Tipperary learn little from Louth canter

His Tipperary team will join a raft of northern heavyweights in the bowl for this morning’s round 3B football draw and the Premier manager says they’ve been left ill-prepared by virtue of the “non-event” that was Saturday afternoon’s qualifier contest.
In a fixture that resembled more a challenge game than a knock-out championship tie, Tipperary signalled their intent when moving 2-8 to 0-6 clear 27 minutes in, stretching the gap out to 2-10 to 0-6 by the halfway mark. Such was the appalling Louth effort that the home side cantered to a 14-point lead after 41 minutes, 23-points separating the sides at the finish.