Hurling is not new to formidable and frightening sights but...

There is not a more formidable and frightening sight in hurling at the moment than that of the Limerick defence tossing the sliotar around to one another as they prowl forward

FORMIDABLE: Cian Lynch of Limerick in action against Noel McGrath of Tipperary during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 semi-final at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Maybe the quote is apocryphal. Maybe it was uttered by one of Ben Hogan’s victims during his 1950s pomp. Maybe it was the voicework of Hubert Green, third on -1 to Tom Watson (-12) and Jack Nicklaus (-11) as they duelled in the sun at Turnberry in 1977. Maybe a golfing hurler, or a hurling golfer, could help us out.

Anyway. “I won the tournament I was playing in.”