‘We had to give it everything, especially after last year’

LAST September’s lesson was well learned.

Twelve months ago, Tipperary found themselves holding the whip hand in the final quarter of an All-Ireland final against Kilkenny before crossing the finishing line five points adrift.

For a spell yesterday. it looked as if a similar script was in the process of being written when Kilkenny went about the business of eating into a seven-point deficit after the concession of Tipp’s third goal.