My team of the Hurling League after big two impress

The Allianz Hurling League concluded yesterday with a resurgent Kilkenny upsetting the odds against favourites Tipperary, writes Donal O’Grady.

It was fitting that these two sides contested the final, as they had finished first and second in Division 1A after the five regular rounds.

But some anomalies still exist in this competition. Some counties have three home games while others have only two. There is a relegation game for the fifth and sixth teams while the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth teams see quarter-final action.