Another step forward for O’Mahony

HOW do you win an All-Ireland senior hurling title? Simple really, according to the philosophy of Conor O’Mahony, Tipperary centre-back, as his team prepares to meet Limerick tomorrow in the All-Ireland semi-final: you do it the same way as you complete the Chinese proverbial thousand-mile journey — one step at a time.

“At the start of the year every team wants to get to an All-Ireland final. We knew we had Cork first, and to get to an All-Ireland would take five steps. We just see this as another stepping stone — step four or whatever, hopefully get over that, and get into the final.”

After Cork, Tipperary faced Clare in the Munster semi-final, and then, that potential pitfall safely negotiated, Waterford in the final, another major step.