Colm Bonnar admits Tipperary have a lot of improving to do before their Munster SHC rematch with Waterford on April 17.

Waterford produced a strong finish to win yesterday's dress-rehearsal and effectively end Tipp's Allianz League ambitions with a round to go. Speaking to RTÉ's Sunday Sport, Bonnar conceded that his side had no answer to the late Deise onslaught.

"The last 15 minutes was very hard for us," the Tipp manager said.

"To be fair to Waterford they have a very good system; their ability to pick ball and ruck and then come out at pace was there to see. They caused us a lot of trouble and we gave away 10 frees in the second half, which didn't help us.

"It was easy scores for them to tap over and push them further ahead. In the end we just had no response. That's something we're going to have to look back on.

"Hurling can't finish until the final whistle blows and I've seen teams turn around four, five, six, seven-point leads with a few minutes to go. We weren't able to do that today."

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