2023 has worked out very well for Tipp’s Tynan

FIRST REAL YEAR: Alan Tynan of Tipperary in action against Conor Cleary, left, and Brandon O'Connell of Clare during the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Bearing in mind it was as he says his “first real year” as a Tipperary senior hurler, 2023 worked out reasonably well for Alan Tynan.

The team’s failure to perform in the All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Galway left a rotten taste in his mouth but as a proper debut year goes it was a solid one.