Tipp forwards should take leaf out of Ryan’s book

IT DIDN’T happen today or yesterday but that doesn’t matter, just as it doesn’t matter what time of the night Hamlet actually takes the stage.

The Tipperary hurlers were training in Thurles under the supervision of Babs Keating in his first incarnation as manager, with a few diehards seated in the Old Stand, keeping an eye on proceedings.

A ball broke out towards the wing but was controlled in a heartbeat with a one-handed flick – down and up and into the player’s hand and over the bar.