Leaders old and new stood up, insists Thomastown boss Doherty

JOYOUS SCENES: Thomastown players celebrate after their side's victory. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach, Sportsfile

Call it underachievement, not being good enough or simply downright bad luck, Thomastown cursed it all in recent years.

Serial runners-up at the intermediate grade within Kilkenny, they’ve finally shed their nearly-men tag as AIB All-Ireland club champions following tonight’s impressive 2-23 to 0-13 defeat of Cork’s Castlelyons.