Liam Kearns hopeful of retaining Tipperary position

Liam Kearns expects to remain in charge of the Tipperary senior footballers next year — “assuming everything is as it should be.”

The former Limerick and Laois supremo has completed the first of a two-year term and he achieved incredible success in 2016 when guiding the Premier County to a first All-Ireland SFC semi-final in 81 years.

But Kearns also admitted that departing team captain Peter Acheson, who is going to Dubai, will be difficult to replace and he remains hopeful that his absence is more of a short-term situation rather than indefinite.