Keaney lights up foggy Croker

FOR 35 minutes, the few thousand who bothered to come to Croke Park to see the Dublin hurlers take on Tipperary in round two of the Allianz Hurling League on Saturday evening were left frustrated, disappointed.

Not, however, because of any lack of effort or display by the home team, but rather because of the cold and dense fog that swept in over the floodlit stadium just before the first whistle, and hung around for the whole of that half, reducing visibility to the point where following the flight of the ball was impossible in the stands.

A pity, because from what we could make out through the mist, Dublin were actually playing extremely well, went toe-to-toe with the All-Ireland champions, and in a match of real quality deservedly led at the break, 1-10 to 1-9.