Tipp coach Liam Cahill pulls no punches as he attacks critics ahead of All-Ireland final

Ahead of the All-Ireland final against Cork on Sunday, Tipperary boss Liam Cahill has hit out at critics that claim he tires his teams out with brutal training sessions.

Cahill is on a mission to prove doubters wrong after Tipp saw off Kilkenny at Croke Park in the semi-finals to set up an historic date with Cork on July 20.

The Ballingarry man’s credentials were questioned after Tipp’s lacklustre Championship exit to Clare last year, but ahead of the All-Ireland final, Cahill has come out fighting.

Cahill said: “I suppose the ones around that, ‘Cahill flogs his teams, his excruciating training sessions’ — I felt was disingenuous. Liam Cahill doesn’t make it up as he goes along.

“People commenting on stuff like that, not knowing what exactly is going on behind the scenes, is lazy and ill-informed but it does give you the motivation to try and prove people wrong.

“If you ask any of our players, and myself and the management team as well, deep down from the outset of the year, yes, there was such a job of work to be done.

“But always in the back of your mind you’re saying, ‘If we get a run here we could end up in an All-Ireland final and if we get there we’ll have a real chance of winning it’.

“That’s not sounding arrogant, but in Tipperary we like to think when we put ourselves in these positions, we give ourselves a great chance.”

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Tipp’s last All-Ireland victory came in 2019, when they saw off Kilkenny, while Cork are without a Liam MacCarthy since 2005.