Championship 2014: Tipperary

Manager: Eamon O’Shea (second year).Titles: Munster 40 (2012), All-Ireland 26 (2010).2014 league: 4th Division One A and finalists.Odds and ends: All-Ireland 6/1; Munster 9/4.Bookies say: Munster finalists and All-Ireland semi-finalists.What bookies said in 2013: Munster champions and All-Ireland finalists.2013 championship: Lost Munster semi-final to Limerick 1-15 to 1-18, lost All-Ireland qualifier Phase II to Kilkenny, 1-14 to 0-20.First outing: Munster semi-final v Limerick, Semple Stadium, June 1st.

Clare’s David McInerney, Brendan Bugler and Cian Dillon tackle Seamus Callanan of Tipperary.

Thu May 15 2014 - 12:00

Eamon O’Shea completed a creditable turnaround taking the team from within a Dublin error of having to present for a relegation play-off to a creditable league final. An hospitable defence has tightened up but will the class of 2010 rediscover their drive? A good league is always significant in Tipperary even though losing another see-saw battle with Kilkenny in the finalwasn’t ideal.

Last good day: Winning All-Ireland four years ago.