Sheedy: we’re in Tipp top shape

IT DOESN’T take long for Liam Sheedy to identify the biggest lesson from his first season as Tipperary manager. It was the All-Ireland semi-final loss to Waterford and even the date is burned in the memory.

“Every time you lose, it’s a learning day, and losing severely was a big learning day for us. The 17th of August last year... I suppose everything you do is based on bringing your performance out onto the field and we were very, very disappointed.

“And looking back on it, at the video afterwards, we just felt we didn’t bring the level of performance. The guys that played, every one of us in the backroom team – just collectively we didn’t bring our performance.