Brian Fox says exodus from Tipperary has been overstated

It isn’t that Brian Fox is contrary; he just sees things a different way.

It wasn’t the fact Tipperary beat Cork last month that told him they have reached a higher level of maturity; it was how they killed off the game that convinced him they’d taken the next step.

“I’ve definitely heard people say it to us before we are too honest and should take more fouls, especially last year with the U21s when they lost to Tyrone. They were definitely accused of not being cuter and that’s a learning process because every time you go out you have to learn something from the last time.