Trump card needed for Cork V Waterford endgame

This intro was written during the week rather than yesterday afternoon, and not for the sake of having one already baked in the event that yer man in North Korea decided to rain fire and fury down on top of the one world leader who has taken to making him look vaguely sane.

It was written in order to avoid fixating on the case of Tadhg de Búrca, an inoffensive young man who’s unlikely to rain down fire and fury on anyone but who was caught bang to rights at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last month.

While Waterford’s prospects tomorrow were always going to be healthier with de Búrca on the field rather than in the stand, to get worked up about his presence or absence was to risk concentrating on the frame and ignoring the painting.