Munster campaign will give Tipp edge

THE whiff of cordite may have evaporated from this clash compared to the encounters of the late eighties, but Galway-Tipperary tomorrow promises more for the neutral than the game that follows it.

Tipperary face into this quarter-final with most of the aces. They started slowly against Limerick but the benefits of winning the replay were obvious when they beat Clare and discovered a new totem in Micheal Webster. The train came off the tracks when they played Cork in the Munster final, but there were positives to be taken out of the game.

They rediscovered the balance in their defence by relocating Eamonn Corcoran and Paul Kelly was outstanding in midfield, while adding John Devane, Redser O’Grady and John Carroll to the attack helped them whittle away a big Cork lead.