It’s good to be back, says George Hannigan as injury nightmare ends

Never mind the victory, never mind his three-point contribution, George Hannigan was simply thankful to have lasted the full 70 minutes in Dungarvan.

It is exactly 12 months since the midfielder played a full game in the Tipperary colours and while it was a particularly long winter for the county’s football set-up given the mass exodus of players from Liam Kearns’ squad, it was an even longer one for Hannigan.

A groin injury during the first-half of last June’s Munster SFC semi-final defeat to Kerry brought an end to his 2015 season, the subsequent rehab process sidelining Hannigan for just over nine months.