O’Shea early favourite to take Tipp job

Eamon O’Shea has emerged as then front-runner for the Tipperary manager’s job, vacated by Declan Ryan last weekend.

O’Shea was a key member of Liam Sheedy’s backroom team when Tipperary won the 2011 All-Ireland title and is widely credited with Tipperary’s innovative attacking alignment in that game.

A professor of sociology in NUIG, O’Shea is highly regarded by the Tipperary players, most of whom he coached while a selector with Sheedy and Michael Ryan from 2009 to 2011.