Maher blames himself for Tipp’s 2017 burnout

All-Ireland winning Tipperary captain Brendan Maher has admitted he was partly to blame for pushing his team-mates too hard last year.

Tipp have qualified for Sunday’s Allianz League final and are doing their best to avoid the pitfalls of 12 months ago when they came into the decider jaded and were soundly beaten.

Maher admitted they were so keen to avoid complacency at the time, and to ultimately hang onto the MacCarthy Cup, that they trained harder, but not necessarily smarter.