Eoin Sheahan

And it kind of encroached on the Ireland team huddle afterwards.

I think they were happy enough to rub salt in the Irish wounds.

I think it goes both ways here.

I think France don't like Ireland.

Yeah, it goes hand in hand.

It really feels like the championship begins this weekend because the sun has finally decided to...

To kind of sneak out and everybody will be a little bit more excited to actually go to games this weekend, particularly in Gaelic games.

And I suspect the tenancies might actually be up around the country.

It's a perfect time of the year as well, particularly on the hurling front where everything really matters at this stage.

We don't have the dreaded dead rubber for another few weeks in either of the two main provinces.

Yeah, it's going to be amazing.

And like, you just think of all the provincial grounds around the place from, say, Nolan Park tomorrow evening at half past six is the first thing I have up here in front of me.

Like Kilkenny on a sunny Saturday evening is a great place to be.

And you look at the Munster games, like Parkey Queeve and the sunshine on Sunday afternoon is going to be beautiful as well.

Assuming the sunshine does last until Sunday afternoon.

I'd be most looking forward to Cork versus Limerick but I think the most important storyline might actually be Waterford versus Tipperary because the loser of that game I think will be in a spot of bother.

I think Tipperary versus Clare later on in the round robin down in Munster is actually going to be

a shootout for qualification from this group.

I think Limerick and Cork possibly look like the two best teams in Munster, but neither of them are going to have a 100% record after this week, obviously, because they go up against one another.

It feels like a defining rivalry in modern hurling, Cork versus Limerick.