PM O’Sullivan: Can the stubborn Nore erode swelling Cork confidence?

Proximity alone does not guarantee intimacy. Long proximity is required. As Cork and Kilkenny bear out.

Patrick Horgan of Cork in action against Huw Lawlor of Kilkenny during the 2019 All-Ireland quarter-final. Picture: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Most serious hurling games, especially when a really close contest is anticipated, fold weather within climate.

The wind blows and the wind lowers but is always the wind. There are immediate coordinates, the present season’s formlines, and there are memories of battles past, psychological dynamics that grandfathers and great grandfathers alike experienced. This statement is honest exaggeration.