Tipperary give O’Brien the full-forward berth

Tipperary have named an unchanged starting side for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final clash with Kilkenny, but the major talking point is the inclusion of Toomevara’s John O’Brien at full-forward. O’Brien’s brother Thomas passed away earlier this week.

Although manager Declan Ryan and his backroom team have selected the same side which began the Munster fnal win over Waterford, there are positional switches up front.

Lar Corbett is named at wing-forward and Brian O’Meara selected in the corner. Given Corbett’s hat-trick of goals against Sunday’s opposition in the 2010 All-Ireland final, however, it would be odd if he didn’t spend at least some time in the full-forward line.