So, how has the hurling year been for you with the curtain having been drawn on the round-robin series of the provincial stage of the competition?
Would it be fair to suggest that the fare on offer in both provinces did not contain the drama and nerve-jangling excitement of past campaigns?
In fact, some might be of the opinion that it has been overshadowed by the goings on with the big ball game with the new rules contributing largely to that viewpoint.
We await the two provincial hurling finals and those two games may well have us gasping for breath again at their conclusion, in keeping, particularly in Munster, with previous deciders.
Three of the four provincial football finals were certainly cracking games, the exception, not…