Future-focused Tipp have eyes on growth from ground up  

New manager Paul Kelly brought in 16 newcomers to fill the many empty dressing-room seats. This is who they have and this is who they are moving forward with.

NEW ERA: Tipperary footballer Steven O’Brien pictured at the launch of the Munster GAA Senior Hurling and Football Championship. Pic: Harry Murphy, Sportsfile

Relentless player churn. A lost boom. A forced blank page only three seasons on from their breakthrough result.

Across Tipperary’s seven League outings in Division 4 this spring, just one-third of the 2020 Munster final-winning team featured. Of the five subs used against Cork on the afternoon the county ended an 85-year wait for Munster football honours, three are still around.