Maurice Brosnan's hurling observations: The sweeper won’t become fashionable. But it will rear its head again

An All-Ireland final loss is one of those blows that gets worse with repeat deliverance. Familiarity doesn’t dull the sting. It sharpens it. 

The very first time, there might be some comfort in simply having arrived. Every defeat after that is a different form of torture.

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