Hennessy thrilled by Loughmore-Castleiney's breakthrough in reaching Munster final

Loughmore-Castleiney manager Shane Hennessy believes his side are finally playing to their potential after reaching the Munster SFC club final.

It has been half a century in coming for the Tipperary club as victory over Éire Óg Ennis thanks to two late goals set up a decider with powerhouse Dr Crokes.

Loughmore-Castleiney completed the double of winning the county senior hurling and football titles for a third time this year.

Now they have made the breakthrough in football to reach the final.

Hennessy said: "I'm just delighted. We performed today, we probably didn't do it last week, we didn't do ourselves justice. Today was all about getting a performance and showing what Loughmore-Castleiney is about and we definitely did that.

"The heart, the skill, the determination, everything that defines our group was visible there today on the field here in Ennis. It was enough to get the job done.

"We didn't do ourselves justice in the football championship at all last year. We started out the year as 'we're not that poor as we showed last year' and we performed well. We drew with Commercials in round two of the group stages and that was a big thing for us because we performed that day.

"We got everything we wanted. We worked and today we may not have got everything working right but we had enough in the tank."

Hennessy feels one of the secrets behind their success is the enjoyment their players receive from a more attacking system compared to the majority in the championship this year.

He was confident Eire Og would struggle with such tactics.

"We got the goal at the start but they stood up to it the runs after that. That's what we wanted to do. We had to go at them and see what they're about.

"They're a defensive team, they're set up