Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Kerry always gave Tipperary full respect. Can Cork say the same?

It was a massive opportunity for Cork to progress but instead they have gone in the other direction

CRESTFALLEN: Cork’s Michael Hurley dejected at the final whistle. Picture: James Crombie/Inpho

While the consensus was that Cork were going to win yesterday’s Munster Final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Tipperary have been building towards this achievement for some time. 

In my time in charge we played them in the Munster Championship on three occasions, including the final in 2016. We always treated them with the utmost of respect. We knew the quality of player that they had throughout the field and knew if we were off it that our fate would have been the same as Cork’s.