GOALS were the difference in this meeting of neighbours in the Tipperary SHC quarter-final at Semple Stadium yesterday, the two second-half three-pointers by Mid-Tipp champions Drom & Inch enough to ease them onto a semi-final meeting with reigning champions Toomevara next Sunday at the same venue.

2001 All-Star Eddie Enright has earned a recall to the Tipperary hurling panel after a year out of inter-county action.

THE Tipperary Senior hurling team to play Limerick in tonight’s Munster SHC replay shows three changes from the drawn match.

Tipperary 2-14 Limerick 2-14

TOOMEVARA’S rising young star Francis Devaney will make his Munster senior hurling championship debut for Tipperary in Sunday’s first round clash with Limerick at Semple Stadium, but there is no place for former skipper Tomas Dunne.

Tipperary boss Ken Hogan has postponed naming his side to face Galway in the National Hurling League on Sunday until later in the week.

IN a surprise move, the Cork selectors have named Pat Mulcahy at centre-forward on the team to meet Clare in the second phase of the Allianz NHL at Cusack Park on Sunday.

CORK go in search of the first leg of a possible double when they take on Tipperary in the All-Ireland Vocational SHC final at Thurles tomorrow (1.45 p.m.).

LESS than a month ago, three of hurling’s traditional strongholds seemed to be in crisis.

Tipperary host Wexford in Division 1B of the National Hurling League today and boss Ken Hogan has made three changes to the side that defeated Limerick last time out.

TIPPERARY’S hurling management team know exactly what is required to re-invigorate the county’s fortunes.

Tipperary boss Ken Hogan has made three changes to the side that defeated Limerick in the last round for Sunday's National League visit of Wexford to Semple Stadium.

THE Limerick County Board last night appointed an interim manager following the departure of Padjoe Whelahan.

Defender Martin Maher returns for Tipperary for a challenge next Sunday against All-Ireland finalists Kilkenny at Semple Stadium.

THOSE who devised the All-Ireland qualifier system must be licking their lips and clapping themselves on the back today.

The Tipperary Senior Hurling team to play Waterford in Thurles on Sunday at 3:30pm shows one change from the side which started against Galway.

TIPPERARY have made four changes from the side which lost to Clare for their crunch Allianz NHL tie with Galway at Semple Stadium, Thurles, on Sunday.

CHAMPIONS Waterford IT are at full strength for this afternoon’s glamour clash with UL in the Datapac Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final at Ballygunner (1.45pm).

WHILE last Sunday’s senior All-Ireland hurling loss to Kilkenny will still be weighing heavily on the minds of most of the Tipperary lads, the period of mourning lasted all of 24 hours for ace corner-forward Eoin Kelly.

IT was 3-17 to 2-7, Cork against Wexford, and 3-18 to 0-15, Kilkenny over Tipperary, what can you say?

GRAEME DUNLEA aged 18 from Killorglin, Co Kerry, won the fifth Irish News of the World Young Irish Golfers Challenge at Luttrellstown’s par 72 course yesterday.

Tipperary 2-14, Cork 0-17 (after extra-time)

Tipperary 2-16, Offaly 2-11

JOHN QUANE is unlikely to be in the starting 15 when the Limerick selectors sit down tomorrow night to pick their team for Sunday’s Munster SFC final against Kerry.

Tipperary's dismal showing against Clare in the Munster senior hurling championship is reflected in the thinking of the managment team for Saturday's All-Ireland qualifier against Laois at Portlaois.

FORMER Kilkenny All-Ireland winning captain Denis Byrne has been handed the number 14 jersey on the Tipperary team for Saturday’s qualifier against Laois in Portlaoise.

NOEL MORRIS, who broke his leg in the autumn, returns at midfield in to the Tipperary team for the first time since last year’s championship for Sunday’s glamour Allianz National Hurling League tie with Kilkenny at Nowlan Park.

Tipperary make five changes for the NHL clash against Kilkenny on Sunday.

OUTSTANDING full-back Philip Maher, who missed last weekend’s victory over Limerick because of ‘flu, returns to the Tipperary team for Sunday’s clash with Wexford in the Allianz NHL at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

Colin Morrissey makes his debut for Tipperary in their NHL tie with Wexford at Nenagh on Sunday.

DESPITE the comprehensive win nature of their side’s victory over Offaly in the opening round, the Tipperary selectors have made six changes for next Saturday’s meeting with Munster rivals Limerick in the Allianz NHL at Thurles.

Tipperary field a much changed team for Saturday's NHL clash with Limerick at Thurles from the side which defeated Offaly in the first round.

Tipperary senior hurling stars Eoin Kelly, John O'Brien and Lar Corbett are included in the Under-21 team to play Limerick in tomorrow's Munster final replay at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

TIPPERARY have made three changes from the drawn game for tomorrow night’s Munster Under-21 HC final replay with Limerick in Thurles.

Tipperary have named four members of the senior hurling side in the u-21 hurling team to play Waterford tomorrow night in Semple Stadium.