Comparisons keep Curran wary

So what if Kilkenny were beaten in the Leinster final by a Galway team that belied the underdog tag, says Tipperary captain Paul Curran.

He knows enough to expect another battle against the old foe on Sunday.

Sure, by his reckoning, didn’t the same thing happen to Tipperary in the 2010 Munster championship. Having gone to Páirc Uí Chaoimh with high expectations earlier, they were tossed about like a rag doll by a fired-up home side and sent homeward to Tipp to think again.