Unwanted match proves beneficial

IT was a game neither side really wanted because of its proximity to their championship meeting in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday fortnight.

But despite that, the hurlers of Tipperary and Clare both claimed a benefit of sorts from their Allianz NHL tussle at the weekend, with the Munster rivals finding plenty of excuses for the poor mouth ahead of their massive mid May clash.

Former star Ger O’Loughlin, now a selector with Cyril Lyons (and Louis Mulqueen), didn’t