From triumph to turbulence, Conor Sweeney giving even keel as Tipperary eye ‘daunting’ Kerry

Conor Sweeney at AIB's launch of the 2021 GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Riding high in November, shot down in June, it’s been a turbulent eight months for Tipperary’s senior footballers and captain Conor Sweeney intimates July mightn’t get any better.

It’s not that he harbours a defeatist attitude going into Saturday’s provincial semi-final in Thurles — he wouldn’t have lifted the Munster Cup or claimed an All-Star last year with one — but relegation to Division 4 combined with the sight of Kerry on the horizon gives him cause for alarm.