Liam Kearns says Tipperary thrive on pressure

Not alone have they exceeded the expectations of those outside their camp, they’ve surprised themselves too.

Last year may have been a good year for Tipperary football, the off-season, however, wasn’t so kind; Colin O’Riordan signed a two-year rookie contract with the Sydney Swans, Steven O’Brien and Seamus Kennedy opted off the football set-up to throw their lot in with the county’s hurlers, Clonmel Commercials’ Munster club success scratched another fives names off the team sheet for Tipperary’s first two league games of the present campaign and there was also the small matter of a fairly congested injury list.

Ahead of their Division 3 opener back in late January, newly appointed manager Liam Kearns put the figure of those unavailable at 13.