Rewards finally arriving for battling ’Boden

IT TOOK them almost 40 years to navigate a path through the Dublin championship but, though this has been their first visit to provincial waters, Ballyboden St Enda’s have sailed them with the assurance of an old sea dog.

Wexford’s Oulart-the-Ballagh and Camross of Laois have already been sent into hibernation. Both were victories to savour but tomorrow will demand new heights of them.

With six Leinster and four All-Ireland titles to their name, Birr boast a record that no hurling club in the country can better. If ‘Boden are to slay them, they will have to do it in Tullamore, virtually Birr’s back yard.