Words reveal true depth of rivalry

Cork and Tipperary face each other in the All-Ireland semi-final on Sunday. Calm down, there are a few sleeps to go yet. To get you in the mood, we examine, in quotations, the relationship between the counties.

“To play Tipperary: outsiders will never understand, nor experience, the tremor in the blood that simple phrase brings on. Titles and trophies matter — and All Stars matter just a little — but where Cork stand vis-à-vis Tipperary is the only measure that really matters”.

— Kevin Cashman