PM O'Sullivan: Richie Hogan could whistle at mostly unknown frequencies

MAESTRO: Richie Hogan, Kilkenny, signing autographs for supporters at the Kilkenny press night ahead of 2009 GAA Hurling All-Ireland final. Picture: David Maher/SPORTSFILE

Go back 20 years, to the afternoon immediately before 2003’s Senior Final between Cork and Kilkenny.

Hurling is a set of intimacies, a mesh of obvious attractions and local hints. No one knows everything. Why? Because no one is from everywhere. Bloom always precedes blossom, if you know where to look.