"I'm not certain. I didn't pin him to the wall inside and say, 'did you know the story?'"

Niall McMorrow's late free could have earned Dublin a place in the knock-out stages on score difference but he elected to go in search of a goal instead and, afterwards, his manager Anthony Daly admitted he didn't know if the substitute knew the ramifications of his action.

"I just want to say that this team is a solid team - anybody that underestimates Tipperary, it's a mistake."

Don't say you haven't been warned - Eamon O'Shea insists his team will be a force to be reckoned with his year.

"Kilkenny did what they do when they got a scent of blood. They go for the jugular."

Derek McGrath and Waterford will have to dust themselves down for a relegation battle with Dublin.

"Opportunities will arise at various times for people, but the reality is what we are interested in having is strength in depth in our panel."

From that point of view the league has already been a success for Brian Cody and Kilkenny.

"They've amazed me because I know we are not as fit as we should be."

Davy Fitzgerald is also a happy camper after the All-Ireland champions topped the Division 1A table.

"There was a few decisions that were frustrating. I thought we deserved a penalty, we found it hard at times to get frees but you're going to get that from a lot of matches that you play and there are going to be tight calls."

The performance of referee Diarmuid Kirwan in Ennis didn't help Galway's cause according to Anthony Cunningham.

"I'd like us to be more consistent but overall I'm delighted to be back in Division 1A and to be unbeaten without showing our best form, it's fair to say."

Jimmy Barry-Murphy reckons we have yet to see the best of Cork.

"We have a quarter-final next week and this is good preparation for that."

Wexford and Liam Dunne now face the daunting prospect of taking on Kilkenny.

"It's all about next week for us; we could take nothing from today. We were clinical in our finishing. We hurled intelligently."

Brian Whelahan and Offaly won the battle, but the war is far from over.

"We thought it was a 3.0 start. It threw us off a bit."

A mix-up over the start time in Tullamore left Antrim and Kevin Ryan playing catch up. Tweet

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