Big ball cynics have turned me off big time

THE Mayo and Donegal supporters, bedecked in their county colours, streaming towards Croke Park for Sunday’s NFL division 1 final were met by an unusual sight — streams of supporters, also colour-bedecked, heading away from the same venue.

The All-Ireland colleges A hurling final was the first game in a Croke Park triple-header, started at 12.45, finished at about 2pm, was followed by the colleges A football final, with the NFL decider as the icing on the cake — this was the thinking, at any rate.

By 2pm, however, many of the hurling supporters of both Kilkenny CBS and De La Salle Waterford had seen enough, and they left in droves, headed south.