There is one route to atonement for Aidan Walsh

There is raking yourself over the coals and then there is what Aidan Walsh did to himself after last year’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final, writes By John Fogarty

Having been substituted midway through the second-half of that 10-point defeat to Tipperary, he unbuttoned his helmet and shook his bowed head, apologising to Jimmy Barry-Murphy as he crossed the whitewash.

He’s yet to watch back on the game.