The stylists to dictate as hurling classic likely

I was chatting to Tom Moloughney during the week, a Tipperary hurling great of the 1960s.

Tom lined out at full-forward in the 1960 Oireachtas final between Tipperary and Cork, the last time the counties crossed swords in Croke Park. Tom recalled the savage intensity, the ferocious nature of the contest, as was always the case when the counties collided. His memories of the game were as clear as if it had been played in his back garden yesterday.

I said to him: “I hope you are given cause to remember Sunday’s game in years to come.”