Tipperary lament decision to opt out of Munster Senior Hurling League

Tipperary hurlers would likely have competed in this month’s Munster Senior Hurling League had they known it was going to be played on a round-robin basis.

A decision was taken by the board and Michael Ryan’s management not to enter before the Munster Council chose to give each of the five participating counties five games over the space of 22 days between last Sunday and January 24.

Speaking last month, Ryan said Tipperary were “more than happy to take control of our January. The league is so frantic with two games at the start before a two-week break. Then you have four games in a row so it doesn’t give you much time to work with the players.”