Master McGrath to be Premier star

TIPPERARY’S All Star midfielder Shane McGrath claims namesake Noel is the best young hurler in the country.

Still only 18, and making his senior championship debut yesterday, Noel McGrath lit up Thurles with three superb points from play in the opening half.

The Loughmore- Castleiney star also set up an early score for Séamus Callanan and Shane McGrath reflected: “I can’t speak highly enough of Noel. When anybody asks me who the best young hurler in Ireland is, I have no doubts in saying Noel McGrath. He stepped up to the plate and was like a fella playing his seventh or eighth championship season.”