Cork pack lethal counterpunch

Yesterday was tough, in more ways than one. I wasn’t in Thurles because I watched the game from the RTÉ studios in Montrose. It felt weird but, in another way, it was easier. 

I had no-one shouting in my ear. I was able to study the game closer. I had access to instant replays. And I didn’t have that bitter smell of defeat hanging in the air afterwards.

I watched the match with Michael Duignan, Des Cahill, Galway camogie player Anne-Marie Hayes, and Rory O’Neill, ‘The Sunday Game’ producer. Rory is a proud Cork man. It felt strange to be going to battle with him, but I still feel so privileged to have the opportunity to study and talk about hurling in the way I do.