THE FUTURE is bright for Tipperary despite losing to All-Ireland champions Limerick yesterday claims Jackie Tyrrell.
Limerick beat their Munster rivals 3-21 to 0-23 in the Munster SHC, but Tyrell believes that a lot can be learnt after Tipperary held the lead for long against John Kiely's team.
Speaking on the Sunday Game Tyrrel said:
"They lost their two previous games. A terrible performance against Clare. So many injuries, so many retirees,"
"But today they fronted up. They were spirited. They got in Limerick's face and asked questions probably not [asked] of this Limerick team so far.
"Colm Bonnar and his team will be happy with a lot of it. Of course they lost again but it’s a far cry from the performance we saw against Clare.
"The most important thing is that they learned. They set up structurally better at the back. They seemed more compact. The gaping holes that were evident against Clare seemed to be fixed.
"Some young lads really stepped up. I thought Dylan Quirke was really good, Jake Morris, Ger Browne.
"There are green shoots there for this Tipp team."
Limerick step it up a gear when they have to as Conor Boylan finishes to the net
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Trailing by two points in the 60th minute, John Kiely’s side scored 2-6 in the final moments of the game with goals from Conor Boylan and Aaron Gillane.
Even though Limerick won by a distance, Kiely felt that Limerick were poor for large parts and that they will have to improve if they are to overcome Clare next Sunday (May 15th)
“All told we’d be disappointed with an awful lot of our performance today - it lacked the intensity we’d associated with our play, '' said the Limerick manager.
"It was just a smidgen off but having said that credit has to be given to Tipperary, who brought huge aggression and intensity to the game in the first 45 minutes, even."
“We’re going to have to improve for next weekend. That performance won’t happen next week, it’s as simple as that. It only barely did today, to be honest.”
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