Future promise as young Tipp stars sparkle

While the fallout from Tipperary’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Kilkenny continues to reverberate, there were some green shoots for Premier hurling fans with victory in the Carrigdhoun Munster Inter-county U15 competition on Saturday.

Held at Liam MacCarthy Park in Ballygarvan, Co Cork, the blitz saw the five Munster ‘hurling’ counties play a round-robin series, with the top two advancing to the final, where Tipp avenged their earlier loss to Cork in recording a 0-15 to 1-6 win.

For manager Damien Young, a former reserve goalkeeper to Brendan Cummins, the win was pleasing, but at the same time he was focusing on the bigger picture of preparing his youngsters for minor combat in three years.