Big three to dominate hurling legends team

CLARE, Kilkenny and Cork are expected to command the biggest representation on the Guinness 'Hurling Legends' team which is to be announced tonight.

Over the last two months fans have had the opportunity to vote for their favourite players through a variety of means and, to the sponsors' delight, over 13,000 people responded.

"There's been a massive response," says Maire Scully of Wilson Hartnell Public Relations, the firm which handles the Guinness account. "We were initially looking at a figure of about 5,000, but according as the championship went on the votes starting coming in on the days immediately following the games. And there was a late surge in the 24 hours following the All-Ireland final.''