Men against boys in Thurles

Iarnrod Eireann announced last week there were special services running to and from Thurles for the eagerly awaited Allianz League decider.

By 6pm yesterday Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s men must have felt like they had fallen under one of the locomotives as Kilkenny steamed out of town with another trophy in hand.

At least though we saw one good game and well done to the Cork camogie team that overcame Wexford to win the first National League title on offer in Thurles yesterday. The two best Cork hurlers I saw yesterday were wing back Briege Corkery and midfielder Gemma O’Connor in midfield. How the men could have done with two players of their intensity and skill when the faced Kilkenny.