The Ciotóg Side: Are Waterford and Wexford, through lack of economy, beating themselves in the long run?

The week in it, Leaving Cert week, emboldens thoughts about hurling and lessons learned.

Same as students all over Ireland, teams are now beyond the reach of improvement. Preparation time has come and gone. Ready or not, here come the attempts at answering entirely new questions, the prospect of being done and frosted and in the freezer by early June. Ready or not, your time might be up until after the New Year.

How avoid mention of officialdom’s low marks after last weekend’s action? Reaction got dominated by disbelief at the certainty with which Tipperary, chasing Waterford, were awarded a second goal when the Hubble Telescope might not have sufficed for clarity on the matter.