Premier find way past Déise defensive blanket

Tipp and Wexford are the only teams whose form-lines have been ultra-consistent so far but February can do that to you, says Anthony Daly.

It was my first time in Ardmore on Saturday night. I was coming from the Cork-Dublin game with Waterford-Tipp in mind so I docked in the Round Tower hotel, a lovely, friendly, homely spot just on the Cork-Waterford border.

Aidan Quirke, the owner, is a Tipp man and the locals weren’t shy in slagging him with yesterday’s match in mind.