Cats ready for the big stage
On Saturday, it is the long-awaited clash of two big-punching heavyweights when Leinster and All-Ireland champions Kilkenny face down the Dublin challenge in Portlaoise, while less than 24 hours later, Munster champions and beaten All-Ireland finalists Tipperary will be trying to hold off fast-charging Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh,
Yet for all that, they’ve both long been flagged, the two games are coming in slightly under the radar, very little publicity for the last few weeks as Euro 2012 and Ireland’s rugby team’s tour of New Zealand have taken pride of place. Last weekend, we had the heroics of Graeme McDowell and Pádraig Harrington in the US Open also demanding coverage and elbowing even these two upcoming great games aside for another day.
