Nenagh Éire Óg 2-18 Thurles Sarsfields 2-15

Ballygunner came out on top in this epic Munster club SHC quarter-final at Walsh Park after extra time.

Padraic Maher is one of the best hurlers in the country at the moment and has the medal haul to prove it.

Tipperary senior hurling manager Declan Ryan has cut seven players from an extended squad ahead of next Saturday’s Waterford Crystal Cup quarter-final against UL — including 2010 All-Ireland winner Pat Kerwick.

THURLES SARSFIELDS stayed on course for a third successive Tipperary SHC title, seeing off the challenge of Loughmore-Castleiney by 3-17 to 2-16 in a thrilling quarter-final at Semple Stadium on Saturday.

COUNTY star Seamus Callanan capped a sensational display with the winning score from a 90m injury time free to give Drom-Inch a 2-16 to 1-18 over Burgess in Saturday’s Tipperary SHC fourth round tie at Templemore.

THERE were two close calls but no upsets in the weekend’s Tipperary senior hurling championship.

TIPPERARY champions Thurles Sarsfields put their poor divisional form behind them as they hammered Knockavilla Kickhams 6-21 to 1-12 in the first round of the county senior hurling championship at The Ragg.

Tipperary manager Declan Ryan has made one change to his team for Sunday's Munster SHC final against Waterford.

THE early stages of yesterday’s Munster SHC semi-final were defined by the power and pace of Clare’s hurling as they raced ahead on the scoreboard.

THE first question I have to ask this morning: Where was this Clare performance all year?

Tipperary 4-19 Clare 1-19

WHEN Tipperary selector Michael Gleeson walked into the senior dressing-room for the first time, there were a plethora of familiar faces.

TWO-TIME All-Star Paul Kelly has been dropped from Tipperary’s senior hurling panel.

WHAT a difference two weeks makes. A couple of Sundays ago, in the semi-final, the Tipperary champions put their bodies on the line, gave everything possible to get the win over Kilmallock, in Kilmallock.

De La Salle (Waterford) 0-9 Thurles Sarsfields (Tipp) 0-8

De La Salle (Waterford) 0-9 Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) 0-8

THE most striking difference between Thurles Sars and De La Salle is the number of county titles won — Sars have 31 in Tipperary and are top of the class, De La Salle have only two in Waterford.

THURLES SARS retained their Tipperary senior hurling title in dull and damp Semple Stadium yesterday, capping off a superb year for their four Tipperary All-Ireland-winning stars, but only after a testing final few minutes against a young Clonoulty-Rossmore side that will surely come again.

TIPPERARY GAA chiefs look set to investigate ugly scenes that developed after this Premier County SHC semi-final at Semple Stadium yesterday.

ALL the excitement of the All-Ireland final put to bed, it’s back to serious club business in Kilkenny and Tipperary this weekend, the senior club championships in both counties at quarter-final stage with one exception.

TWELVE months after last meeting at this juncture, UCC and Waterford IT cross paths in this afternoon’s Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final at the Clanna Gael Fontenoy GAA Club, Ringsend, in Dublin.

CHAMPIONS WIT face a critical encounter at home to DIT this afternoon, in one of three Fitzgibbon Cup ties down for decision.

In a repeat of last year's Munster SHC decider, Cork and Tipperary will contest next Sunday's Waterford Crystal Cup final after wins in the competition this afternoon.

Kilkenny 1-11 Tipperary 0-11

Kilkenny 2-14 Tipperary 2-14

Tipperary 3-11 Cork 0-13

Thurles Sarsfields 1-17 Drom-Inch 0-15