‘Super 6’ would solve hurling famine-or-feast conundrum

With emotions running high, Tipperary manager Michael Ryan could be excused for the odd oversight following Sunday’s Championship exit. He claimed he saw no fatigue among his men, though players were starting to break down towards the end, some being treated for cramp and one or two others hobbling. After 21 tumultuous days, it was his players’ bodies that eventually gave in.

Ryan wasn’t citing the county’s decision to play three or four competitive club games in April as part of the reasoning for their downfall, though he did mention it.

“It’s too big of an ask,” he said. Consider that fellow doomed side Waterford also played off two rounds in each of their senior codes during that month and their and Tipperary’s four games on four consecutive Sundays doesn’t appear to be their only debilitating factor.