Savour every second of the summer wine

At last, the long wait is over. As soon as last year’s championship ended, the pining for the electricity and excitement which super-charged all hurling people, and genuine sports lovers everywhere, had almost begun again. This season seemed like a lifetime away last August but now that the winter and spring and the tedious wait has passed, the championship has almost arrived in a blink.

We spent so long hankering for these days that, now that they’re here, we almost want to press pause at various stages so that we can savour every second of the summer.