Hotshot Grogan turns tide for Tipp

ON an afternoon when young Michael Quinlivan offered a glimpse into the future for Tipperary football, it was a more established forward who eased the Premier County into the McGrath Cup quarter-finals.

Quinlivan, who starred at full-forward for the Tipp minors during last year’s historic march to All-Ireland glory, showed up well on his senior debut at the Clonmel Sportsfield and was rewarded for his endeavour with a late point.

But it was the introduction of last year’s captain and leading marksman Barry Grogan that turned this preliminary round meeting with Limerick IT decisively in favour of the hosts.