Sylvester Hennessy: Superior work rate rewarded for impressive Tipperary

Tipperary became the first side to defeat the ‘Waterford system’ in 2015 with their Munster final win over the Déise in Thurles on Sunday.

Eamon O’Shea and his backroom team had a well-thought out game-plan and to a large extent it worked against a Waterford team that are far from finished in this year’s championship.

Tipperary replicated their high-octane performance against Limerick in the semi-final and this was crucial. Waterford, just like Clare on Saturday evening, had more possession but Tipperary crucially had the greater work rate and scoring conversion ratios.