Late surge secures Thurles Sarsfields the Mid-Tipperary Senior Hurling crown

Elsewhere Nenagh Eire Og retained their North senior hurling title while Killenaule edged past Carrick Swans.

MID TIPP CHAMPS: Ronan Maher of Thurles Sarsfields Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Three unanswered points in the last five minutes got Thurles Sarsfields over the line 0-18 to 0-16 against Upperchurch-Drombane in the Mid Tipperary senior hurling final at Littleton.

The Church - beaten finalists last year - were seeking their first title, and for much of the way looked as though they would be celebrating but Sarsfields kept their composure to lift the trophy for the forty seventh time.