CUTE! Sharlene Mawdsley travelling to first hurling match in Croker to support boyfriend

Croke Park and INSET: Michael Breen and Sharlene Mawdsley after the Waterford match and at breakfast on Saturday before the gameplaceholder image
Croke Park and INSET: Michael Breen and Sharlene Mawdsley after the Waterford match and at breakfast on Saturday before the game

Tipperary take on Kilkenny in the All-Ireland hurling semi-final on Sunday, July 7 - throw-in time at 4pm

Tipperary's Sharlene Mawdsley has told fans she is to travel to Croke Park for the first time to support her boyfriend Michael Breen - who lines out at corner-back when the Premier County take on Kilkenny in the All-Ireland hurling semi-final on Sunday.

In a Q&A with her Instagram followers, Sharlene was asked if she was "Croker bound?"

To which the 26-year-old Newport athlete replied: "Yess. Looking forward to it!! I've never been to hurling match in Croke Park."

Sharlene shared a snap with Ballina's Michael Breen on Saturday, alongside her mother, saying: "Breakfast with my favs."placeholder image
Sharlene shared a snap with Ballina's Michael Breen on Saturday, alongside her mother, saying: "Breakfast with my favs."

In the Q&A on Saturday, Sharlene also posted a cryptic response to a "who's winning 100m, you or himself?"

To which she replied: "It's been tried and tested, who do you think?"

At the end of May, Breen shared the first snap of partner Sharlene Mawdsley after the pair went "Instagram official" following the Waterford match in Thurles in the Munster Championship. 

The Tipperary senior hurler posted to his stories that their dog "Lola's favourite is back (For one full day)".

The 26-year-old did so by posting a picture of them on the pitch after the Premier County's Munster Championship win over Waterford. 

The Tipperary Olympian and sprinter posted a picture with the Tipperary senior hurler from Ballina that sent social media into a frenzy.

Sharlene posted the picture of her and Breen with the caption: "Tippin' on."

Many fans were raving about the gold medalist - who posed for pictures with fans - and described her as "such an amazing sporting model for the girls".

And soon after she posted another cute picture after she returned to her room following a race in Croatia and found a beautiful red rose had "somehow found its way to my room". 

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