'It’s not the two Liams, it’s Tipperary against Waterford': Sheedy not interested in Deise subplot

Liam Sheedy on Westmeath win: 'We showed a great hunger, a good appetite for the game. We weren’t perfect'

Tipperary's manager Liam Sheedy. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

The scoreline will be the last thing Liam Sheedy reflects on when he digests Tipperary’s afternoon in Mullingar. League points and even the possibility of sharing a league title will concern him not a jot.

This was a team-building exercise, no more or less. Not at all different in many respects to the challenge match against Dublin with which they filled the previous, vacant weekend, or a training camp held at some remote tourist spot at home or abroad.