’We didn’t execute well enough but we battled very hard’

A championship hurling pitch is a frenzied cauldron, one where actions last milliseconds and thoughts can be turned on their heads just as quickly.

The aftermath is little different.

Anthony Daly walked through the halls underneath Semple Stadium’s stands yesterday evening, chaperoned around from the opposing dressing-room to his own and into the hands of broadcasters and writers eager to talk.