December date won’t take shine off win for McGrath

The nugget of a provincial campaign might be missing but winning a senior county title on the shortest day of the year has a novel ring to it.

If Central Council’s support for a calendar season is to be backed by Congress in February, county finals in December will become a thing of the past after next year.

December 21, though, is not the latest Tipperary final in the calendar year Loughmore-Castleiney’s Noel McGrath has played.