Éire Óg Annacarty sprung a major surprise at Cashel in the Tipperary SHC when they beat a hotly fancied Borris-Ileigh 1-17 to 0-17 thanks to an injury-time goal from sub Michael McGrath.

Underdogs Portroe overcame a well-fancied Toomevara side to capture their first North Tipperary SHC title following a memorable final at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh last evening.

THURLES SARSFIELDS stayed on course for a third successive Tipperary SHC title, seeing off the challenge of Loughmore-Castleiney by 3-17 to 2-16 in a thrilling quarter-final at Semple Stadium on Saturday.

RED hot favourites Toomevara overcame a determined Kildangan challenge to capture their 33rd North Tipperary senior hurling championship in Nenagh yesterday.

SOMEWHERE in their clan history, Michael and Conor Gleeson have a common ancestor, are still brothers in blood; this Sunday, however, in the Tipperary senior hurling final, they will be on opposite sides, generals in opposing camps.

TIPPERARY GAA chiefs look set to investigate ugly scenes that developed after this Premier County SHC semi-final at Semple Stadium yesterday.

TOOMEVARA narrowly overcame a determined Borris-Ileigh challenge to capture their 32nd North Tipperary SHC title in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Saturday evening.

SHOCKING footage of the weekend assault on Tipperary referee Willie Barrett has appeared on the internet.

HE IS sick and tired of losing, is James Woodlock, sick of waiting around on the field and watching the winners already well into their celebrations as they accept the cup, tired of the feeling that evening, the next day, the next week, the feeling that just eats and gnaws its way into your marrow.

STILL standing – that’s Mid-Tipp division champions Drom & Inch after this second Tipperary SHC semi-final in Semple Stadium yesterday.

Ireland beat Wales 7-5 at the Clan Naofa Boxing club in Dundalk last Friday night in a keenly contested Boy 4 international.

The National Boy 1,2 & 3 Championships commenced at the National Stadium in Dublin yesterday with thirty seven preliminary round and quarter final bouts in the Boy 1& 2 categories.

Kilkenny duo Henry Shefflin and James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick were in top form as Ballyhale Shamrocks beat Toomevara 2-20 to 3-14 this afternoon in an epic AIB All-Ireland club hurling semi-final.

Having ended his inter-county hurling career two seasons ago, former Tipperary captain Tommy Dunne is on the verge of quitting the club game.

THESE are busy times for Toomevara GAA PRO Tommy Shanahan.

HE’S played only bit parts in Toomevara’s run to this year’s Tipp final, missed out in their dramatic last-second semi-final win over Mullinahone, and for the two weeks since then has been an injury-doubt.

Diarmuid O’Flynn

A HAT-TRICK of Waterford senior hurling championships wasn't enough to convince Jim Greene to remain on as Mount Sion manager.

"AH FECK IT, I'll have to hurl again next year now, I thought I'd be retiring after this year."

Toomevara 1-14 Mount Sion 1-13

Mount Sion (Waterford) 1-13 Toomevara (Tipperary) 1-14

FEARS that Mount Sion centre-forward Eoin McGrath fractured a thumb in Sunday’s Munster Club championship semi-final victory over Kilmaley have been allayed.

THERE was a time when county championship success meant rounds. Not of the pitch, but of pints and of pubs, with chests out, heads held high, and the all-important cup in tow.

Newtownshandrum 0-15 Toomevara 1-9

Toomevara 3-19 Thurles Sarsfields 3-16

FOUR final defeats in a row aren’t exactly exciting credentials, but Thurles Sarsfields carry that burden into tomorrow’s Tipperary SHC final against Toomevara in Semple Stadium.

TOOMEVARA and Thurles Sarsfields have major injury worries for Sunday’s Tipperary SHC final.

Prison officers who escort inmates to court in Northern Ireland have been ordered to scrap normal routes due to paramilitary death threats, it emerged today.