A saucy hurling feast not suiting everyone’s taste

There is nothing like the unknown, hurling wise, for sauce.

This weekend loads Leinster’s plate. Next weekend will do the same for Munster. Order of service is dictated by the week’s gap between provincial championship start.

Here is the relish of unknown. Championship hurling, courtesy of a round robin format, becomes as much about overall roster as individual result. Four matches in five weeks for all counties, with four matches in four weeks for Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford, transform the dynamic. There simply will be no time, between courses, to draw breath.