Hurling Tactics: Did mock exam show Waterford how to beat Tipperary?

Or was that league game a sign of the well-worn narrative that Tipp do not have the legs?

Conor Prunty of Waterford gets away from Seamus Callanan, left, and Jake Morris of Tipperary during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A Round 5 match between Waterford and Tipperary at Walsh Park in Waterford. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Once, when sitting down beside my friend in school our teacher came down and went through his mock exam results which were not good. 

His reply to our geography teacher's stern words with regards to his performance were: “Sir, the mocks are like the league, there is no point in showing my hand now, it's all about the Leaving Certificate, that is championship”.