Beware of the wounded this weekend

I was working for RTÉ Radio 1 on the evening that Tipperary annihilated Galway in the 2010 All-Ireland U21 final.

Beware of the wounded this weekend
Sat, 26 May, 2018 - 01:00
Anthony Daly
Anthony Daly

Thurles was like a carnival. The hurling Tipp played that evening was sensational. Five of that team had started the previous week’s senior final, when Tipp had stopped Kilkenny’s bid for five in a row.

The future didn’t just look bright for Tipp that evening. The future looked set to belong to Tipperary.

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