Austin Gleeson: All-Ireland hurling quarter-finalists didn't get the respect they deserved

Gleeson doesn’t care for television schedules or RTÉ having the rights to football competitions and rugby finals without Irish interest. He knows what he knows. And he knows that hurling is not being looked after as it should.

MORE RESPECT: Austin Gleeson believes hurling is not being looked after as it should. Pic Credit: Ryan Byrne, Inpho.

Hurling needs a boost. Hurling needs respect.

Austin Gleeson was coming towards the end of his All-Ireland semi-final predictions - Kilkenny to pip Clare, again, and Limerick to have five or six to spare on Cork - when he remarked that the game requires a “boost” this weekend.