THERE USED to be a joke that after the apocalypse there’d only be cockroaches left to roam the earth. To that category we can now safely add: ‘and inter-county hurlers’. They’re a hardy bunch, aren’t they?
Galway’s epic victory has finally kickstarted the season – let us only hope that the final lives up to the same degree of intensity, and that Galway are able to bring their A game for two matches in a row. Their win doesn’t quite bring them ahead of Tipperary in our rankings – largely because of the narrow margin of victory – but that hardly matters when they’ll still be hurling in September.
| 1 | Kilkenny | 2242 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tipperary | 2090 | |
| 3 | Galway | 2077 | |
| 4 | Waterford | 1977 | |
| 5 | Cork | 1910 | |
| 6 | Dublin | 1853 | |
| 7 | Limerick | 1833 | |
| 8 | Clare | 1810 | |
| 9 | Wexford | 1683 | |
| 10 | Kerry | 1534 |
A full list of ratings and rankings for every county is available on the first tab of our giant hurling ratings spreadsheet.