Coaching crossover thickens plot ahead of Saturday showdown 

Guiding Waterford to an All-Ireland final and semi-final in back-to-back years, Liam Cahill’s time there was largely positive

OLD FRIENDS: Tipperary manager Liam Cahill. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

For a whole host of reasons, “the timing was right” for Liam Cahill to accept an offer to manage Tipperary last July, 11 months after choosing to stay on with Waterford.

It was always going to be more of a pull towards his native county than a push away from the Déise.