Plenty movers, but Tipp still the market leaders

HOW quickly the world can be turned on its head!

For the last two years it seemed like all of hurling was bemoaning the fact that the All-Ireland championship had become a two-horse race, that Kilkenny, with all its consecutive senior titles, all its continued dominance at underage, looked set to maintain its number one position, and that only Tipperary looked likely to contest.

Now, on the longest (if not the brightest) days of the summer of 2011, where are we?