireland Final now looks a live prospect

Not enough is remarked on top hurlers’ technique. The Ballyea native possesses a distinct style.

Hurling lies in the dock, various ways. For becoming tedious, most of all. My phone is littered with such messages. ‘Isn’t hurling gone awful boring?’ ‘Who’d want to go and see that?’

Most of the current players are known to be frustrated about the lack of pre-match analysis and consequent difficulties when an alternative plan is required for stretches of a game

This year, so trying and difficult, will be remembered for pivoting on a reduction.