Conal Bonnar: Tipperary must use league to blood next generation

“If those U20s, U21s don’t make the team they could drift away and we could miss a whole generation of guys who were the best at their age and had All-Ireland glory.”

Conal Bonnar. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Former Tipperary star Conal Bonnar hopes the county’s 2018 and ’19 All-Ireland U21 and U20 winners make up a significant proportion of the senior team during the forthcoming Allianz League.

Liam Sheedy’s side open their Division 1A campaign away to All-Ireland SHC and Division 1 champions Limerick on Saturday week, a team they have lost to in four of their five previous league and championship clashes.