Michael Moynihan: Is the hook about to go the way of the overhead pull?

When Aaron Gillane won the ball very near the Tipp goal and wound up for a shot on goal — Sean O’Brien of Tipp got his hurley in

Aaron Gillane of Limerick dries his hurley before scoring his side's second goal from a penalty during the win over Tipp. He showed great improvisation for the first Limerick goal - kicking past Brian Hogan. Picture: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

Interesting chat last week with someone close to the hurling scene.

(Note to self, I must root that old, possibly apocryphal, guide to puzzling out political sources that circulated a few years back. ‘Well placed’ = Minister, ‘Highly placed’ = senior Minister, ‘Close to’ = anyone from the man in the chipper to the Taoiseach himself).