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Christy O'Connor Talking Points: Tipp and Waterford already dangling close to the precipice

Conor Cahalane’s long journey to this point while Roscommon are never more reliant on Murtagh and Smith.
Christy O'Connor Talking Points: Tipp and Waterford already dangling close to the precipice

NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE: Waterford's Mark Fitzgerald and Tipperary's Ronan Maher in attendance for the Munster GAA Senior Hurling and Football Championship launch. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile.

Fine margins. Huge risk. Massive reward. Three months before Clare and Cork stood on the edge of utopia ahead of the 2024 All-Ireland final, both sides were perilously dangling over a completely different kind of an edge – a cliff face with a deadly drop beneath them.

On this exact weekend two years ago, Clare and Cork were fully aware of where the cliff edge was. Lose and the summer was hanging on the precipice just seven days into their championship season.

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