Cathal Barrett: 'If you listen to everything outside the dressing room, what is the point of togging out?'

The Tipperary corner-back said the team had to produce a response to the no-show against Limerick.

Waterford's Dessie Hutchinson is tackled by Tipperary's Cathal Barrett. Pic: ©INPHO/Ken Sutton

Cathal Barrett’s forehead is smeared in vaseline. War paint. Calum Lyons emerges through the narrow Walsh Park tunnel and passes behind Barrett. His white shirt is smeared red. A picture of war.

Lyons had been a picture of electricity throughout the second half. On 68 minutes, he emerged from a thicket of bodies with the Tipperary restart in his paw. Hurtling down the stand side, the half-back arrowed over a trademark Lyons point. Waterford three in front.