Dara Ó Cinnéide: Tipperary’s best chance? Get on front foot early and often

Whatever the turnout for tomorrow’s Munster football final in Killarney, let’s hope that it doesn’t start the same conversation we had after the 2012 final between Cork and Clare about small attendances and dwindling returns for the Munster Council.

The controversial seeding of Cork and Kerry was met with almost universal disapproval three years ago, but it at least guaranteed a decent turnout for Munster final day and about a €500,000 more than the alternative.

The provincial councils would rightly argue that they may, by rule, organise their championships to take into account the relative strengths of the counties within the province and that all these decisions are taken democratically.