Liam Kearns on how Tipperary football can build on 2020 success

Kearns found himself in this exact position with Tipperary four years ago, thinking about where next after an All-Ireland semi-final appearance

REACH FOR THE STARS: Tipperary’s Conor Sweeney celebrates their Munster SFC final win over in Páirc Uí Chaoimh last year. The Premier County’s first target in 2021 is to gain promotion from Division 3 of the Allianz Football League.

Liam Kearns was reading Galway great Kevin Walsh’s autobiography recently and paused to consider that the county went 18 years without playing in an All-Ireland semi-final.

That was between 2001, when Walsh was a player, and 2018, when Walsh was the manager. The third most successful county in Championship history hasn’t been back to a semi-final since either.