A bit of something for everyone

Yesterday in Páirc Uí Chaoimh was a bit like a child’s birthday party, when everyone goes home with a bit of cake at the end.

Some people get a bigger slice, of course. Tipperary got a win with 14 men and a place in the Munster final. Cork came looking for a performance, and they got it, but they were still devastated by a narrow loss.

The Munster Council, after the catastrophe of Thurles last weekend, got an attendance of 32,000 and change, good going in the current dispensation. And the hurling public got a close match to watch, which was something after the turkey shoots on Saturday night: goals disallowed, fine performances, red cards, a one-point game. A competition, in other words.