Tighter defence the platform for Cork's surge down the stretch

I was on co-commentary duty with RTÉ yesterday for the game in Limerick, which the Treaty won impressively. As a result I had to make do with watching the Cork-Clare game on TV, writes Donal O’Grady.

This has its drawbacks but it also means that you can see incidents up close and view replays, an advantage denied to the ordinary patrons in the stand.

The best position of all, of course, is to be present at the game high up in the stand with a TV monitor. Then you can see the play as it develops and also view replays and close-up action that can be missed at times by the naked eye in the stand.