National Hurling League 2023 Discussion

I think Cork were a much better preparation for this game than Westmeath were. Clare still looked in preseason mode.

Most important thing for Limerick is how fluid we were. None of the sloppy mistakes that were a huge problem last year and last week.

Cian Lynch back is huge. The man is absolute magic and I don't think there was ever a better player for being able to make the sliotar stick to the hurley like it's got a magnet. Apt I suppose as Mackey and uncle Ciaran were both famous for it.

Not sure how that would work in practice but why does a League medal have to be as important as an All-Ireland medal to matter? Just because it's not doesn't mean that a pundit dismissing it makes interesting television. You could hear that in any pub you'd venture into.

The true scoreline was probably the one around 55/60 mins.

Great games tonight from the new Kilmallock lads up forward.

Interesting metric that. It makes last year's League final (albeit from two success-starved counties) "more important" than Kilkenny and Wexford's championship game which got nowhere near filling Nowlan Park.

Maybe so. (Some might differ on the basis that the result was the difference between Dublin or Wexford qualifying for the All Ireland series which matters to some counties.)

But if it was more important then why is a League medal dismissed by a pundit on television when as you suggest it's far more meaningful than qualifying from your province in the championship? If it has that importance then why not just acknowledge that. No need for the cute hoorism surely.

I suppose in every sport there is a pecking order of competitions. That's just the nature of it. No idea why. Financial reward is probably a factor.

But sponsors are interested in the League. I just wondered how long they would continue to see value in it when someone such as Daly diminishes it on television (while happy to be paid to be pundit talking and writing about it mind you).

No doubt sponsors probably look at it differently and think in terms of brand recognition rather than the quality of the competition per se but it must make sponsors wonder in straitened financial times.