Waterford to win, Cork for a speedy resurrection

Munster SHC semi-final: Cork v Waterford, 4pm ... This isn’t a hurling championship. This is an extended episode of Game of Thrones.

There is blood. There is gore. There are twists and turns. There is regicide aplenty: the King in the South lost his head last month, the King in the East lost his last week. The old Young King in the Midwest, having trusted his command to two new generals, has rediscovered his lust for combat.

In keeping with the TV series there are even boobs (the standard of full-back play, Kilkenny’s gameplan – or lack thereof – against Wexford) and at least one dragon (fill in the punchline to this yourself). Right now the incumbent sits uneasily on the Iron Throne and the pretenders are massing at the gates.