The All-Ireland hurling final weekend has always been one of the stand out events in the Irish sporting calendar and last Sunday's thriller between Munster rivals Clare and Cork will go down as one of the best finals ever.
From start to finish, the game had absolutely everything and but for a wrong decision by referee Johnny Murphy not to award Cork a free for a jersey pull in the last seconds of the game, we would very much be looking forward to a replay back at Croke Park on Saturday week.
Most people felt it was very harsh to ask the players to play extra-time when the sides finished level after 70 minutes and surely the GAA would in hindsight rather have had another big game to look forward to, instead of deciding to try and get the game finished on Sunday.
After such a pulsating championship overall, it really must be strange for all our hurling mad counties to have to wait again until next January at the earliest to see more inter-county action.
The split-season model........

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