Cahill happy to buck narrative around Tipperary losing leads

New Tipperary manager Liam Cahill content that his side could see out victory at Nowlan Park.

Tipperary’s manager Liam Cahill and manager Derek Lyng of Kilkenny

Mindful that the season is only a pup, Liam Cahill still had enough reason to extol the character of his Tipperary charges in seeing off Kilkenny’s fightback.

As their side's 12-point half-time lead was cut to four with eight minutes of normal time remaining, blue and gold supporters may have feared a repeat of last month's Munster Hurling League loss to Cork when they led by six points in the 66th minute only to be caught and beaten.