League success won’t add to pressure on Tipp, warns Ryan

WHATEVER way the public perceive Tipperary’s current standing as NHL champions going into Sunday’s Munster GAA hurling championship in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, selector Mick Ryan doesn’t accept that it places an extra burden on them.

His view, based on his own experience as a player, is that success, or the lack of it, in the league doesn’t really matter when it comes to the championship.

“As far as we are concerned, it’s not extra pressure. They are just separate competitions. The league is very useful and was very useful for us, but if you look at what happened in Limerick last Sunday, you didn’t see any hangovers from not finishing in the latter stages of the league from Clare.”