Fogarty Forum: Cork and Tipp's dirty dozen

In the 2006 Munster final, Tipperary manager Babs Keating threw Cork goalkeeper Donal Óg Cusack's supply of sliotars into the terrace. Pic: Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE
The tempestuous start to their Munster SHC meeting in April would suggest otherwise but the early build-up to Sunday’s All-Ireland final is pretty much sweetness and light.
Save for a WhatsApp message doing the rounds in Tipperary with a well-known hostelry in Blackrock that will purportedly be open to regulars only on Monday next for a victorious homecoming, the counties have been like aristocrats admiring each other’s gowns and wondering with each other why it’s taken them 28 years to duel at this stage.