Jason Forde ready to take next step in Tipperary career

Tipperary hurler Jason Forde accept that it’s time he makes the next step in his career and takes up the mantle as one of the Premier’s main scoring threat in championship hurling.

Although Michael Breen wore the No 14 jersey in Tipperary’s 2-22 to 2-21 defeat to Kilkenny last weekend, Forde has been tasked with plugging the gap left behind by injured full-forward Seamus Callanan.

Forde missed the clash with the Cats because of his involvement the previous day helping University of Limerick win the Fitzgibbon Cup in Mallow.