Play 15 games and you’ve 95% chance of medal

OF the 132 men who have hurled 15 SHC matches or more with Tipperary, 125 have won an All-Ireland medal on the field of play.

That translates as a 95% chance of claiming a coveted Celtic Cross should you be handed as many blue and gold jerseys as there are players on a team.

Even if you lower the break-off point to the more natural ‘double figures’ the success percentage is still high — 197 men have hurled 10 S HC games or more with Tipperary, 176 have won All-Ireland medals on the field of play, a strike rate of 89%