Roche to ref All-Ireland final

Tipperary man Seamus Roche has been appointed to referee Sunday week's Guinness All-Ireland Hurling championship final between Cork and Galway.

It will be the first time the Kilsheelan clubman has taken charge of an All-Ireland SHC final. Roche already whistled March's AIB All-Ireland club final between James Stephens and Athenry, and last month's Leinster decider between Kilkenny and Wexford.