Tipp’s chase for perfection

Tipperary defender Conor O’Mahony doesn’t disguise his admiration for Kilkenny hurling

TIPPERARY may be favourites for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SHC final, but Conor O’Mahony can remember a day in the spring of 2009 which showed them how far behind they were in the pecking order.

Kilkenny handed out a punishment beating in the NHL to the Premier county, and the men in blue and gold knew they had to pick it up.