Even that drawn game v Limrick in Thurles was a great occasion. The silence in the ground when Cummins was dropped. Tipp played some fantastic hurling that night and it wasnât Babs fault the umpire was blind.
The 2006 Munster final was probably the last really great championship day in Thurles too.
He got terrible stick after an interview he gave on RTE the day before Waterford bate them.in the 2002 Munster final. He reckoned that âWaterford fans would be heading out the gate with 10/15 minutes leftâ He got a lot of grief for it
Babs and the 1980s early 1990s squad had some craic together on holidays I d say!
Babs said last night himself and Richie Stakeleum drove down together to Tipp the night before to Bobby Ryanâs mothers funeral and they had a great old chat on the journey
Yea Cummins hit a few straight out over the sideline in the drawn game.
It was a comedy gold at the time, when Babs used be brought on Tipp Fm every Monday morning defending his decisions. The time he called Tom Ryan âan arseholeâ was hilarious.
âThe day Tipperary start looking to Tom Ryan for advice will be a sad dayâ was an other great quote.
Tipp may have won a few All Irelands in the past few years but the joy has really gone from the inter county game.
that was a lovely interview on OTB earlier
5 grandchildren, was at bobby ryanâs motherâs funeral yesterday - she was 96 - was at the man who ran kavanaghâs coaches last week - he died on the plane back from tenerife
seems a most decent man
he was at Frankâs retirement in cork- said the speech touched on all matters of the GAA - id say it was some oration