Premier promise

TIPPERARY denied Cork a fourth successive Munster MHC title yesterday with a superb exhibition of point-scoring by Shane Hennessy, who accounted for half his side’s tally in a tense final.

Apart from Hennessy’s massive contribution, Noel McGrath, Padraig Maher, John Coghlan, Joe Gallagher and team captain Brendan Maher were excellent in a team that will be very difficult to dethrone in the All-Ireland series.

Cork were hugely disappointing. Defensively they coped very well but midfield was a disaster, while their forwards struggled to make any real impact. Alywin Kearney was outstanding at full back, Chris O’Donovan outside him did all that was asked of him, but in an attack that never really functioned, only Ryan Clifford and Padraig Gould measured up.