Should Tipperary start John ‘Bubbles’ O’Dwyer?

John Doyle, not long before he passed away in December 2010, made an intriguing remark about 21st-century hurling.

As with most arresting statements, it took the form of a contrast. He claimed that Kilkenny, as of the 2000s, had started to hurl like Tipperary operated in the 1950s and 60s. The counties’ fierce rivalry left such alteration, as Doyle implied, the startling side of notable.

Whatever its decade, this sort of achievement is always a splice, implacable power forging opportunities for the increments of finesse. The spokeshave finishes axe work, same as John Doyle sent clearances to Jimmy Doyle in 1964, same as Jackie Tyrrell sent clearances to Richie Power in 2009.