Callanan in defence of forward colleagues

SEAMUS CALLANAN has rejected the suggestion that Tipperary’s half-forward line is a weak link that threatens to scupper the county’s ambitions of claiming a first All-Ireland title since 2001.

Callanan in defence of forward colleagues

The unit has come in for criticism time and again over the course of the last few years with the latest inquest being held by Ger Loughnane on last weekend’s Sunday Game during the programme’s annual hurling championship preview. Callanan, in Dublin yesterday to help promote an exam support guide created for minor GAA players, believes such talk in unfair.

“Yeah, I definitely do, considering the three of us were nominated for All Stars last year and we’re still ‘the bad Tipperary half-forward line’. I don’t think it makes sense really, when you go down to comparing our scores in games to any other teams. We’d be up there with them if not ahead of them.

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