Brendan Cummins announces retirement

Tipperary hurler Brendan Cummins has brought an end to his long career as the Premier County's goalkeeper.

The 38-year-old revealed his decision to retire in an interview with RTÉ.

The Ardfinnan man made his debut for Tipperary way back in 1995, and was a regular starter for the Munster men for 19 consecutive championship seasons.

He won five Munster senior hurling medals, three National League medals and two All-Ireland senior medals, won in 2001 and 2010. As well as all the medals he won with Tipperary, he won All Stars in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008 and 2010.

Earlier this season, Cummins gave a lengthy interview to GAA.ie for a series on Player Welfare. Click here to read the interview.

Speaking to RTÉ, Cummins, who also played for the Tipperary footballers in the early part of his career, said the time was right to retire.

"Family, I suppose, has been the big reason, Paul and Sarah now are new arrivals, she's a year old at the end of the month. So, obviously I want to spend more time with them," he said.

"And obviously from a Tipperary hurling point of view. I'm around a long time, I think it's time somebody else got a shot at it."

Cummins also revealed his intention to pursue a career in management at some point in the future.