Had Brian Cody not mentioned the word “criminal” his interview the day after last year’s All-Ireland final replay would still have been attention-grabbing.
It wasn’t just Barry Kelly he took aim at but the perception that Clare and Cork the year before had somehow transformed the game of hurling.
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