Umpire gaffe sours another great Tipperary escape

Waterford 2-22 Tipperary 2-22: The width of a post has often been the difference between victory and defeat. Not here.

No, it was the width of an umpire’s head that was pivotal in helping to decide that Waterford would not hold on to an astonishing lead.

With their four games in four straight Sundays, Limerick being their home yesterday where there were more Tipperary folk among the 10,237 attendance than their own following, and their catalogue of injuries, fate had already played a major role in shaping Waterford’s championship. They wouldn’t have anticipated an umpire would appear as the villain in act two to twist the dagger.