When Dingle and the Barrs face off, the sound of big battles will rattle in every line

Sunday's Munster Club SFC final in Thurles features big names and big bodies and is sure to close out the provincial championship campaign with a bang

Dingle midfielder Mark O'Connor and Brian Hayes of St Finbarr's. Pics: Sportsfile

Tom O’Sullivan (Dingle) v Steven Sherlock (St Finbarr’s)

Whoever picks up the Barrs’ scorer-in-chief for Dingle, short odds that his name is Tom O’Sullivan. The better known Tom ‘Sean’ – he of the left peg that could open a tin of peas – is often deputed by Kerry to pick up an inter-county hot-shot, but behind closed doors in Fitzgerald Stadium it is regularly his namesake, Tom ‘Leo’ O’Sullivan who gets the call from Jack O’Connor to keep tabs on David Clifford. Sherlock will return to Cork colours in 2026 but he is not ready for his club campaign to end just yet. His 2025 numbers are impressive – across eight championship games, six in Cork and two en route to Sunday’s provincial decider, he has knocked out 6-56 in total, 6-41 of it in Cork. That’s 0-16 in frees, seven two-point frees, 2-0 pen, four two-pointers, 0-5 from 45s, and one two-point sideline. He’s also added work-rate to his game, so Dingle’s plan to drag him back the pitch after Tom O’Sullivan is obvious but not necessarily productive.