At last a format worthy of the All-Ireland hurling championship

It’s a shame it’s not in place for this year, this weekend. Picture it – and with weather like this, it’s so easy to picture it.

The sun-kissed streets and terraces of Ennis heaving, with All-Ireland champions Tipperary being in town.

Davy and his charges in the cauldron that is Wexford Park, chomping for a crack at Galway to see if there really is something different about Galway this year.