Tipperary boss Liam Cahill was kidnapped by his team during a live BBC interview as they hoisted him in the air in celebration. Cahill's three-year project with Tipperary came to its crescendo on Sunday afternoon when his side held Cork to just two points in the second half of the All-Ireland final. The win means Liam MacCarthy is heading back to the Premier County for the first time since 2019, with Cahill being the popular leader of the group. While conducting a BBC interview after the final, Cahill was taken away unexpectedly by his grateful panel and thrown up in the air. Cahill hit all the right notes with his side in the build-up to this one, with players speaking glowingly of their leader. Cahill also discussed the message the late Dillon Quirke's father sent to the team ahead of the final. “Dillon is with us every day. When we started out on this journey in 2023, we were all hit with the devastating tragedy of what happened to him. “I was 50 yards from it, the day it happened in Semple Stadium, and I'll never forget it. And it had a huge effect on our dressing-room. “It was a really difficult year, 2023 - and 2024 - around everybody trying to cope with it in their own way. Like today, I got a text from Dan, his Dad, coming up the road to wish me luck. And I just said that Dillon will be on all our shoulders today, regardless of what happens in the result. “And, you know, he should be with us today. But the legacy he's leaving and the work that he's doing to save lives across Ireland at the moment through his name and the foundation is just incredible. “And today I never flinched at any stage on the line. Once he was across my chest, I knew that we would be battling right to the end. And I'm just so proud to have had an input into his life for the short number of years he was with us.”