Bill Maher: Tipperary football must end year in Croke Park

Dual player Bill Maher believes anything less than another All-Ireland semi-final appearance for Tipperary footballers this season would be failure.

The 23-year-old, who played Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup for his college DIT this year, insists Tipp can push on from last season’s exploits.

The former All-Ireland minor hurling winning captain believes the raw material is there for Liam Kearns’ men to improve, even if they have started the league indifferently with a win over Antrim and a loss to Sligo. They will hope to bounce back away to Laois on Saturday, one of Kearns’ former sides.