Sport’s tussle to control the narrative

Are we now the best little country in the world at rejecting a narrative? Bursting bubbles might be the true people’s game.

You could feel the pressure build through last weekend, as the superlatives piled up for the two hurling semi-finals. A storm was brewing.

As early as the moment Peter Duggan pulled out that miracle point for Clare in the second half of the first semi — that supreme feat of power and skill, like a juggler strayed into a strongman competition — it was clear last Monday’s The Gamedocumentary on RTÉ had to be postponed.