'We dovetail around the hurling' - How Thurles found their football feet  

Tipperary ladies football manager Peter Creedon and a player-led approach have the aristocrats of hurling in provincial football championship action for the first time

PLAYER-DRIVEN: Laois manager Peter Creedon ahead of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 2A match between Laois and Clare at O’Moore Park in Portlaoise, Co Laois. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

For the first time in Thurles Sarsfields’ history, the aristocrats of Tipperary hurling will enter the Munster football championships this weekend.

Their junior county champions are led by Tipperary ladies football manager Peter Creedon but he insists this has all been player-driven.