‘It’s too hard to call,’ concludes Cleary

THESE days, Michael Cleary is seeing black-and-amber on the double.

Looking forward to Sunday's Guinness All-Ireland hurling semi-final against Kilkenny in Croke Park, he's reminded of the significant part he played in the last clash of the counties 11 years ago.

Much more pertinently, he is preparing the Tipperary camogie team he has coached so successfully for the last few years for their own All-Ireland semi-final which also happens to be against Kilkenny next Saturday evening in Limerick.