Seconds out, round two. After last Sunday’s rumbustious draw, never has boxing parlance been more appropriate. So what can we expect this evening? More of the same? Here are 10 pointers:

Things will only get better. Fear not, Kerry fans — this is not some hollow hushabye as you contemplate your longest stretch without an All-Ireland title since the 11-year famine ended in 1997.

There are times when the cliché is correct.

‘And in the blue corner, weighing in at…’

Legendary Clare goalkeeper Davy Fitzgerald has reportedly announced his retirement from senior inter-county hurling, two months before the Banner's Munster championship clash with Waterford.