Joe Malloy

He knows the scene.

And here in studio at Crow Park yesterday, Conor McKeown, very welcome.

Hi, Joe.

And of course, at Clonus yesterday, Ronan Mullen.

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So the provincial championships, the weight around the neck of the GAA season.

And suddenly, Roscommon, full house at the Hyde, an extraordinary occasion.

Kerry, of course, won well against Cork, but nonetheless, 32,000 people deemed it fit to turn up in the sunshine and we had the tradition and the colour.

And then yesterday, two finals which went to extra time, more than a novel winner in Westmead.

And then the Armathings, very interesting, given their recent spate of Ulster final defeats.

So, what are we saying about the provincial championships that, you know, in the conversations...

Around January time when it's cold and we're talking about structures and all that kind of stuff, we bemoan the original sin, which is the provincial structure.

Yeah.

Not a bad crowd.

Yeah, and it felt that way, I must say.

Some emails just before we get into the particulars of the game.