Cathal Barrett: All-Ireland victory is so satisfying

The joy of proving wrong those people who said Tipperary couldn’t match Kilkenny’s intensity was huge, according to Cathal Barrett.

“It’s very satisfying to come out with a win like that in the style that we did. We had plenty of doubters out there (who said) that we couldn’t get up to the intensity of Kilkenny but I think we did more than that; I think they couldn’t get up to our intensity.

“In fairness to Kilkenny, they have set the bar so high that everybody is reaching for it and we just got up there.”