Shane Dowling salutes proud Thurles Sarsfields

Na Piarsaigh sharpshooter Shane Dowling has paid tribute to Sunday’s Munster club championship opponents Thurles Sarsfields, describing them as a “credit to their club”.

Thurles lost selector Jack Griffin to a road accident earlier this month and their provincial hurling semi-final with Na Piarsaigh was postponed as a result. The Tipperary champions duly came up short in the Gaelic Grounds against their Limerick counterparts with Dowling claiming seven points from frees.

Dowling had pause to think of the difficult scenario in which his opponents were operating even before the game started when Na Piarsaigh kitman Larry Hogan strapped the black armbands around their arms in the dressing-room.