Tipperary defender Mikey Breen has declined to engage with Patrick Horgan’s comment on RTÉ’s League Sunday programme that Cork were “caught” in last year’s All-Ireland final. Breen did, however, give his impression of how Tipp and Cork were differently perceived going into last July’s final. “There is no denying they were the spoken team of last year, how they went about their business right throughout the year, through the League and Munster championship. They probably had expectations themselves to really, really perform,” said the Tipp corner-back. “So yeah, I've no real comment on the word 'caught', but that is the way we saw it.

Source: Irish Examiner March 26, 2026 12:36 UTC