We need leaders with passion and an unwavering focus on the cause

The extent to which they will be leaders will be determined by that mix of passion, ego that isn’t selfserving, and fierce undivided loyalty to the project, writes Fergus Finlay

DID you see that incident in the hurling semi-final replay last Saturday? An innocuous enough thing, it was a side-line decision that went against Kilkenny. Late on in the game, one of the Kilkenny players shouldered his Waterford opponent off the pitch. Most people thought it was a line ball for Kilkenny, but the referee instead penalised the Kilkenny player, and suddenly Waterford had a free in. Just one incident in a game packed full of drama.

But Brian Cody, the Kilkenny manager, went mad. First he seemed to roar at the referee, and then he turned on the Waterford management. His face was purple, and I imagine the air was too (though I’m no lip reader).