In the 24 years since Cork last won the league, seven of the other hurling counties have done so. Truth be told, most of them didn’t set out with any more or less intent to lift the bit of tin than Cork did most years. And yet there they were at the end of it all, hoisting the Dr Croke Cup above their shoulders and heading into the summer with their tails up.
Cork, not so much. Galway and Kilkenny shared last year’s pla …

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