Mourning over as Kelly now focuses on Galway

WHILE last Sunday’s senior All-Ireland hurling loss to Kilkenny will still be weighing heavily on the minds of most of the Tipperary lads, the period of mourning lasted all of 24 hours for ace corner-forward Eoin Kelly.

After that it was back to preparing for Saturday's All-Ireland U-21 semi-final against Galway in Ennis, where captain Kelly will lead a team in search of Tipp's first All-Ireland appearance at this grade since 1995.

"I don't know what went wrong last Sunday at all. People are saying we looked unfit in comparison to Kilkenny, but sure it's up the players themselves to put in the effort, isn't it? It's not too bad for those of us who have the U-21 this Saturday, we have a chance to redeem ourselves, get some consolation from the year, so we've recovered quickly enough."