Two-year Tipp term for Keating

Michael "Babs" Keating is preparing for his second stint as Tipperary senior hurling manager after having his appointment ratified at a county board EGM last night.

Keating, who also assumed control of the Premier county's footballers in the early 1980s, is taking over the reins from former player Ken Hogan, who led Tipp to the last eight of the 2005 All-Ireland championship before they fell to eventual runners-up Galway.