Loughmore-Castleiney defender Brian McGrath hopes there is more to come from the team after they were crowned Tipperary senior hurling champions for the second year-in-a-row on Sunday.

A 2-22 to 1-22 victory over Nenagh Éire Óg in Thurles saw Loughmore landing their sixth Dan Breen Cup success and they now get set to face Éire Óg Ennis in the Munster club SHC semi-finals next month.

Speaking to TipperaryLive.co.uk after his club’s latest county final triumph, McGrath said it was very much a team effort which saw Loughmore over the line on Sunday.

“Sometimes, I don't think we get the credit that's due there for the hurling. People say we'll dog it out, we'll dog it out but by God we have hurlers all over the field, boy. We're not relying on John or Noel (McGrath) there.

“You spread the ball around to any of them guys, there's some serious stickmen there. We're well able to hurl the ball around the field. I think we've done that in patches today but more of it to come hopefully.”

On the team’s upcoming Munster club SHC campaign, he added: “I suppose at the start of the year this (winning the Dan Breen Cup) was our goal. We want to get back here to the county final and win the county finals. It's something we as a club have never done, not too many clubs have done it. It's an absolutely unreal achievement.

"We'll enjoy this but, yeah look, we were disappointed (versus Ballygunner) last year but we were looking no further than today. I think we're into a semi-final now but we'll knuckle down during the week and we'll get our heads around that and we'll give it one right crack.”

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