Liam Cahill took huge encouragement from Tipperary’s draw with Limerick at FBD Semple Stadium last Sunday.

The performance was a massive improvement on Tipp’s abysmal showing against Cork at the same venue last year when they bowed out of the Munster SHC with a whimper, and prompted Cahill to suggest that he has the ‘right players in the dressing-room now’.

"We're really proud. It was a typical Munster championship (game), end-to-end," the Tipp manager told RTÉ.

"It's a credit to the players. We have the right players in the dressing room now. Obviously, the door is always open but we have a real good bunch of players that have shown massive bravery.

"We were in a low place this time last year. We're far from the finished article. But four championship debutants today, all under the age of 20. It's about future-proofing this thing but also trying to deliver silverware because that's the currency in Tipperary.

"Some days we mightn't deliver as we want to but it isn't for the want of trying, I can assure you of that. I think anybody who understands the hurling scene in Tipperary understands we're at least two years away from where we believe we can be. But they're making big strides and I'm proud to be the one helping them."

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