If Cork let it become a battle, Cats will come daubed in war paint

Dónal Óg Cusack had already begun changing the game with short puckouts in 2003 and 2004 but Damien Fitzhenry’s puckout masterclass against Kilkenny in the 2004 Leinster semi-final was still a keynote moment in hurling’s expanding tactical revolution.

Fitzhenry was hitting moving targets into space, picking out runners in cleverly manufactured pockets, and into long and mid-range zones. It all seems so innocent now but it was radical back then. Moreover, it was one of the main reasons that Wexford stopped Kilkenny from winning seven successive Leinster titles for the first time in their history.