Inside Track with John McIntyre

Heading off to Pearse Stadum last Saturday evening as the clouds began to gather ominously, the suspicion was that the weather would take its toll on the senior hurling championship semi-final double bill, both in terms of entertainment and atmosphere.

And that’s how it turned out. For the penultimate stage of the championship felt flat as an occasion and the matches themselves didn’t really live up to expectations, not that it will matter a whit to the two teams who are still standing in the race for the Tom Callanan Cup.

The opening semi-final was less affected by the weather, but the game between Craughwell and St Thomas’ disappointingly fizzled out, a surprising scenario given that Ian Daniels’........

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