Beware of the wounded this weekend

I was working for RTÉ Radio 1 on the evening that Tipperary annihilated Galway in the 2010 All-Ireland U21 final.

Thurles was like a carnival. The hurling Tipp played that evening was sensational. Five of that team had started the previous week’s senior final, when Tipp had stopped Kilkenny’s bid for five in a row.

The future didn’t just look bright for Tipp that evening. The future looked set to belong to Tipperary.