Hayes confident Tipp will prevail

HE IS living in Portugal now but Joe Hayes has watched all the games, and is planning a return for the business end of the championship season, when he expects Tipperary to be still involved.

Hayes wore the blue and gold with distinction and is a veteran of many Tipp-Galway clashes, as the counties built up an enthralling rivalry towards the end of the 80s and start of the 90s.

A hard-working midfielder and forward, Hayes pocketed two All-Ireland medals and though he maintains that Kilkenny are a cut above everybody else right now, the former Clonoulty-Rossmore clubman is confident that the current crop of Tipp players can progress to the final for the second successive season.