Tipperary for the weekend? We’re in it to win it

If there was a moment that summed up the inherent ambition of Tipperary’s bright young stable of football stars it came, ironically, in Killarney two years ago.

Tipp supporters will recall that as the punishing afternoon when Kerry steamrolled them 2-19 to 0-8 in the Munster championship, continuing the habit of a lifetime.

The thing is, while grizzled Tipperary fans privately accepted that it was merely the status quo being affirmed, O’Riordan and a bunch of confident young teenage players simply couldn’t accept what they were witnessing.