The All-Ireland junior 'B' club hurling final will take place today - nearly four months after the semi-finals were played.

Galway's Tynagh/Abbey Duniry will face Shanballymore of Cork in the much-delayed decider in Rahennagh, Co. Limerick at 12 noon (it was originally scheduled for 2pm but was brought forward to avoid a clash with the Ireland v France soccer game).

Tynagh/Abbey Duniry beat Eire Og Annacarty/Donohill in the All-Ireland semi-final on February 28, but have had to wait until now to play the final after objections were lodged by both teams in the other semi-final. Shanballymore lost that semi-final to Kilkenny's Barrow Rangers by four points, but appealed the result after it emerged that one of the Barrow Rangers players was under 16.

Barrow Rangers then lodged a counter objection after discovering that Shanballymore had also included an under 16 player in their squad. The CCCC disqualified both sides, only for the Cork outfit to be reinstated on the grounds that the underage player in their squad hadn't featured in the game.

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