Borrisokane have successfully appealed to the Munster Council the recent Tipperary county board decision to relegate them from the Tipperary SHC.

The north Tipp club was demoted to the IHC for failing to fulfil their relegation playoff final against Brendan Cummins' Ballybacon-Grange on February 25 last. But they have been handed a reprieve after the Munster Council ordered that the game be re-fixed.

It is the second time the Munster Council has ruled against Tipperary county board in a matter of months. Last September, Cashel King Cormacs lost to Ballybacon-Grange in a SHC relegation semi-final but a re-fixture was ordered - which Cashel won - after they successfully argued that extra-time should not have been played in the original fixture.

Borrisokane secretary Adrian Egan told the Irish Examiner: "We're absolutely delighted - we did nothing wrong over five months, the innocent party all along.

"We were above board with everyone and explained why we were not in a position to fulfil fixtures. To be relegated in a boardroom? You wouldn't see it any other county but this result has restored my faith in the GAA." Tweet

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