No place for managers to hide from sideline snipers

By six o’clock, it was quiet in the corridor under the Mackey Stand in the Gaelic Grounds on Sunday. Most of the spectators had gone off to digest the Munster final, and just a few Tipperary and Waterford representatives were left, engaged in media duties.

Derek McGrath was giving his views to some reporters when Michael Ryan came around the corner; the Tipp boss was immediately besieged by more members of the fourth estate looking for a comment.

“Wait ‘til that man has finished, lads,” said Ryan, nodding at McGrath further up the corridor. “Give him some time.”