Eddie Brennan: Credit Tipp players for answering their manager’s call, but Galway are just not firing for Henry Shefflin

Galway manager Henry Shefflin shows his dissatisfaction on the sideline during his side's loss to Wexford

Eddie Brennan

As a former player, there are times you watch hurling and wish you were still in there – telling yourself you’d do this or that in certain situations. But looking Waterford and Tipp knock lumps out of each other on Saturday, I was glad to be nowhere near it.

It might not have been a spectacular game of hurling, but the middle third was like a warzone, both teams heading into the trenches for an almighty scrap. You couldn’t fault players for their endeavour. It was toe to toe, slugging it out, and they served up a game that had everything.