Town skipper Murray aware of ‘fine lines’

Just over 13 months ago, Bishopstown won a senior hurling ‘final’ but it was not one they wanted to be in.

Now, they find themselves in the real decider for the first time, and for captain Thomas Murray the contrast could not be greater. In 2011, the Town needed a replay to overcome Ballinhassig in the relegation play-off and the South-East side’s presence in Sunday’s curtain-raiser, the Premier IHC final, brings it home to him just how close they came to losing senior status.

“You compare last year, Ballinhassig got relegated and they’re in the premier intermediate final now, whereas we beat them by a point after a replay and we’re in a senior final. It could easily have been the other way around and that’s how fine the line is.