Anthony Daly: Enough of an opening day bite to keep the spring tasty

You just never know what you’re going to get from Cork whereas you can be guaranteed that Kilkenny will always show up

BITE: Match referee Paul Faloon keeps a close eye as players jostle. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Even though I wasn’t in Cusack Park yesterday, I was still trying to picture what it was like there, almost trying to sample the atmosphere remotely.

You’ll see enough on the TV but you’ll still never get any sense of just how raw and real it actually is.