Tipperary vision oils execution and selflessness pulls the trigger

Re-engaging with a team recently met is one of hurling’s hardest tasks. Familiarity breeds apprehension, a mixture of knowledge and fear. Foreknowledge of a challenge tightens margins of error. The other team, especially if defeated in the earlier outing, appreciates exactly what is required for reversal of this result.

You could think of the dark interpretation given to Vera Lynn’s ‘We’ll Meet Again’, of a mafioso in the dock whistling this tune as one of their number turns state’s evidence. Championship knockout offers Sicilian revenge.