Winter of discontent kept Sean O’Leary Hayes on his toes
Tipperary, without overextending themselves, collected the silverware with seven to spare. Limerick, as was the case when the two counties clashed in a desperately one-sided Munster final earlier that summer, came off second best. Throw in Tipperary’s 15-point rout of Galway in between the meetings with Limerick and all told, the Premier youngsters enjoyed a remarkably comfortable ascent to the summit.
They hadn’t got it so easy when visiting Páirc Uí Rinn on June 30 for the Munster semi-final. In fact, they found themselves in a spot of bother three minutes into the second-half with the scoreboard reading 1-12 to 0-9 in favour of Cork.
