Ryan quick to play down favourite tag

IT wasn’t too long after yesterday’s victory that Declan Ryan was turning his attention to next month’s All-Ireland final — and playing down Tipperary’s favourites tag.

Just in case his team’s tight win over Dublin wasn’t enough, the Clonoulty-Rossmore man did his bit to quell expectations of the All-Ireland champions.

Talking about the build-up to the final, Ryan said: “It is probably opposite to the way that we came into this game but I don’t think Kilkenny will be too worried about anything they saw.