Clare’s Shane O’Donnell believes newly appointed managers Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor will be a perfect fit for Clare hurling, insisting “they work brilliantly together and as good as you can get.”

And then there were four. Mayo and Dublin join Tipperary and Kerry in this year’s All-Ireland football semi-finals. No money won for predicting three of them, and no money gambled on the fourth.

Barry Cahill spent enough time with Rory Gallagher on the Old Navan Road during the 2000s to know he has something planned for Dublin on Saturday.

Cork 4-21 Tipperary 2-28