Anthony Daly: Something special happening in Dublin hurling again, but this is Cork's time

Twelve years after I had Cork in an All-Ireland semi-final, Dublin's chance has arrived again

EXPERIENCE: Cork will expect to win. They have been here before on this stage whereas this is definitely a first for the Dubs. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

I may be emphasising my age here by saying that I’ve never played an Xbox or PlayStation, but the one time in my life that I felt as if I was playing virtual hurling in real time was the 2013 All-Ireland semi-final against Cork when I was the Dublin manager.

You can only ever do so much on the line but in my nine years as an inter-county manager, I never felt as much in charge of an evenly matched big game in terms of trying to tactically direct it to the way we had planned – because it was working exactly as how we had scripted it.