Peter Creedon says Tipperary are determined to build on their achievement in reaching this year's All-Ireland U21FC final.

The Premier County came within a point of beating Tyrone in the decider and Creedon wants to carry that progress through to senior level.

"We made a breakthrough at 21, which a lot of people said wouldn't happen," the West Cork native told the Irish Examiner ahead of Tipp's Munster SFC quarter-final against Waterford this weekend.

"What we need to start doing first is getting to Munster finals, we need to start beating Cork and Kerry, we haven't done that in a long, long time, then we need to take out a Division 1 team in the qualifiers.

"If we started doing that, and get up to Division 2 or Division 1, you might have a chance of getting to All-Ireland semi-final in the next couple of years, but the top teams have gone so far ahead in terms of preparation

"There is a sense of respect (in Tipperary) for what we are doing, a couple of games last year were double-headers and meant people saw us who wouldn't have ordinarily, but Tipp is traditionally a hurling county, will always be. But look, if we win Munster, take out Cork or Kerry in a big game, it will add a bit more to it."

Creedon insists Tipp are over the disappointment of their controversial All-Ireland U21 final loss.

"When you lose a big match like that, you are going to take what you can in terms of what you can learn from it and there are certain things we can learn from that," he continued.

"When you lose a game by a point or win by a point, it doesn't necessarily mean you did everything right or did everything wrong, but it was a great campaign, and gave us great confidence for what we are doing as a management team."

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