Tipperary's tightrope of uncertainty

What kind of game are Tipperary trying to prosecute, asks Enda McEvoy.

By rights, in order to be fair to both the writer and the reader, this piece should not have been started until after the Tipperary XV for tomorrow was announced last night and, following a couple of hours for necessary cogitation and contemplation and parsing of the implications, finished and filed sometime after midnight. Bloody deadlines, eh?

By rights, in order to be fair to both the writer and the reader, the comparative pieces for the National League final and last Sunday’s encounter at the Gaelic Grounds should not have been started until after the Tipperary XV was announced on the Friday night and, following etc etc.