The forgotten county?
Séamus Callanan grimaces at the suggestion of Tipperary as an All-Ireland afterthought before turning his frown upside down with a wry smile.
“Yeah, sure look, that’s not a bad position to be in either,” he noted of Tipp the underdogs.
That tag was never likely to sit well with a three-time All-Ireland winner but there’s some merit to the suggestion. Three years after lifting the Liam MacCarthy Cup, the bookmakers place Tipp as 16/1 long shots for the All-Ireland having fallen at the quarter-final stage in each of the last two seasons.
They’re currently in a period of transition under new manager Colm Bonnar who has looked at 30 different players throughout five Allianz League games, ultimately failing to qualify for the knock-out stage.
Callanan was one of the 30 thou …
- March 23, 2022
