Lads that was a great weekends hurling. This year's championship has been excellent so far.
The physicality is gone up several notches, it's obvious refs have been told to let things go. Some of the challenges is the Rockies Imokilly game and Glen Newton game were bone crunching. Ben O Connor for the Bars knocking Douglas lads around like skittles. Great stuff.
Ethan Twomey, Ben O Connor and Robbie Cotter were the 3 stand out performers for me all day. They were excellent. Others to impress were Mikey Kelly, Sean Desmond, Cillian O Donavan, Conor Cahalane, Brian Lawton.
Lads the championship has been of very good quality. It'll be very interesting see how the Cork champions fair in Munster this year. Should be better prepared given the increase in physicality.
Dissapointed to see Imokilly gone but I'd love to see a Barrs v Rockies final at this stage. Barrs are playing a wonderful brand of hurling so I'll probably root for them. Rockies physicality is box office too.
Plenty on show for Pat Ryan and co to be impressed with so far.