Clonmel Commercials needed late goals from Richie Gunne and Jamie Peters to land a 17th Tipperary Water county senior football championship title.

Tipperary football chairman Joe Hannigan, who claimed the county were aiming to win an All-Ireland senior title by 2020, has revealed the inspiration behind the goal.

Tipperary minor hurling manager Liam Cahill has given players the ultimatum of picking hurling or football this year but not both.

The Clonmel Commercials dressing room sings in perfect unison.

Dressing Rooms No 1 and No 2 are only feet apart at Mallow GAA’s stately Carrigoon complex, but the swing of a left foot yesterday daubed one in black and green despair, and turned the other into forever folk heroes in Tipperary.

Clonmel Commercials 1-13 St Joseph’s Miltown-Malbay 0-3, Clonmel

Clonmel Commercials are furious after a Tipperary county minor A hurling final involving two of their players was fixed for Saturday — a day before they face St Joseph’s Milltown-Malbay in the AIB Munster senior club football semi-final.

Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary) 0-12 Newcastle West (Limerick) 1-7: As Stephen Kelly’s long-range free sailed between the Clonmel posts 55 minutes into this Munster Club SFC quarter-final, the linesman turned to Commercials manager Charlie McGeever and remarked their race was run.

Charlie McGeever was adamant that the involvement of nine members of his football panel on the county’s minor hurling squad had no impact on yesterday’s 20-point final mauling.

It’s 33 years ago but Charlie McGeever still has vivid memories of the Gaelic football match he should never have played in.

Tipperary minor football manager Charlie McGeever believes his charges are in a much better position to tackle Kerry in Sunday’s Electric Ireland All-Ireland decider.

Liam Cahill hurled for three years as a Tipperary minor.

Several Tipperary clubs will play “more than once a week” to avoid a repeat of last year when the county were unable to compete in three Munster Club competitions.

There have been plenty of distractions for Charlie McGeever as the Tipperary manager plots and plans for tomorrow’s All-Ireland minor football semi-final against Kildare.

Jack O’Connor was understandably content with the outcome of the Munster MFC final but suggested Kerry will need to improve significantly for the All-Ireland series.

Tipperary 0-16 Clare 2-9: Brendan Martin shattered Clare’s dreams of a first Electric Ireland Munster Minor football final appearance in 21 years at Semple Stadium last night.

Charlie McGeever has backed Tipperary’s dual star Stephen Quirke to make his mark as a senior inter-county footballer in the years to come.

Job done for Tipperary at Semple Stadium last evening as Charlie McGeever’s hosts blew away Waterford 2-16 to 1-7 to book their place in the Electric Ireland Munster MFC semi-finals.

Tipperary 0-11 Cork 0-8

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