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Published 08:42 24 Apr 2017 BST
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On RTÉ's League Sunday, their 2010 All-Ireland winning manager Liam Sheedy did not try to sugarcoat the defeat.
"They lost all the individual battles. I would say the 6 forwards, the score was Galway 6 Tipp 0. All the Galway backs were on top," said Sheedy. "Tipp were seen as the team to beat and Galway have clearly shown that this is more than a one horse race."
Since last summer all and sundry have been praising the terrifying Tipperary half-back line of Seamus Kennedy and the Maher brothers, Padraic and Ronan, which makes Henry Shefflin's analysis all the more cutting.
"They were very flat. They went back to their old days - they were cleaned out of it in their half-back and half-forward lines, the middle third, just that whole area, Galway swallowed them up," said the 10-time All-Ireland winner.
Unsurprisingly, Cyril Farrell was keen to emphasise the positives in his native Galway, rather than focussing on Tipperary's problems.
"This team has come of age, they are together 6-7 years, strength and conditioning, they are as tuned up as they can be," he said. "It is there for them to win. If they get their game right, they have the pieces, the jigsaw is coming together. I really believe they can go the whole way."
When it came to naming their predicted All-Ireland champions, Sheedy stumped for his native Tipperary.
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