Weekend GAA talking points: Can Thomastown complete magical journey few have taken?

The Kilkenny club are looking to do something only a handful have done in the last 20 years – go from winning an intermediate title to a senior within the space of 12 months.

DANCING IN THE LIGHT: Thomastown players celebrate after their side's victory in the AIB GAA Hurling All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship final. Pic:Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

In the first half of the All-Ireland Intermediate hurling final in January, Castlelyons were just about hanging onto the coat-tails of Thomastown, but only on the back of a shooting meltdown from the Kilkenny side. Thomastown were rampant but they just couldn’t score in the middle of that half, converting only one of 13 shots during that period.

Thomastown just kept shooting because they knew the scores would eventually come. They did as Castlelyons’ rearguard was like barrier of wet sand against a raging tide.