After what has seemed like an eternity we have had a really great weekend in the championship with more action than you would get on Super Tuesday in the US primaries.
I am a great fan of the qualifiers in both football and hurling when they are played on a sudden death basis and this weekend proved once again that when it really matter the best sides rise to the top.
The hurling championship looks like being the real deal after one good game and an absolute thriller at Thurles on Saturday.
The crowds were out in force too with almost a full house at Croke for the Leinster football final between Dublin and Wexford and Clones too was packed to the rafters for the Ulster final between Armagh and Fermanagh with the two sides having to do it again next weekend.
All this should silence the doomsayers about the drop in attendances in the earlier part of the season when the GAA public know there is a second chance.
When there really is something at stake the GAA people will come out, there is nothing like a hanging to focus people's attention and for many teams up and down the country this weekend's results have ended their county's interest in the championship for another year. But it was gripping stuff and it really is shaping up to one of the most open championships in years in both codes.
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