Tipperary likely to opt for Gleeson against Banner

Former All-Star goalkeeper Darren Gleeson is expected to fend off the challenge of Daragh Mooney and start for Tipperary in Saturday’s All-Ireland senior hurling championship quarter-final against Clare.

Mooney was drafted in ahead of Gleeson, and handed a championship debut, for the round 1 qualifier victory over Westmeath at the start of the month. But the Éire Óg Annacarty man was then ruled out of the big round 2 win over Dublin through injury, with Gleeson recalled after losing his place following the Munster quarter-final loss to Cork.

Gleeson, an All-Star in 2014 and a two-time All-Ireland senior medallist, is now tipped to earn the number 1 jersey for the trip to Páirc Uí Chaoimh, despite Mooney’s recovery from a back spasm.