Summer scorefest likely as vital art of defending appears lost

Is there any game like Tipperary v Cork to get people talking?

Summer scorefest likely  as  vital  art of defending appears lost

It will happen again after this one, massive entertainment, but my God where was the marking? I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything like it, fellas in acres of space, time and leisure to pot their points, create their goals.

If this is a sign of things to come in the summer — and I know I’ve predicted this before — we’re going to see a 50-point game. And I don’t mean 50 points between two teams, I mean a team scoring 50 points.

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