Waterford manager Derek McGrath feels that Tipperary can call on some of the finest hurlers in history.

McGrath is preparing his side to lock horns with the Premier County in Sunday's Munster SHC final and he is under no illusions with regards to the enormity of the task facing his side:

"They would have gained confidence from going to Limerick, silencing the crowd down there and just being ravenous in terms of their whole work rate and their overall play. I think some of the players playing with Tipperary are some of the best players that have ever played the game," he states in The Irish Independent.

"That's how highly I would rate Tipperary. I read a very interesting article with Brendan Maher last year where he spoke about the hurt that some Tipperary players had felt as a result of criticism within their own county and it was a heartfelt interview.

"That honesty is evident in the Tipperary team and there's a real sense of a team on a mission.

"When you have a forward line with Brendan Maher, 'Bonnar' Maher, 'Bubbles' O'Dwyer, Seamie Callanan, Niall O'Meara, Jason Forde, Lar Corbett from the bench and Noel McGrath, please God, to come back into it, I think you have brilliant players and brilliant stick men.

"We have good players as well and I'm not just trying to build up one team. I just don't think that Tipperary players have got the credit that they deserve over the years."

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