Anthony Daly: Cork will be itching to shove doubts down our throats

Sunday against Tipp is another chance for Cork to prove they are the real deal.

Ultimately, Cork's draw with Clare may prove to be the right result for the Rebels. Their hype train has definitely slowed. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

After such a long build-up, after all the pining for it all to start, after craving the oxygen and sunshine of the Munster Championship as badly as a crowd of people locked into a dark shed for months, it now feels like we’re waiting for it to begin all over again.

Now that we’ve got a taste for it, the craving is crazier than ever. The Munster Championship has started in a blaze and the inferno has still left scorches everywhere. Four of the five teams have a point on the board – with Waterford still to play – but draws are nothing results in many ways. For a start, they do nothing for you on the head-to-head rule, which increases the pressure on teams around scoring difference.