Kelly looks to put spring frustrations behind him

SPRING was unkind to Eoin Kelly, and it had nothing to do with Tipperary’s patchy league performances. The star forward’s list of injuries and niggles ran in parallel with the early season, and sometimes the two intersected. Leaning against a wall in Thurles, he runs through the list.

“I had two dead legs during the league, one of them was very bad, and I probably shouldn’t have played against Waterford in the quarter-final.

“But I hate missing games. That’s why you do your training.”