Cahill Tipps his hat to Cats for their class

TIPP boss Liam Cahill and vice captain Jake Morris have heaped praise on Kilkenny for showing class in response to the score fiasco during Sunday's All-Ireland semifinal.

- BY GARRY DOYLE

The game was influenced by a huge mistake by the scoreboard operator on 70 minutes when a point for Noel McGrath was incorrectly credited to Tipp on the scoreboard inside Croke Park.

However, neither ref Barry Owens nor either of his umpires had signalled a score - leading to a mistaken belief that Tipp had moved four points ahead when in fact they were just three clear.

That clearly influenced Kilkenny's decisions in the closing stages when first Eoin Cody and then John Donnelly opted to go for a goal rather than a point.

Had both men taken a different choice, the game conceivably could have ended level and moved into extra-time.