Mature Tippstar Maher striving for the top

BRENDAN MAHER isn’t just a young hurler mature beyond his years; Maher is a young man mature beyond his years, period.

It isn’t just because the tyro begins his second championship season for Tipperary against Cork on Sunday in Munster’s glamour opening fixture; nor it just because, in his professional life, the Borrisileigh youngster is currently on teacher-training practice in Portoe Primary School.

It’s in his entire demeanour, his composure, his intelligence, his assuredness.