Now back to the real business

Diarmuid O'Flynn

The All-Ireland semi-finals fill the championship horizon, with Wexford battling against Cork before Tipperary and Kilkenny step into the Croke Park ring tomorrow.

The latter three can rightly claim to be the marquee names in hurling, the podium finishers in the list of All-Ireland titles won, while Wexford are supplying the romantic interest, with every chance of upstaging the others.