Tipperary to level the ‘series’

Well, it’s that time of the year again, early September, the fourth meeting in four years of Tipperary and Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final, Tipperary trying to square the series at two-all.

What do you mean it’s not the All-Ireland final? And it’s not September either? Well I’ll be…

It’s already been quite a year on the hurling front hasn’t it? Munster provided great games, Tipp retaining their title, but Leinster, well, Leinster provided the great shock. Kilkenny beaten, only their second loss inside their province in the Cody era (that’s since 1999, for those of you living in another planet, and they had also won in ’98), Wexford catching them with a late sucker-punch in the 2004 semi-final.