There are some All-Ireland finals that were they played another nine times would produce a myriad of different outcomes.

Wexford 1-23 Galway 0-23: Well, the revolution isn’t just being televised. It’s being snapped and shared and streamed so much by the people of Wexford, that every advance being made by the county hurlers is being captured for posterity as it’s happening.

It is a mild pity that match previews do not include an insight into the thought processes which led yer man — never yer woman, of course — to his verdict.

Padraig Joyce is as hungry as ever to get a third All-Ireland medal, writes Mark Gallagher.