Jackie Tyrrell claims Kilkenny's brilliant All-Ireland final performance was born out of their "embarrassing" NFL final defeat to Dublin.

Speaking to Kieran McSweeney on TV3's review of Kilkenny's All-Ireland success, the no-nonsense corner back said: "The day against Dublin was embarrassing for us and it was definitely a day we drew a line in the sand and said 'right, we're going back and we have to have a good look at ourselves, the whole panel and the management.

"We just went at it with a different attitude. It was the kick in the backside we needed that day in the league final.

"We were meant to be wearing the Kilkenny jersey with pride and honour, but we weren't doing that. We embarrassed and let down the people of Kilkenny. There was no drive in the tam and no bit of pride and we totally let ourselves down." Tweet

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