A weekend that confirmed hurling's worrying chasm 

With football having another summer of shock, awe, and further shock, there was additional onus across All-Ireland quarter-final weekend to produce something - anything - that kept pace and relevance.

Cork's Mark Coleman bids to disrupt Adam Screeney's flow in the All-Ireland SHC quarter-final in Thurles. Pic: Tom O'Hanlon/Inpho

All-Ireland SHC quarter-final: Cork 6-25 Offaly 2-11 

Cork surely won’t mind if we prioritise an overarching view of a disastrous weekend for hurling. They might even thank us for temporarily taking the spotlight off their rambunctious last-stop-before-Croker statement.