The resurgence of Cork hurling this summer has arguably been the story of the championship so far. Cork have endured somewhat of a barron spell ever since clinching the 2014 Munster championship. They went on to lose to Tipperary in emphatic fashion in that year’s All-Ireland semi-final and haven’t made it back to that stage of the championship until now. …
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Cork and Waterford take on one another this Sunday in a highly anticipated Munster semi-final. It is a game which will differ hugely from the classics of the 2000s. Here we select an All-Star XV of both sides from that great era. On Sunday the stars of the show are likely to be players such as Austin Gleeson and Conor …
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We at Pundit Arena have put together a team of the fifteen greatest Munster hurlers since the millennium. 1. Brendan Cummins Undoubtedly, Cummins has been the star goalkeeper in Munster since the millennium. Although competing against some of the greatest Munster goalkeepers of all time such as Donal Óg, Davy Fitzgerald and Anthony Nash, Cummins still edges it. With Tipperary, Brendan …
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‘Systems’ is the word that many feel is killing hurling as a spectacle at the moment. What is often classed as the greatest game in the world has been down right awful for the bones of two years now. One thing that is becoming less and less important is the role of the corner-forward. Watching the games yesterday really pointed …
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