Michael Ryan: Fickle fate has made Tipp players ‘all the hungrier’

Michael Ryan says he and his Tipperary management team have found fate “to be fickle” this year and believes it has replenished the group’s appetite to retain their All-Ireland title.

In a letter to members of the county’s supporters club ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final against Galway, Ryan defended some of the calls made by him and his selectors Declan Fanning, John Madden and Conor Stakelum.

He didn’t refer to any in particular, but the decision not to recall Cathal Barrett to the panel would appear to be chief among them.