Championship Preview: Heaven scent

Walk into a cobbler’s shop and the fragrance overwhelms your entire being. It’s impossible not to drink it in, and soak it up. Just like the Championship.

THE text message from the Irish Examiner sports desk wanted to know if I would compose an article for their supplement detailing what the Championship smells like.

Most journalists I know would run a mile from such an abstract exercise in self indulgence. Not I. The idea held an instant appeal. I signed up immediately.