Cork great D\u00f3nal \u00d3g Cusack turned up the dial on the Munster Championship opener between Tipperary and Cork by suggesting nobody “rises or falls faster than Tipperary”.<\/p>\n
In explaining his rich anticipation of this year’s Munster round robin series, Cusack appeared to question if the All-Ireland champions<\/a> would be able to handle the pressure of targetting what has been elusive for Tipperary hurling – back to back titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n Speaking on Allianz League Sunday on RT\u00c9, Cusack said: “I think of Tipperary as All-Ireland champions and nobody rising or falling as fast in my experience of being a hurling person.<\/p>\n “Their battle cry very much now is that they want to get back to back. Will they be able for that?<\/p>\n “As long as I\u2019m involved in hurling, I think they can rise very fast, but they also fall faster than anybody else.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I think the battle cry coming out of Tipperary, ever since the All-Ireland last year, all the talk is Tipp are going to do back to back for the first time since the 60s.”<\/p>\n Expanding on this year’s mouthwatering instalment of the old competition, Cusack added: “I think of Kyle Hayes, I think he\u2019s the kind of person that Limerick people in years to come will say, ‘I went and saw him play’. I actually think he\u2019s underestimated in terms of how great a player he is.<\/p>\n “I think of Clare<\/a>, All-Ireland champions two years ago. Tony Kelly a generational player.\u00a0<\/p>\n