Tipperary struggles with injuries

Tipperary senior hurlers Conor Gleeson and John O¹Brien are struggling to be fit for the premier county¹s clash with Offaly in next Saturday week's All-Ireland qualifier clash in Portlaoise.

Full forward O'Brien is almost certainly out of the reckoning having sustained a second broken thumb in three months, while centre forward Gleeson picked up a dead leg in the Munster final and is struggling to shake it off.