Tigerish Thurles Sarsfields triumph in titanic battle

Thurles Sarsfields 1-18 Nenagh Éire Óg 3-11 (Tipperary SHC final): Thurles will wake up alongside a familiar bedfellow in the Dan Breen Cup this morning but boy did they cut this one fine.

Tigerish Thurles Sarsfields triumph in titanic battle

Nenagh Éire Óg never led the game after the second minute but twice they had the defending champions shaking. Nenagh looked all but goosed nine points down by the 20th minute yet had cut the gap to a single point by the 25th minute after a rapid 2-2 barrage.

Thurles again looked in control when three points up with seven minutes left only for Andrew Coffey to exploit an absent full-back line and find the net.

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