The strongest evidence of a Tipperary hurling surge came ahead of Premier's visit to Cork on Sunday

Thurles and Cashel set up an all-Premier County Harty Cup final this weekend.

Jimmy Lahart, Thurles CBS getting his first goal beating Midleton CBS defender Darragh Leahy and keeper Paudie O'Sullivan during their TUS Dr Harty Cup semi-final match at Mallow, Co Cork. 

OPENING evidence was provided at Kilmallock on Saturday lunchtime. Closing arguments were made down the road in Mallow a couple of hours later.

The verdict, which took no time at all to arrive at, was that Tipperary have a properly talented crop of hurlers coming through.