Hurling thunder and lightning: And a storm’s on the way

Forked and playful as the lightning, crested as the serpent. Hazlitt wasn’t talking about the weekend’s All-Ireland semi-finals, though he might as well have been. 

After the ferocity of the combat on Saturday night in Thurles, a couple of flashes of genius yesterday in Croke Park set up a traditional All-Ireland final: Kilkenny versus Tipperary.

“I thought it was a great contest,” said Tipp boss Michael Ryan.