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A Limerick supporter celebrates during his team's draw with Tipperary
Colm Keys
When referee Martin McNally throws in the ball to commence Saturday’s All-Ireland group one qualifier between Louth and Cork in Navan, the biggest football championship ever will have officially passed the halfway stage. What! But it hasn’t really started, has it?
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