The Ciotóg Side: Tipperary need elbow grease as much as polish against Cork

Here come the hurlers of Cork and Tipperary, peering around the curtain, all but tiptoeing into the limelight.

Remember them? Diffidence is neither county’s way. But this weekend’s Munster quarter-finalists have been lodged in silage grass.

The build-up, even by recent standards, fell flat. This week a former Tipperary star queried whether Sunday’s contest is worth winning. You can see his point. Calendar Munster champions have not won the Senior All-Ireland since 2005.