Tipperary defender, Cathal Barrett, was “happy enough just to get back on the field” for last Sunday’s NHL 1A win over Cork, having spent recent weeks rehabbing a hamstring issue.

It’s funny how this whole thing works.

Tipperary’s Seamus Callanan has failed in his appeal against the red card he received last Sunday while playing against Offaly in the Allianz Hurling League quarter-final.

An ill Cathal Barrett has revealed he was so concerned about losing his starting place in the Tipperary defence last Sunday that he only cried off on the morning of the game.