Colm Bonnar said that Tipperary were left “shell-shocked” following their heavy defeat to Cork.
While it was widely acknowledged that the team was entering a transitional phase as a number of stalwarts moved on and injuries mounted up, four defeats from four, including two home losses that were particularly hard to stomach, and a scoring difference of -31 is probably beyond what even the most pessimistic observers would have predicted.
To his credit, Bonnar didn’t reach for the changing of the guard as an excuse.
