Tony Leen: Hope and history rhyme to create an enticing future for Tipperary football

That Tipp claimed a stunning first Munster football title in 85 years was more to do with smart football than the stars aligning

Tipperary’s Conor Sweeney celebrates. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

The thrill and the noise is in the history, both honouring and creating it. The quiet gratification, though, in the performance.

Maybe the loose talk was right. That the stars were aligning for Tipperary and their footballers this weekend, but the historical imperative carried limited ballast into Sunday at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.