There was an interesting contrast in the opening league results of the teams who performed well in the main pre season tournaments, the Walsh cup and the Waterford Crystal.

Antrim won the Walsh cup and beat Kilkenny along the way so clearly hopes were high for a good league campaign, but what did they do only lose to Dublin by 7 points. All the good January displays were clearly worth nothing. They’re now likely to finish bottom of division 1A.
Offaly who were the beaten finalists in the Walsh cup got hammered by Tipperary, suffering the heaviest defeat of the division 1 teams.
So much for the Walsh cup!

However Tipperary who won the Waterford Crystal Tournament carried their impressive form through with that 2-25 to 2-8 win over Offaly. Liam Sheedy clearly has his team in good early shape and a keen battle for places under way.
Waterford were the beaten finalists and they lost out by a point to Wexford yesterday but that was still a good display given that they’re short a few regulars.

Seems that just like the championship there’s a big difference between the standard of fare in Munster and Leinster.

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