Noel McGrath and Tipp not looking back in anger

For any premier level county, let alone the Premier county, 11 months seems an inordinate length of time to go between Championship games.

Yet that’s the position that Noel McGrath and Tipperary found themselves in after last year’s thrilling Munster Championship left them done, dusted, and on the sidelines, without a win, by June 10. But while the provincial format introduced last year makes that sort of scenario a clear and present danger, the benefits it brings far outweigh the risk of that situation arising again, according to the Loughmore-Castleiney club-man.