Loss of Kelly could thwart Tipp

IT may only be the League, but there is still the promise of a cracking game at Cusack Park tomorrow when the hurlers of Clare and Tipperary renew their age old rivalry.

Both counties made it through to the second phase the clear objective of the respective managers Anthony Daly and Ken Hogan in their first season in charge but the real tests have yet to come.

When they clashed at the same venue in the eighth round last season Tipperary won by an eight-point margin, advancing to the final where they lost to Kilkenny in a high-scoring encounter.