I’ve been going back over the records and I make it that Cork and Waterford have met 11 times in the championship since 2000.

A big thank-you again to Mark Fletcher, Ger, Francie and the Roscrea mafia who kept our appointment in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

I took two things from Thurles on Saturday.

Never mind all the other action today and tomorrow, this is the real big game of the weekend and it has a real story behind it in Tony Browne.

Given all the bad weather this week, I wonder are there a few nervous people in the GAA today about the three games in Thurles?

Who would, or could, have predicted this result?

I have some advice for Anthony Daly this Monday morning.

I’ve heard comparisons are being made between Kilkenny and the All Blacks.

Cork and Clare meet in the Munster senior football final on Sunday in the Gaelic Grounds, a huge day for both counties, but their hurlers are also in action this weekend, Clare meeting Dublin in Ennis, Cork meeting Offaly in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Even before the ball was thrown in yesterday I learned again what the Munster championship is all about, the old traditions still alive.