Kilkenny and Clare should hold sway

What’s all the fuss about over this Sky contract? Are people for real? Surely if you’re selling something – and that’s what the GAA were doing here with their broadcasting rights – you want the best deal you can.

Is there any game like Tipperary v Cork to get people talking?

This is a big weekend in the Allianz Hurling League but I have a problem with it.

I fancied one of the Division 1A games would be a draw this week and I was right, with Clare and Galway finishing all square in Ennis.

Credit where it is due, I think the GAA have got this league format right.

Before I go into the two teams, I want to talk about the referee yesterday, Barry Kelly.

A good game at Semple Stadium yesterday, a good win for Clare but what I found most surprising is it seemed that the Clare support outnumbered Tipperary. Why was that? It comes down to confidence.

I want to give a bit of advice here to Davy Fitzgerald, if he’ll take it.

Compliments today to those who prepared Cusack Park for yesterday’s game — I don’t know how it was done but on Friday, even on Saturday, I couldn’t see how this game could be played.