Jackie Tyrrell admits he was disappointed by Kilkenny's performance in the drawn All-Ireland SHC final.

The September 7th scorefest will be remembered as a classic by all who witnessed it - but not by Black & Amber defensive stalwart Tyrrell, who points out that the display at the back did not live up to the Cats' high standards:

"People probably got caught up in the hype of it being an unbelievable game and it was," he states in The Irish Independent

"But when you break it down to the hard facts, as a unit we probably didn't defend as well as we should.

"We have standards that we didn't get to that day but, lucky enough, our forwards pulled us through. I felt we could do an awful lot better and as a group we really targeted that.

"I thought Tipperary were the better side the first day, but I also felt that as a team we could improve, more so as a defensive unit.

"I knew our forwards would produce their form so if we could tighten up a bit, get that 1-28 down to 1-20 or a 1-22, that we would have a great chance of winning it."

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