Tipperary here to stay, declares Tommy Toomey

The ripples caused by Tipperary’s qualification for their first All-Ireland quarter-final have been large but on the Breffni Park pitch on Saturday, it felt like an intimate affair.

From small acorns grow... but as of now there is plenty of space on the bandwagon. “We knew the individual Tipperary football supporters out there on the field,” said Tipperary selector Tommy Toomey.

“They came up on the bus and the players would know them. That’s how close-knit the Tipperary football community is. It’s a job done and another step on the journey where we need to try to go. We have to be more consistent in Munster and move up the divisions in the league.