Saturday night fervour

Tipperary 3-10 Limerick 2-12

Ninety seconds, during which two sets of hurling warriors honoured the celebrated colours of their battledress - green and white on the attack, in search of the point that would give them the draw they so richly deserved, blue-and-gold defending with disciplined but absolute determination.

Ninety seconds, during which none of the 26,600 enraptured attendance can ever have been more energised, more electrified, in a performance where every single second carried the possibility of elimination, or advancement, in the championship.