County SHC champions, Drom-Inch had a comfortable 0-21 to 0-12 win over Burgess in the third round at Dolla yesterday.

History informs the future.

The Tipperary senior hurling team to play Kilkenny in Sunday’s All Ireland SHC semi-final is unchanged from the team which started the Munster final against Waterford.

County U21 star Justin Cahill gave a man-of-the-match performance as Kilruane MacDonaghs defeated Knockavilla Kickhams 1-20 to 0-16 in the delayed Tipperary SHC first round clash at Templetuohy last night.

A big thank-you again to Mark Fletcher, Ger, Francie and the Roscrea mafia who kept our appointment in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

Tipperary 2-17 Waterford 0-16

Lar Corbett will make his first competitive start of the season for Tipperary when they bid to retain their Munster SHC title against Waterford on Sunday.

Tipperary senior hurling manager Declan Ryan is monitoring the fitness of defenders Michael Cahill and Thomas Stapleton as well as forward Pa Bourke ahead of the Munster SHC final showdown against Waterford on Sunday week.

As expected, Meath full-back Kevin Reilly has been ruled out of Sunday’s Leinster semi-final against Kildare.

What is it about red-haired Tipperary right-half-backs and playing with a smile on your face?

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has made six changes from the team that lost to Kilkenny in the Allianz League final ahead of Sunday's Munster SHC semi-final against Tipperary.

The key areas that will decide tomorrow’s championship opener in Semple Stadium

Donagh Maher will start for Tipperary against Limerick on Sunday, making his Championship bow barely four months after he first played senior hurling for the county.

Last Saturday at the Emirates, when Theo Walcott twanged his hammer against Chelsea, he simply walked off the pitch, ignoring the football at his feet.

Cork hurling captain Donal Óg Cusack will miss the rest of the 2012 season after suffering a serious Achilles injury in yesterday's Allianz League semi-final against Tipperary.

If you wanted to see hurling played at its most precise, with massive skill and accuracy, fantastic scores, then Thurles yesterday was the place to be.

A whopping 48 scores in thisfrenetic final round Division 1A Allianz Hurling League game in sunny Semple Stadium yesterday, Cork’s Patrick Horgan with a superb grab and smashing point in the second minute of injury-time earning his side a fully deserved share of the spoils after they had trailed by four entering the final 10 minutes.

They’ll be on opposite teams and opposite sides of the pitch in Semple Stadium on Sunday in the final round of this year’s Allianz Hurling League, but John O’Brien (Tipp) and Cathal Naughton (Cork) were all comradely smiles in the most unlikely setting of Mitchelstown Caves yesterday as they posed for a few publicity pictures.

Anthony Daly admitted he is likely to field a weakened Dublin team in next Sunday’s last round Division 1A game against Waterford in Dungarvan.

Stephen McDonnell and Eoin Cadogan have been brought back into the Cork defence by manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy for Sunday’s Division 1A hurling league tie against Kilkenny in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, as his team attempts to bounce back from last Sunday’s defeat to Galway.

Tipperary 0-31 Waterford 2-15

THEY are surrounded by more illustrious names in Tipperary but Templederry Kenyons GAA club are punching at heavyweight level this week.

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

CORK hurling boss Denis Walsh last night handed out three full championship debuts for Sunday’s Munster quarter-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium.

NICHOLAS MURPHY returns to the Cork team for Saturday’s NFL game against Tyrone in Omagh.

Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy has named an unchanged team for tomorrow night's refixed Allianz NHL Division 1 clash with defending champions Kilkenny in Thurles (throw-in 8pm).

Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy has named a team featuring no NHL debutants for tomorrow night's Division 1 opener against Kilkenny at Semple Stadium (throw-in 7.30pm).

WITH ace forward Eoin Kelly passed fit following a back injury, Tipperary have named nine of the side that started against Kilkenny in last season’s All-Ireland final for tomorrow night’s opening Allianz NHL game against the champions under lights at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

AFTER an enthralling 90-minute saga, Tipperary eventually edged past Cork in last night’s Bord Gáis Energy Munster U21HC quarter-final at Semple Stadium.

TIPPERARY and Cork renew acquaintances at Semple Stadium this evening for the opening game of the Munster U21 championship.

TIPPERARY have named nine senior panellists in their starting 15 for tomorrow night’s opening defence of their provincial crown in the Munster U-21HC quarter-final against Cork in Semple Stadium at 7:30pm.

Eoin Kelly is set to make his first appearance of the year for Tipperary in Sunday's championship clash with Cork at Semple Stadium.

A HUGE boost for the Munster hurling champions as Eoin Kelly makes his first appearance of the year for Tipperary in Sunday’s championship clash with Cork at Semple Stadium.

2008 team colleagues Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and Jerry O’Connor return to the Cork colours for Sunday’s Allianz NHL clash with Limerick at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

TEN of the Cork team that started in last August’s semi-final defeat to Kilkenny, were named in the starting 15 last night for Cork’s NHL Division One trip to Clare on Sunday.

A POWERFUL and consummate display propelled UL past the challenge of Cork IT in yesterday’s Ulster Bank Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final in the Clan na nGael Fontenoy club in Ringsend.

AFTER the exuberance of last weekend when they landed a first Sigerson Cup title, Cork IT will be chasing a double dream when they contest today’s Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final against UL.

Tipperary 0-23 Clare 0-16

LAST March they produced, by common consent, a sublime classic, and in Limerick this afternoon Limerick IT and Waterford IT renew Fitzgibbon Cup battle once more.

KILKENNY became the first county in the history of the GAA to win four All-Ireland hurling titles in the one year when their Under-21 side beat Tipperary in a magnificent Bord Gais final at Croke Park yesterday.

HAVING won the minor, intermediate and senior All-Ireland titles, Kilkenny bid to complete the clean sweep of hurling crowns with victory over Tipperary in tomorrow’s Bord Gáis U21 final at Croke Park.

Tipperary 1-20 Derry 0-10

A POINT by Mark O’Meara three minutes into injury time earned Tipperary a narrow victory over Limerick in a hugely entertaining Munster U21HC semi-final at Thurles last night.

CIARÁN CAREY, never one to back away from a challenge during his playing days, hopes to get Limerick hurling back on track in tonight’s Munster U21 semi-final in Semple Stadium (7.30pm).