Brendan Cummins: Keeper of the flame

Tipperary goalkeeper Brendan Cummins has made his peace after his exit from inter-county hurling, so much so he’s been able to step back in the goals

Listening to Brendan Cummins, it strikes you that much of his mentality could pass for that of an old high-wire artist called Karl Wallinda.

“Being on the tightrope,” the guy once said before falling to his death at 73, “is living. Everything else is just waiting.”