Keating: If we’re to have a chance we need killer instinct

TIPPERARY coach Michael ‘Babs’ Keating remained a proud man in defeat yesterday.

Though agreeing his side must improve if they are to be serious All-Ireland contenders, Keating began by praising his charges for providing the champions with as tough a 70 minutes as they’ve encountered in quite some time.

Said Keating: “Given the odds that Cork were coming up here to play us — they were 9/2 on to win — we didn’t shake hands with them and give them the title.