Christy O'Connor: The numbers show Munster hurling stretching away from Leinster
Cork’s Ciaran Joyce breaks away from Kilkenny’s Walter Walsh in the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Semi-Final at Pairc Ui Chaoimh. INPHO/Ken Sutton
It’s never been in Ger Loughnane’s nature to hold back and not to tell it as it is. In his newspaper column on Monday, Loughnane described last Saturday’s Galway-Wexford clash like “a junior game compared to the two matches in Munster”.
The comments would have unquestionably caused a stir for anyone willing to take offence in both camps, and both counties. It was an isolated match. It’s still only mid-April. The weather was poor. The pitch was soft. The end-game was still laced with high-wire drama.
