‘Cork may need a Hail Mary day’
MICHAEL WALSH (MW): Hurling is a real way of life in Kilkenny; in Cork there’s hurling, football, soccer, rugby – you name it, there’s everything. There’s some of that in Kilkenny as well but hurling is a religion. In Nowlan Park last night there was at least 3,000 people for the training session, and they were doing nothing only tapping the ball over and back across the field. And they come from every corner of the county. This team has really pulled people together in the county – people down from Kilmacow, up from Johnstown and Galmoy. It’s ridiculous – all age groups, male and female. If they win on Sunday it will be bedlam for the final. The difference between Cork and Kilkenny is that Kilkenny is purely and simply a hurling county.
DO’F: You’re totally immersed in it?
