Derek McGrath: Limerick speeded it all up, will Tipp stick or twist?

The tempo setter of the Treaty organisation Nickie Quaid was in more of a hurry last Sunday.

HEAD IN THE GAME: Noel McGrath of Tipperary is tackled by William O'Donoghue of Limerick during the Munster SHC clash at TUS Gaelic Grounds. Photo by Tom Beary/Sportsfile

KIELY A CLASS ACT

I dedicated column inches three years ago to the roguish elements of John Kiely’s character. A four-month ruse aided and abetted by his aide de camp, Lattin Cullen's Jerry Maguire, in 1994 saw me traipse consistently up and down to Tom Murphy menswear in Patrick Street Cork to be fitted for our 'Fitzgibbon Suits'. The suits as it materialised were but phantom garments, part of an elaborate plan to ensure my initiation as a fresher into the Fitzgibbon squad was a memorable one. That was and is Kiely: funny, witty, trickster traits underlined by a deep-rooted genuineness and sincerity.