Michael Ryan’s much publicised self imposed media ban has come to a premature end.
The Tipperary hurling manager has announced in a media interview that he will speak to the media after games.
He courted controversy by declining to fulfil post match media obligations after they slumped to a 1-23 to 2-14 Munster SHC loss to Limerick last weekend.
Ryan explained his decision in an interview with Tipp FM: “We're very disappointed with the performance levels we brought on Sunday. They weren’t good enough really.
“I just want to reference the reason why I didn't speak to the media on Sunday immediately after the match, that was a decision we had taken prior to the campaign and we took that decision in the light of the fact that we were facing four Sundays in a row and what we don't do is factor in that we're going to lose a match.
“We're always very positive about our upcoming games but in the aftermath of the match, and after a loss, we should have reviewed that and I will be speaking to the media if they want to speak to me after the game."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tipperary Senior Hurling manager Michael Ryan says they are very disappointed with the result of Sunday's match against Limerick- Adding that ahead of the Munster campaign they made an internal decision not to speak to the media until after the 4 games <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hurling?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hurling</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gaa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gaa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tipperary?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tipperary</a></p>— Tipp FM Sport (@TippFMSport) <a href="https://twitter.com/TippFMSport/status/998838444108537856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Ryan confirms he will speak to the media no problem after the games going forward adding "I'm certainly not going to do this to myself again" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hurling?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hurling</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gaa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gaa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tipperary?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tipperary</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TipperaryGAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TipperaryGAA</a></p>— Tipp FM Sport (@TippFMSport) <a href="https://twitter.com/TippFMSport/status/998842279057084416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2018</a></blockquote>
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