Enda McEvoy: What kind of tallies will a team have to be posting to win the Pandemic All-Ireland?

Jason Forde of Tipperary turns to celebrate after scoring his side's goal against Cork. Picture: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

Galway and Tipp at the business end of the championship. Got to be a one-point outcome, right? Perhaps even a no-point outcome.

It’s no slur on the contestants of Saturday’s second fixture to hold that although the winners will thereby be actual All-Ireland semi-finalists, the winners of the first match will not only be actual semi-finalists but also a clear and present danger to Limerick. In the same way, it’s no slur on Kilkenny to hold that were the Leinster final played another 10 times, Galway would win it at least five of those times.