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4th September 2016
07:26pm BST

The 27-year-old, however, definitely saved the best for last - torturing All Star full-back Joey Holden, who struggled to deal with the Tipp forward's potent combination of physicality and skill.
He scored the first point of the game when he capitalised on a Holden error and other than a strange blip, when he struck a free low enough for Cillian Buckley to block, he proceeded to put in a near flawless exhibition of hurling.
He struck only one wide and towards the end of the first half produced a spectacular piece of skill to, with his first touch, pluck the ball out of the sky, second get it into his hand and then he swivelled and shot over the bar.
He was simply awesome and, along with his corner forwards John O'Dwyer and John McGrath, they racked up 2-21 of Tipperary's total of 2-29.
Post-match Michael Ryan was unaware of the scale of his full-forward's contribution and he was quite taken aback when he learned his star man had nine points from play.
"Nine points? That's not too bad. He is certainly not going to get given out to, that was fine. We'll take that. "You don't need me to tell you he is a class player. He was almost a one-man show against Galway and yet Seamus didn't score last month against Galway, so it just shows you how it all ebbs and flows," he added. "He made a huge contribution. Nine points is outrageous to be honest with you. It is a savage contribution from a full-forward."https://twitter.com/me_stafford/status/772474566287450112 Callanan's ears must have been burning because as Ryan was waxing lyrical the Tipp star wandered into the press conference room for a chat. He may have to get used to people talking to him about his performance on Sunday. It will live long in the memory. It will pass into myth. Listen to the Callanan conversation from 2'40" below.
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