Tipp officials hopeful of avoiding captaincy row

TIPPERARY officials are confident that the issue of the captaincy of the senior hurling team will not prove controversial this year — as it was last year and previously when Babs Keating was in charge.
Tipp officials hopeful of avoiding captaincy row

Nevertheless, the player nominated by county champions Toomevara — John O’Brien — is currently recovering from a car crash and his fitness will be a serious issue both for himself and the team.

At this stage, he is ruling himself out of contention for the semi-final game against Limerick on June 10. “It’s an honour to be given the captaincy no matter what state I’m in,” he said. “I would love to return to training next week with the other Toomevara lads but I should be back in May all going well.

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