Plotting Tipp’s path from behind enemy lines

HE wasn’t amongst the 16,700 patrons who filed through the turnstiles in the Gaelic Grounds last Sunday; instead he had to keep tabs on the action from Portlaoise Garda Station where he was working a shift.

But Hugh Coghlan was still well aware when Tipperary manager Declan Ryan threw on his final substitute of the day in the dyingembers of the match.

With number 19 on his back, Moyne-Templetuohy’s John Coghlan dipped his toes into senior hurling championship waters for the first time and 75 miles away up the M7, his older brother Hugh beamed with pride.