Change coming at pace with Liam Cahill's Tipperary

FORGING AHEAD: Tipperary’s Michael Breen gets to the sliotar first under pressure from Cork’s Luke Meade during the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League final at Páirc Uí Rinn last month. A pacy and powerful player, Breen looks to be thriving under Liam Cahill. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
With an experimental hue to their format if not line-up, it’s unusual that Tipperary travel as favourites to face All-Ireland runners-up Kilkenny at a venue they haven’t beaten their neighbours in 15 years.
That Michael Breen and Seamus Kennedy at the heart of this trial are two-time All-Ireland winners offers some comfort but there are risks, especially in the former’s case when he has operated a good 30 metres up the field for the last seven seasons.