It's the week of Ireland-Wales Six Nations clash. And while much will be written and said in advance of the game, Tuesday's Morning Ireland sports bulletin went down a slightly different alley when raiding the RTÉ archives to feature an interview with Wales legend Gareth Edwards.
The chat was not about the oval ball, but rather a game played with a sliotar. Edwards, a three-time Grand Slam winner, was in Croke Park for the 1982 All-Ireland hurling final between Kilkenny and Cork.
After the final whistle, with the Cats crowned as champions, Michael Lyster, the then presenter of RTÉ Radio's Sunday Sport, got the views of the revered scrum-half as to the events on the Croke Park turf.
"How can you not enjoy a spectacle as we saw today," Edwards remarked on a final where Kilkenny ran out comfortable winners.
"Any sportsman can appreciate the standard of skill required in any other sport, whether it's completely different to his own sport or something similar.
"The one thing that was very apparent to me was that the game requires a tremendous amount of skill."
When asked whether he'd like to partake in a game of hurling with a camán in your hand, slashing it about, Edwards replied: "Well, I wouldn't like to be down there without one."
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