‘Sometimes the Gods are with you and sometimes they’re not’

“Here’s Leahy at the other end. It’s stopped, it’s saved, it’s a great save by Davy Fitzgerald. And there was a chance for Tipperary to go back in front. Amazing stuff.” – Ger Canning

Tipperary supporters of a certain vintage know from experience that lightning can strike the same place more than once.

Noel Lane was a bolt in the 1987 All-Ireland semi-final as he was 13 months later with scoring an even more electric late goal to win the final (and that’s neglecting his other 11th hour intervention at the climax of the following year’s league).