The Midweek Game would give lesser lights chance to shine

When RTÉ began a GAA highlights programme 40 years ago, the title for it was as obvious as its choice of theme tune was inspired. Sunday was the only day a championship game could possibly be on and often there’d be only the one game on any given Sunday.

That inaugural The Sunday Game featured action from just a solitary game, the Munster hurling final from Thurles between Limerick and a Cork side pursuing a fourth consecutive All-Ireland title, with the late great Bill O’Herlihy co-presenting alongside Jim Carney.