Plenty of intrigue in Cork and Tipp clash

THE most significant thing for me about this year’s league is the high scoring.

Last Sunday, in the two biggest games of the day, we had 47 scores in Nowlan Park between Galway and Kilkenny while in Thurles, Tipperary and Waterford served up 38. There was more to play for in those games than anywhere else, yet we still had all that scoring. Is that a reflection of the quality of the forwards, or the lack of quality in the backs? Or is it a reflection that this league isn’t being taken very seriously, that we have yet to see any championship-type intensity in defence, with players willing to put their bodies on the line?

Either way, it’s been very entertaining and no-one can complain about lack of value.!