Tipperary defender Michael Cahill was forced to retire with a hamstring injury 34 minutes into his club Thurles Sarsfields 1-19 to 1-16 victory over Upperchurch-Drombane in the Mid Tipperary SHC quarter-final.

Declan Browne won’t forget his first taste of inter-county management following the Tipperary U21 footballers extra-time defeat to Limerick in Wednesday’s Munster quarter-final at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.

With 19 victories, famed Cork hurling nursery North Monastery trail only St Flannan’s College on the Dr Harty Cup roll of honour.