Tipperary history-makers Loughmore-Castleiney will be honoured with the Bord Gáis Energy Munster GAA Club of the Year award on Saturday, December 7, at Killarney’s Malton Hotel.

Loughmore/Castleiney chase an unique piece of history in tomorrow’s Tipperary SFC final with Aherlow Gaels at Semple Stadium.

The tributes to the absent Eddie Connolly flowed thick and fast.

TIPPERARY SHC Final

Drom-Inch 2-26 Loughmore-Castleiney 1-21 (AET)

The clash of the champions in the Mid Tipperary senior hurling championship semi-final ended in stalemate at Templetuohy yesterday as county champions Drom-Inch, courtesy of a pointed free by Johnny Ryan with the last puck of extra-time, forced a 2-21 each draw with Loughmore-Castleiney, the divisional champions, in a thrilling contest.

Cork seek a fourth successive intermediate win over Tipperary when they clash in the curtain-raiser at Páirc Uí Chaoimh tomorrow (2pm).

A LACK of fear between counties has maintained the quality of the Munster championship, according to Tipperary captain Eoin Kelly.

Tipperary manager Declan Ryan and his Wexford counterpart Colm Bonnar have finalised their teams for tomorrow's Allianz Hurling League Division 1 tie at Semple Stadium (throw-in 2.30pm).

THE final round of games in the two top divisions of the Allianz Hurling League this weekend and plenty still to play for.

IT’S A big weekend on the Allianz Hurling League front. In the first division especially, six teams are still in with a chance of making the final and all involved in games against each other, while the remaining two teams – Wexford and Offaly – meet in what will probably be the relegation decider.

TIPPERARY captain Eoin Kelly will shake hands with US President Barack Obama on St Patrick’s Day despite sustaining an horrific compound fracture to one of his fingers last Sunday.

CORK’S team for the short trip east to Dungarvan to play Waterford on Sunday shows three changes to the side that started in last weekend’s win over Galway.

Loughmore-Castleiney became the eighth Tipperary club to win the Munster Senior Club Hurling championship following their 1-6 to 0-7 win over Clare champions Tulla yesterday afternoon.