Tipp duo set for long-awaited day in the sun

A REAL Cinderella-story in Tipperary tomorrow, as Loughmore-Castleiney take on Drom & Inch in the senior hurling championship final at Semple Stadium (3.30pm).

Loughmore-Castleiney have won this title just once, in 1988, while Drom & Inch have yet to get their hands on the coveted Hogan Cup. There is no sign of Toomevara, disposed of by Nenagh Éire Óg, subsequently beaten by Loughmore-Castleiney in the semi-final, no trace of Thurles Sarsfields, who fell to Killenaule, who were then seen off by Drom & Inch in the other semi-final.

As for Mullinahone, whom you’d expect to see in the absence of all those other big names, they themselves were pipped by Toomevara in an earlier knockout round. So, it comes to those two and deservedly so, let it be said, fairytale or not.