Tipp will trip up trying to settle score

You’ve probably heard the GAA’s “Nothing Beats Being There” radio ad in recent weeks and the Tipperary woman speak of how she and her family were there to see Liam Sheehy’s men stop Kilkenny’s ‘drive for five’.

Three years on, that denial still has plenty of currency in the county as exemplified by chairman Sean Nugent’s comments after the Division 1 final when he suggested the victory had sparked a rise in tensions, almost implying it was their neighbours’ fault.

Kilkenny minds won’t need to be reminded of those words this week but then the prospect of Tipperary dried any tears following Saturday’s defeat to Dublin. There’s a job to be done.