Mission accomplished, says Sheedy

TIPPERARY manager Liam Sheedy insisted that it was “mission accomplished” after yesterday’s Munster SHC semi-final, despite another alarming second-half fade-out.

Leading by nine points with 20 minutes remaining, the champions looked home and hosed but Sheedy’s men were outscored 0-10 to 0-3 in the closing stages.

Tipp also struggled in the second half of the quarter-final win against Cork, having established a healthy platform. Sheedy acknowledged: “That’s an area we have to continue to work on. We had big leads but we struggle to put away teams. We’re building but at the same time, some of the quality of our play was top notch.