Tyrrell: Tipp have to keep it tight

Jackie Tyrrell says Tipp’s best avenue to success in the All-Ireland hurling final is to starve Cork of goal chances.

The goal-hungry Rebels have netted 18 times so far in this summer’s championship, including seven goals in their semi-final demolition of Dublin.

“If I was Tipp and Liam Cahill I would probably concede the puck-outs,” the nine-times All-Ireland winner with Kilkenny commented on the RTÉ GAA Podcast. “If you let space into this Cork forward line, Brian Hayes will run riot, Shane Barrett will get on to the breaks. They’ll go long with the puck-outs and he’ll be on the edge of the square. You can only hold off the water for so long. Eventually the seams will burst.

“If I was Liam Cahill I would leave Ronan Maher on the edge of the square, have Eoghan Connolly at 6 and drop it really deep. I would go in at half time trying to keep the score down. For Tipp's belief to really build they need to stay in the game for as long as possible.

“Cork will look to go for the throat early, get those early goals and kill Tipp off. Tipp should be looking for a dogfight.”