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11th Mar 2017

Two players stood out as best teams in country serve up classic

What a game!

Ben Kiely

There was no separating Tipperary and Kilkenny in Semple Stadium on Saturday evening.

Does anybody from outside those two counties really care though? The result didn’t seem to matter much to neutrals as the two hurling titans blessed fans with a cracking game for the ages.

In the end, the scoreline read 2-17 Tipperary, 3-14 Kilkenny as both side’s shared the spoils of a thrilling draw.

John McGrath’s brilliant performance was the buzz of Twitter, with some even going as far to claim that he is the best hurler in the country on form.

There’s no prizes for guessing who the stand-out player was for the Cats.

TJ Reid’s penalty-taking masterclass and his outstanding performance overall was enough to earn him the man of the match as well as the praise of the hordes of fans tuning in. He fired home an impressive 3-5, with two goals of those goals coming from penalties and  four points from frees.

 

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