Croker blast from the big guns

WHEN IS a five-point margin not a five-point margin?

If you wanted the difference between hurling and football crystallised then all the evidence needed was before you in Croke Park yesterday.

Ballyhale beat Portumna in the All-Ireland club hurling final by 1-19 to 0-17, while Kilmurry-Ibrickane showed their inexperience in the football equivalent as they were stifled by St Gall’s, 0-13 to 1-5.