Cork could learn one lesson from Kilkenny – be ruthless

The only bit of entertainment I got out of the two games this weekend was meeting the renowned Effin’ Eddie from YouTube fame in the middle of the field at Semple Stadium, writes Tony Considine.

For ten minutes he kept me laughing with yarns about hurling over the years. He was also giving out, however, about the game yesterday and the Tipperary one last week, using language and terminology that made him famous.

I wish I could use some of that language here now to describe the two games of the weekend, at Nowlan Park on Saturday evening and Thurles yesterday. It has to have been the worst weekend for hurling in a long time.