Austin Gleeson: ‘The outside world doesn’t know what’s going on inside the circle’

Waterford’s Austin Gleeson believes Tipperary are 15% “ahead of every other team” but the recent loss to them and Cork isn’t worrying him too much even if losing to Clare tomorrow could see them face a relegation play-off, writes John Fogarty

Inter-county GAA makes strangers of its players. That’s just the way when they are privy to the inner workings of a panel and Joe Public isn’t.

Austin Gleeson hasn’t become a hermit since he became the 2016 version of Tony Kelly and picked up the Hurler and Young Hurler of the Year awards.