The heat is on as Cork have thrown open championship

If Galway progress in a business-like manner, it will augur well for more than a Leinster semi-final, writes PM O’Sullivan.

Less than a week into summer hurling and championship mercury heads for the hills.

Cork’s stunning victory over Tipperary wrenched the summer out of likelihood and into possibility — out of Centigrade into Fahrenheit, if you like. Yes, so much of one equates to so much of the other. But we murder to dissect. Does the latter usage not better frame memorable occasions?