Browne: beaten teams deserve qualifier chance

THE Tommy Murphy Cup has never had such a public airing.

It’s all down to the fact that a motion passed at the Special Congress last October stipulated that the championship status of eight teams would be decided by their inclusion in NFL Division Four for 2008.

The one strike and you’re out of the championship format is a prospect facing Tipperary in Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Cork at the Gaelic Grounds, one which their best-known player Declan Browne acknowledges was staring them in the face when the draw was made before Christmas.