Tipperary manager Liam Cahill says he never anticipated that Kilkenny would seek Croke Park intervention after the scoreboard controversy at the end of Sunday's absorbing All-Ireland semi-final.
The Premier County booked their place in the decider where they will face the Rebels, with Oisín O’Donoghue’s late goal propelling them into the showpiece.
However, a Noel McGrath point effort at the end of normal time was waved wide by the umpire, but given as a point on the scoreboard, apparently putting Tipp four up - 4-21 to 0-29 - at the time, with Kilkenny then focused on raising a green flag to salvage a result.
Speaking after the game, both Kilkenny manager Derek Lyng and his Tipp counterpart Cahill confirmed that they thought the difference had been three points at the final whistle.
Speaking at the Tipperary press night for the All-Ireland final, Cahill lamented the fact the late drama tainted the occasion somewhat.
"It was very unfortunate," he told RTÉ Sport. "It was a pity for the spectacle that it was, that it has diminished it somewhat.
"Unfortunately human error does happen."
While the rules only allow for an objection to the result in the event of the referee incorrectly recording a score or the reverse, which does not appear to have been the case on Sunday, Kilkenny kept their counsel on the matter and Cahill was quick to praise the integrity of their neighbours.
"They have been really admirable and respectful in their approach to it," he said.
"We have huge respect for Kilkenny in Tipperary. That was never something that entered our thought process whatsoever, that Kilkenny would look to try and change the result in the boardroom.
"I’d like to think that if the shoe was on the other foot, we’d do the same thing in Tipperary."
