KERRY captain Bernie Breen secured a replay for her team as the Kingdom and Tyrone fought out an epic stalemate at Ballymahon, Co Longford, on Saturday.
The Magners League returned this weekend, a competition that traditionally has been good to the Irish provinces and, more specifically, Leinster and Munster.
THUS far, but no further. The gods beckoned Kilkenny towards immortality's door only to change their minds and issue an exclusion order to a team that seemed destined to become the first to win the All-Ireland five-in-a-row in either hurling or football.
Out of the autumn gauze came new champions then, history's press too much even for Kilkenny. The world has turned on its head since Tipperary last stood top of hurling's pile.
