'We're still alive' - Liam Cahill celebrates draw like win after Tipperary fightback against Waterford

Tipperary manager Liam Cahill extolled the fight in his players after they snatched a late draw in Walsh Park to keep their Munster Hurling Championship hopes alive.

Trailing by four points with a minute of injury-time played, Jake Morris' low shot was blocked by Shaun O'Brien, the ball squirting out to substitute Seán Kenneally, who forced home a goal from close range.

Moments later, they had the all important equaliser, Alan Tynan bustling through the heart of the Waterford defence and hitting the deck to invite the free, which Gearóid O'Connor converted.

The late rescue operation came at the end of a thrilling game played out in the south-east sunshine, in which a much improved Tipperary continually rallied after being rocked with a trio of sucker-punch goals at various stages.

For Cahill and his players, hit with a freight-load of criticism following their abject loss in the Gaelic Grounds six days ago, the result and the performance represented redemption of a sort.

"Absolutely thrilled," Cahill told RTÉ Sport afterwards.

"Disappointed we didn't get the full two points. But I celebrated after like it was a win. Because really what I was celebrating was the fight in my players. The fight in our players in Tipperary.

"It's been a tough six days - it felt like six weeks - since the Limerick game. We really had a real hard look at ourselves on the Monday night.

"Both management and players, we all assessed what needed to happen today to bring a performance.

"The travelling Tipperary supporters, we know they'll back us any day of the week once we bring a performance.

"That's what we got out there today, we never gave up and chased it right down to the death. Thankfully, we're still alive in this championship."

The Tipp manager