Another giant stride on Waterford’s evolutionary road

The listings in the current edition of the RTÉ Guide announce that 3.30pm is “throw up” time in Thurles tomorrow. Two thoughts occur.

First, good sub-editors really have become an endangered species. Second, the error could turn out to be a Freudian slip. As this game comes with a clear government health warning attached, we’ll start by sketching the worst-case scenario. Just in case.

It’s as stark and unedifying as you imagine it to be. One manager, or both, decides to be clever with June 5 in mind. One team, or both, fail to seize the bull by the horns as comprehensively as they did last Sunday week. One team, or both, opt to play on the counter. Both sides being paranoid about the prospect of getting overloaded in the first two thirds of the field, chaos ensues between the two 45s.