Padraic Maher: League loss to Galway left a mark

Tipperary hurling captain Padraic Maher says his side’s 16-point defeat against Galway in this year’s league final affected their confidence.

The two sides meet again in Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final and asked if that April loss dented Tipp’s self-belief Maher says: “It probably did, in ways. It’s bound to, a defeat like that when you think you are going well, and we thought we were going well in the league.

“We had the result against Cork in Páirc Uí Rinn and that was the only upset we had, we felt we were going well, there was a good buzz and then to be hit with that sucker punch in the league final did take it out of lads.