Niall Moran: Tipperary are bringing fire and brimstone in 2023

Former Limerick hurler Niall Moran believes Tipperary are returning to their "core values" as they seek to atone for last year's no-show in the Munster championship.

In the second league game of Liam Cahill's reign, Tipp claimed their first win over Kilkenny in UPMC Nowlan Park since 2008, Jason Forde racking up a whopping 1-15 in a six-point victory.

Speaking on Game On on RTÉ2fm, Moran was particularly impressed with Tipp's energy and attitude and suggested that the team were anxious to put things right after the miserable lost year of 2022.

"The huge positivity for Tipperary was that energy they brought. Even looking at the demeanour of Seamie Callanan, his first start in 12 months, he just looked so hungry.

"I can imagine if I was in that Tipperary dressing room, the narrative would be that we've taken a lot of grief over what happened last year. They took a little hit for the departure of Colm Bonnar.

"Liam Cahill, maybe three or four years after he should have gotten it, now has the gig.

"I get the sense that they've their teeth gritted and they're ready to really come with fire and brimstone come the championship.

"There was a sense in the last couple of years that Tipp were brittle and that was unheard of for a Tipperary team.

"I think they're gone back to their core values of that real tough Tipp hurling. For anyone who grew up in the 90s, Tipp were always goal-hungry and there's shades of that in their performances."

Meanwhile, Moran says Kilkenny are likely tweaking their game-plan in anticipation of the post-TJ Reid era.

After a workmanlike victory over Antrim on the opening weekend, Derek Lyng's side slumped to a rare home loss to their neighbours in Round 2.

While he insisted after the win over Antrim that he wasn't