Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy is confident the void left by cruciate victim Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher can be filled, even if the 29-year old had been “in full flow” this summer.

First-half injuries to Cathal Barrett (hamstring) and Patrick Maher (knee) tempered Tipperary maintaining their 100% record as they and Limerick will meet again in a Munster final on Sunday week.

Former Clare manager Ger O’Loughlin believes opponents’ unfamiliarity with championship fervour in Ennis has helped turn Cusack Park into a fortress.

Clare put in a superb performance to beat Tipperary on a 3-12 to 0-6 scoreline in the Munster Minor Football Championship Phase One final at the LIT Gaelic Grounds.

Seamus Harnedy looks set to miss Cork’s Munster SHC opener against Tipp after the Central Competitions Control Committee ruled that the Cork captain will not serve his one-match suspension during tomorrow’s fifth/sixth-place play-off against Kilkenny.

At the end of June 2017, I found myself in familiar territory, back in Cusack Park for a knockout championship match, positioned on the other side of the trenches, facing down my own crowd, writes Anthony Daly

Liam Sheedy doesn’t believe there is any psychological need for Tipperary to beat Clare in this Saturday evening’s Division 1A Round 1 game.

The last quarter of the 2015 Munster minor semi-final was one of the sweetest 15 minutes that I ever put down as a coach, writes Anthony Daly 

Cork hurler Seamus Harnedy is already thinking about the “local derby” which will be the Rebels’ next outing in the Munster championship, even though the smoke has barely cleared from Sunday’s battle against Tipperary in Thurles.

Liam Sheedy and Henry Shefflin, present in Hayes’ Hotel in Thurles for the launch of RTÉ’s championship coverage earlier this month, were 10 minutes poring through the runners and riders for Liam MacCarthy before first mentioning the Cork hurlers.

Tipperary must win Sunday’s Munster SHC final to put to bed their recent collection of near-misses on summer’s biggest afternoons, according to Len Gaynor.

The Tipperary minor hurlers will be without talisman Stephen Quirke for Sunday’s provincial decider against Limerick.

TIPPERARY boss Tommy Toomey will consult with Colin O’Riordan, the player’s parents and medical staff before making a call on the captain’s availability for the Munster U21 football final against Cork on April 9.

The Tipperary senior hurling team will have a new manager in 2016 after Michael Ryan was formally ratified at last night’s County Board meeting in Thurles to succeed Eamonn O’Shea.

No-one had a view like Paraic Maher.

Okay, no dilly-dallying. Want to know the prediction for tomorrow right here, right now? On the basis that delayed gratification is for Presbyterians rather than previewers, here goes.

Match Preview

I was chatting to Tom Moloughney during the week, a Tipperary hurling great of the 1960s.

This was a mad game of Gaelic football.

The final whistle barely finished echoing around Páirc Uí Chaoimh when Tipperary boss Peter Creedon was trying to evaluate his side’s heartbreaking loss.

Cork manager Brian Cuthbert was clearly frustrated with his side’s lateral play in Saturday night’s narrow win over Tipperary in the Munster SFC semi-final.

From the archives: In recent years, Tipperary wins over Cork in football have become more common.