Premier can make the extra push

Seconds out, round two.

History beckons for Dublin when they square up to Tipperary in tomorrow’s Electric Ireland All-Ireland MHC final replay at Croke Park. Having lost the minor hurling and football finals last year, Dublin could clinch the double tomorrow. Not since 1954 have the Sky Blues lifted both trophies in the same year, while Cork are the last team to bring home the Irish Press and Tom Markham Cups in one season, back in 1974.

Dublin will surely feed off the success of the footballers in Sunday’s minor final against Meath. The suspicion is that Shay Boland’s stickmen may have missed the boat, however. They hurled well against Tipp on September 9 but the Munster outfit still managed to escape with a draw, despite scoring just 1-2 from play.