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Tipperary camp pour cold water on talk of Seamus Callanan injury ahead of All-Ireland decider

The Premier face Kilkenny next week at HQ.

TIPPERARY OFFICIALS HAVE poured cold water on speculation that star forward Seamus Callanan has suffered an injury ahead of the All-Ireland SHC final against Kilkenny on Sunday week.

Rumours swept through the Premier County yesterday that Callanan damaged his hand earlier this week and is a doubt for the 4 September showdown with the Cats.

But two high-ranking county board members insisted last night that they were unaware of any problem with the Drom & Inch hitman as Tipp fine-tune preparations for their sixth final meeting with Kilkenny in eight years (including the 2014 replay).

Callanan (27) has scored 2-34 in four championship outings this summer – an average of 10 points per game.

Any injury to the prolific All-Star would hamper Tipp’s chances of claiming a first All-Ireland title since 2010 but if there is a problem, it’s being kept well under wraps.

Tipp’s senior football captain Peter Acheson revealed this week that he broke a bone in his hand almost two weeks before last Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat against Mayo.

The problem only came to light when Acheson revealed at full-time that he had carried the injury into the game at Croke Park.

Acheson said: “Liam (Kearns) said to keep it between ourselves – we didn’t want the players knowing or Mayo knowing.”

‘I came here and some wee small fella basically handed my ass to me’

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