Cummins targets direct route to HQ

Avoiding Kilkenny as long as possible is key to sustaining a team’s All-Ireland interests — even Tipperary’s.

All going well, they won’t face the Cats until September, but Brendan Cummins insists he doesn’t mind when that time comes.

Victory over Waterford in next month’s Munster final will ensure they’re on the opposite side of the draw to Kilkenny, providing Brian Cody’s side beat Galway in July 8’s Leinster final.