Liam Sheedy refused to criticise referee Paud O'Dwyer for not sending off Aaron Gillane during Tipperary's Munster SHC final loss to Limerick.

The Limerick forward was lucky to escape with a yellow card after lashing out at Tipp corner back Cathal Barrett following a tangle between the two during the second half of this afternoon's dramatic decider at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

“I’ll have to look at that back. Obviously, the ball was thrown in so it looks like there was a strike of some sort, but look overall, Paud O’Dwyer and his officials done a super job on that game," the Tipperary manager told the media afterwards.

“It was really intense heat. Fair play, they let water in from time to time to give the players a break. It was breathtaking stuff, it was a wonderful, wonderful game of hurling.”

After seeing his side build up a 10-point half-time lead, Sheedy was powerless to stop the All-Ireland champions from turning the game on its head in the third quarter when they outscored Tipp by 1-10 to 0-1.

“We lost the initiative. All the momentum shifted in that quarter. We just couldn’t get it back. We only got one point from play. We put such of an effort into that first half, we were going in at half-time in a really good place," he reflected.

“We knew there was going to be a kick in Limerick. They’re not Munster and All-Ireland champions for no reason. We died with our boots on there. As Tipperary manager I’m very proud for the effort that went in, for the guys that started, the guys that came in."

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