AND THEN THERE were four.
Kilkenny and Tipperary had already booked All-Ireland semi-final places as provincial champions with Waterford and Galway joining them at the last four stage at the weekend.
Kilkenny and Tipperary are both bidding to reach a final for the second successive year.
Indeed if that duo progress, it’ll be the fifth time in seven years that pairing have contested the All-Ireland senior hurling final.
Galway will be hoping to get back to the decider for the first time since 2012 and their wait for the Liam MacCarthy Cup stretches back to 1988.
Waterford have to go back further as their last triumph to 1959 while their most recent final appearance came in 2008.
But who do you now think will be celebrating in September?
Let us know.
Modern crowds are eejits. Social media age is to blame, same as the darts a few weeks ago :-/
@John Kelly: 100% John !!! Whip the phone out and take a picture for the Gram. Mo Salah scored one the best goals I’ve ever seen against Man City and few weeks ago and you just see lads scrambling for their phone for a picture instead of just enjoying the euphoria of a goal (there’s nothing like it) I was at the CL final in Moscow in 2008 and seeing John Terry slip on his arse was my defyning moment as a football fan. I remember it perfectly and I wasn’t reaching for my phone and losing the moment in the process becauseit wasn’t a thing back then. People don’t enjoy things anymore , Emirates Stadium in London is the absolute worst for it Its all about image and what there social media “Friends” will think. Its Sad !!
One of the most infuriating sounds
@Stephen Keane: haven’t seen any of the tennis, but is this a new thing or have crowds been at it in previous tournaments? Don’t remember hearing/reading anything about it before.
@Joe Kennedy: I haven’t been watching it either. Just meant that it’s a pretty annoying sound in general.