Ryan: We lost shape and had no answer to their physicality

Declan Ryan was making no excuses yesterday in Croke Park.

His team had been comprehensively beaten and the Tipp manager was honest in his evaluation of the game.

“The better team by a mile won today, obviously. We did well for the first 35 minutes, but Kilkenny picked up all the breaking ball in the second-half, they swarmed us, and we had no answer to their physicality.