TIPPERARY AND KILKENNY All-Ireland winners will be teammates for a novel senior hurling challenge match next Sunday.
Michael Cahill and Padraic Maher, who started in Tipperary’s 2010 All-Ireland final triumph, will be part of a squad that also contains Kilkenny duo PJ Ryan and Aidan Fogarty, who also played in that 2010 decider and in the 2009 final where the Cats defeated the Premier.
The quartet are part of the Thurles CBS Allstars selection that will take on Tipperary next Sunday afternoon at The Ragg GAA grounds at 2pm.
The game is a fundraiser as part of the bicentennial celebrations for Thurles CBS with former students of the hurling nursery set to line out against Michael Ryan’s Tipperary team.
In total there are nine members of Ryan’s current Tipperary squad – Cathal Barrett, James Barry, Michael Cahill, Padraic Maher, Ronan Maher, John Meagher, Seamus Kennedy, Kieran Morris and Sean Ryan – that are part of the Thurles CBS panel.
Tipperary
1. Darragh Mooney (Éire Óg Annacarty)
2. Joe O’Dwyer (Killenaule)
3. Michael Breen (Ballina)
4. Conor O’Brien (Éire Óg Annacarty)
5. Willie Ryan (Clonakenny)
6. Tossie Hamill (Moyne Templetuohy)
7. Liam Ryan (Drom-Inch)
8. Bill Maher (Kilsheelan Kilcash)
9. Daire Quinn (Nenagh Éire Óg)
10. John O’Dwyer (Killenaule)
11. Patrick Maher (Lorrha Dorrha)
12. Dan McCormack (Borris Ileigh)
13. Adrian Ryan (Templederry Kenyons)
14. Conor Kenny (Borris Ileigh)
15. John McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)
Subs
16. Darren Gleeson (Portroe)
17. Brian Hogan (Lorrha Dorrha)
18. Jason Forde (Silvermines)
19. Sean Curran (Mullinahone)
20. Dylan Fitzell (Cashel King Cormacs)
21. Liam McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)
22. Andrew Coffey (Nenagh Éire Óg)
23. Noel McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)
24. Brendan Maher (Borris Ileigh)
25. Barry Heffernan (Nenagh Éire Óg)
Thurles CBS Panel
PJ Ryan (Fenians)
Cathal Barrett (Holycross/Ballycahill)
James Barry (Upperchurch-Drombane)
Michael Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields)
Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
John Meagher (Loughmore-Castleiney)
Seamus Kennedy (St Mary’s Clonmel)
Kieran Morris (Moycarkey-Borris)
Denis Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
Timmy Hammersley (Clonoulty-Rossmore)
Aidan Fogarty (Emeralds)
Pa Bourke (Thurles Sarsfields)
Seamus Butler (Drom-Inch)
Damien Young (Drom-Inch)
Paul Maher (Moyne-Templetuohy)
Sean Ryan (Sean Treacy’s)
John Devane (Clonoulty-Rossmore)
John Coghlan (Moyne-Templetuohy)
Stephen Lillis (Thurles Sarsfields)
Ger O’Grady (Thurles Sarsfields)
Johnny Enright (Thurles Sarsfields)
Micheal Butler (Drom-Inch)
Stephen Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
David Butler (Drom-Inch)
Sean Maher (Clonoulty-Rossmore)
Brian Troy (Emeralds)
John O’Neill (Clonoulty-Rossmore)
Michael Gleeson (Thurles Sarsfields)
