Former Tipperary county board chairman Sean Fogarty has hit out over the handling of fixtures in the county after conceding another provincial club fixture, the Irish Examiner reports.

The Premier County will not be represented in this year's Munster club intermediate hurling championship due to Sunday's final between Moyne-Templetuohy and Thurles Sarsfields being scheduled for the same day that the Tipperary winners are down to play Waterford champions Cappoquin in a quarter-final. The county final is currently up in the air as both Sarsfields, who face Loughmore-Castleiney in the senior decider which follows it in Semple Stadium, are managed by the same group.

The Munster fixture has already been cancelled, excluding Tipperary from a third provincial competition, and Fogarty, a Moyne-Templetuohy clubman and former chairman of the provincial body, has since criticised the county board over the scenario.  Fogarty's son Diarmuid currently captains the Moyne-Templetuohy side.

"Tipperary fixed their final for Sunday in spite of the fact the first round of the Munster intermediate competition being fixed for last Sunday. They put the cart before the horse and have made a bags of the whole thing," he told the Examiner.

"We are a small club and most young fellas only get one chance in their lifetime to play in Croke Park. I'm not saying we would have gone all the way but we have been deprived that opportunity."

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