Cherish, not castigate, our precious duals

One weekend. One lousy weekend. That was enough for the dual player haters to point their guns towards these men of brilliant dexterity and shoot.

Their pistols had been cocked long ago but when it all came tumbling down upon the code breakers on Saturday and Sunday, they fired. Incessantly.

It was high noon on the online social forums but this was a duel Cork’s dual players could not win. Aidan Walsh, clearly not fit for most of the Munster final after picking up a first-half injury, was riddled. Eoin Cadogan, who only returned to county action last month, was maimed. Damien Cahalane, playing his first competitive game for Cork’s footballers since April, was wounded.