Irish Examiner view: All set for a mesmerising 48 hours of sport

Tipperary and Cork supporters will gather in Croke Park on Sunday for a clash of the titans in the All-Ireland senior hurling championship final. File picture: Eddie O'Hare
Anyone suffering from bloat after watching soccer’s Club World Cup and its mind-boggling closing ceremony can return to reality this weekend with today and tomorrow competing to become, in the words of that old Andy Williams/Johnny Mathis standard, “the most wonderful time of the year”.
This morning the British & Irish Lions — with more than half the players from Ireland — will line up against the Wallabies at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium in Queensland.