O’Shea offers no excuses but vows to bounce back after loss

Tipperary manager Eamon O’Shea will have to draw on the experience of losing in the Munster championship in 2010 and bouncing back to win the All-Ireland to get his team back on form.

“Well I’d prefer not to have to use it but if I have to use it . . .” he lamented.

“I think hurling, and I think this is not always understood by those who are not looking closely at the game, there are five or six teams that can win the All-Ireland.