Larkin re-opens old wounds with Tipperary rivals

Eoin Larkin has criticised the “nasty” streak he felt ran through Tipperary during some of their clashes with Kilkenny. In his autobiography Camouflage, the eight-time All-Ireland winner and former hurler of the year recalls some unseemly incidents with the Cats’ neighbours.

“On the field, Tipperary could be nasty enough. Declan Fanning and I had many’s the battle. He’s always be mouthing and pulling and dragging out of you. Sometimes you’d give him a dig back and other times you’d ignore him.