Missing link ‘Bonner’ Maher will safeguard Tipperary supremacy

Before Dan McCormack came along Maher was covering the yards of two people. Think N’Golo Kanté for Leicester City and Chelsea.

There was a suspicion midway through the second half of Tipperary’s draw with Kilkenny in the Allianz NHL Division 1 in Thurles that Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher’s unavailability could hurt the Premier in this campaign, writes Peter McNamara.

Last Sunday, while monitoring the output of Tipp’s half-forward line at Páirc Uí Rinn, that suspicion was confirmed.