Which is more of an outlier: Clare’s Limerick meltdown or Tipperary’s best half of hurling since last year’s final?
We could be looking at the All-Ireland champions ending their defence in mid-May. In Thurles on Saturday evening, Tipperary will face up to Clare, their predecessors as champions and as early fallers – if that’s the fate awaiting Liam Cahill’s team.
Clare were onlookers a year ago when that happened and at least Tipp will get to decide the issue on the pitch.
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