Eamon O’Shea content as Tipperary patience rewarded

Patience, asserted Eamon O’Shea, was the key to unlocking Waterford’s much vaunted counter-attacking system and delivering Tipperary a first Munster crown under his watch.

It wasn’t until the 62nd minute that the home outfit finally broke Waterford’s resistance, Seamus Callanan’s second ’65’ moving the winners into a four-point advantage.

O’Shea’s charges had struggled to break down the Waterford set-up prior to that juncture, Tadhg De Burca’s superb performance at the back indicative of the pressure exerted on the Tipperary forwards when in possession.