'Extraordinary' club-mates Tommy Dunne and Mikey Bevans prepare to face off

Tipperary selector Tommy Dunne 

“You’d go through a wall for either of them” is how Eoin Brislane describes his Toomevara clubmates Tommy Dunne and Mikey Bevans, who find themselves scheming against each other in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday.

For two men who were the very heartbeat of the club during their golden years in the 1990s and 2000s, who won eight Tipperary senior county titles together, were captains for half of them, and claimed two Munster titles, the idea of opposing one another almost seems wrong. But for two high achievers with the revere of their peers, it was hardly surprising they would reach these heights as Tipperary and Waterford’s coaches.