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John Fogarty: Few home comforts in Munster SHC

The Munster championship throws in on Sunday with a tasty double-header.
The problem for Tipperary is everybody feels comfortable in Thurles. Pic: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

The problem for Tipperary is everybody feels comfortable in Thurles. Pic: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

If you didn’t know the Munster senior hurling championship was a parallel dimension by now, the statistics guide you to that very conclusion.

On Sunday, the team with the worst home record in the Munster senior hurling championship round-robin face the team that have not lost to the same team at that venue in 10 years or four meetings. In other words, last year’s All-Ireland champions Tipperary meet runners-up and Munster victors Cork in Thurles.

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