The night the hurling world tilts on its axis

Tomorrow evening’s Leinster semi-final could end up an axis tilt, writes PM O’Sullivan.

Most hurling results retain precious little implication. Not tomorrow. What happens between Wexford and Kilkenny will be relentlessly analysed. If Kilkenny lose, this championship gets hailed as the most open one in 20 years.

The spotlight is on Wexford’s resurgence. Last year, Davy Fitzgerald arrived as manager. Fitzgerald always brings certain virtues, organisation and its cognates, and he led them to promotion from Division 1B. Along the way, Wexford beat Kilkenny by five points in their NHL quarter final, convincing winners even in Nowlan Park.