Borris-Ileigh man of the match Brendan Maher confirmed that he hit his last point with a broken hurley in his side’s win over St Thomas’. The Tipperary star helped put the game to bed with a late point, even if he only had half a hurley in his hand. “It broke from the bottom of the grip, it split down the middle. “With St Thomas’s record we were underdogs and probably deserved to be,” said Maher. Ballyhale are a savage team, we watched a bit of it (other semi-final) over in Na Piarsaigh - we're going to have to do our homework, to make sure that we prepare as best we can.

Source: Irish Examiner January 05, 2020 18:11 UTC