After a torrid year, where now for Tipperary football?

"We need to bite the bullet and have a look within our own county of good solid football people that want to take on the role of developing Tipperary football."

Jack Kennedy of Tipperary after the Munster SFC quarter-final defeat to Waterford. Picture: Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

Tipperary GAA must do a better job in showing their underage players the “steps of the stairs” to becoming a senior inter-county footballer.

That’s the view of former Tipp U20 manager and senior selector Tommy Toomey, who believes the county must improve the footballing and conditioning education it provides to U14, U15, and U16 development squad players.