1. Callanan coming of age

August 19, 2012. July 5, 2014. Seminal dates in Tipperary hurling.

Munster 2-14 Leinster 4-15

Hurling superstar Lar Corbett and his new wife jet off to Rome today on honeymoon.

Senior Tipperary players expect former coach Eamon O’Shea will be named their new hurling manager.

Watching Kilkenny disembowel Tipperary in the second-half yesterday, a quote from acclaimed TV series The Wire sprang to mind.

Between 1991 and 2006 Cork held Tipperary in check in senior hurling, with the Premier County forced to play second fiddle when the two sides met.

I WOULD say the first half, even the first 60 minutes of the game, will be very, very tight.

THE silence around Kilkenny right now is golden.

FORMER manager Len Gaynor has urged Tipperary officials to be patient as the search continues for Liam Sheedy’s successor as senior hurling manager.

Test your hurley and wind up for a good one. The explosion in scores from sideline cuts intrigued MICHAEL MOYNIHAN so he placed the sliotar carefully and invited a few experts to have a go

THE MUNSTER final on Sunday comes with extra razzmatazz, given the 125th anniversary celebrations of the GAA.

THE TWO games I saw this weekend – Tullamore on Saturday and Tipperary against Clare in Limerick yesterday – have restored my faith in hurling.

BEFORE we get into any details, I want to address something here in general terms, namely the lack of buzz around the championship this year.

Cork’s internal strife won’t affect Tipperary’s mindset tonight, writes Diarmuid O’Flynn.

LIAM SHEEDY couldn’t help but raise a quizzical eyebrow when John McIntyre described Tipperary as the second-best team in the country at the launch of the NHL earlier this week, but the man from Portroe wasn’t just being coy.

KILKENNY will be short ten of their All-Ireland winning squad for their opening Allianz NHL game against Galway at Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

IT WAS one of the good days in the Gaelic Grounds yesterday, a day to enjoy.

EAMONN CORCORAN could have sidestepped the question, but that wouldn’t be his style.

NOT a red card in sight. Instead, a cracking contest in the Gaelic Grounds yesterday, played in the fine spirit which embellishes the game of hurling when showcased at its best and, by general consensus, the Allianz National League title was won by the best team on the day.

Waterford 0-14 Tipperary 1-16

Galway 0-16 Tipperary 0-16

Tipperary's senior hurlers believe they could be in danger of facing a Wexford backlash after the Yellowbellies poor performance in the 2007 Leinster SHC final.

With injuries clearing, Tipperary manager Babs Keating has been able to name an unchanged team for Sunday's second Munster SHC semi-final replay against Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds, throw-in 3.30pm.

Tipperary are monitoring the fitness of wing back Eamonn Corcoran and midfielder Shane McGrath ahead of Sunday's second Munster SHC semi-final replay against Limerick (Gaelic Grounds, throw-in 3.30pm).

Limerick 1-24 Tipperary 2-21, Semple Stadium (aet)

Despite his unavailability until the summer, John O'Brien has been chosen by county champions Toomevara to captain the Tipperary senior hurlers in 2007.

IN A welcome change, there was not an awful lot to disagree with in the recent All-Star hurling selection.

The 2006 selections for the Waterford Crystal-sponsored Munster Hurling and Football All-Stars have predictably been dominated by Cork, the reigning provincial champions in both codes.

Waterford 1-22 Tipperary 3-13

THIRTEEN years on from the All-Ireland semi-final of 1993, when they failed to Galway after storming through Munster, Babs Keating returns to Croke Park as manager of the Tipperary hurling team.

Toomevara attacker Francis Devanney has been drafted into the Tipperary side for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Waterford at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

JIMMY DOYLE was the last Thurles Sarsfields man to captain Tipperary into a Munster final, back in 1965 and how Ger O’Grady would love to see that gap bridged with a similar result on Sunday.

PEOPLE can talk all they like about Ring, Mackey, Doyle, about Tull Considine and Philly Grimes, all the great ghosts of hurling past, but be in no doubt about this; yesterday in Semple Stadium we witnessed one of the greatest ever individual displays in the long history of the Munster championship.

Tipperary manager Babs Keating has made wholesale changes to his side for Sunday's NHL Division One quarter-final tussle with Offaly (Semple Stadium, throw-in 2.15pm).

Tipperary manager Babs Keating has chopped and changed his side for next Sunday's NHL Division 1B game with Laois.

2005 All-Star nominee Micheal Webster has returned from injury to take his place in a much-changed Tipperary team for Sunday's NHL Division 1B trip to Antrim (Cushendall, throw-in 2.00pm).

Tipperary manager Babs Keating has made three changes to his side for Sunday's mouth-watering NHL Division 1B clash with champions Kilkenny (Thurles, throw-in 2.30pm).