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Irish Daily Mirror
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Cork v Tipperary TV info, throw-in time, date and more for All-Ireland final
Munster rivals Cork and Tipperary lock horns in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final for the first ever time this weekend. The Rebels come into the decider as big favourites as they aim to bring the Liam MacCarthy Cup to Leeside for the first time since 2005. Pat Ryan's side were defeated by Clare in last year's final, losing by a single point by 3-29 to 1-34. It's six years since Tipperary's last All-Ireland win, with the Premier County beating Kilkenny to reach this weekend's decider. Here's what you need to know: Date Sunday, July 20. Time 3.30pm. Venue Croke Park in Dublin. TV channel information RTE 2 will show the game live in Ireland, while BBC Two will broadcast the action in the UK. RTE's coverage starts at 2.15pm, with the BBC's commencing at 3pm. Quotes corner Cork's Ciaran Joyce on last year's final: 'It was one of the most enjoyable matches I've played in. You know, even though we did lose, just the game itself and the occasion and everything, it was unreal. 'The build-up to the game, it was some experience to play in. And, like, we took a lot of learnings from it too. 'As young fellas, what you dream of to play in an All-Ireland final and to be playing there then, it's unreal. 'But you also have to treat it like it's just another game. You know, you can't let the occasion get to you too. The whole parade and, you know, all the side pieces that are different for an All-Ireland final. You can't leave these things get to you too.' Tipperary manager Liam Cahill: 'For me, the first round of the Munster Championship in Thurles against Limerick, you could really sense it was starting to work out. 'I said it to the players from day one, you have to earn the Tipperary supporters' respect again. 'It is not lost on us as a squad, we are over the moon with the huge support we have and the energy there is around the place. 'We feel good. Cork are a great team. But we are there on merit.' Cork win: 2/5 Tipperary win: 11/4 Draw: 15/2
The Sun
17-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
‘We're better equipped' – Ciaran Joyce and Cork are ‘fully ready' for final after last year's heartbreak
CIARÁN Joyce hopes the lessons learned in the 2024 All-Ireland hurling final will stand to Cork as they look to make amends. But with fans on Leeside desperate to see the end of the county's longest ever drought, Joyce feels they cannot afford to be distracted from the task at hand in Sunday's decider against Tipperary. 2 2 Rebels ace Joyce said: 'As young fellas, what you dream of is to play in an All-Ireland final. To be playing there then, it's unreal. 'But you also have to treat it like it's just another game. You can't let the occasion get to you. 'The whole parade and all the side pieces that are different for an All-Ireland final, you can't let these things get to you too. I suppose in the lead-up to the final last year, there was a lot of hype around the place. 'You're trying to keep a lid on it this year and just have laser focus. 'Even with tickets or all this type of stuff, it's just about trying to keep a lid on all of that now. We'll leave my parents to deal with that.' Last year's All-Ireland semi-final win over Limerick was Joyce's first experience of playing in Croke Park. But despite dethroning the then-reigning champions, Cork came up short in their bid for a first Liam MacCarthy Cup since 2005. Reflecting on the one-point extra-time defeat to Clare that followed, the Castlemartyr defender said: 'It was probably one of the most enjoyable matches that I have played in. 'Even though we did lose, just the game itself and the occasion and everything, it was just unreal. I suppose it was all a new experience for me too. 'Easiest interview I've ever had' jokes RTE GAA host after pundits go back and forth before Meath vs Donegal It was my second time only playing at Croke Park and playing in front of big crowds as well, so it was a little bit new to me. 'I suppose the Limerick game was kind of like an All-Ireland final as well. 'But of course as a young fella, you're always learning so the All-Ireland final was no different to that too. 'But I feel like this year we are definitely better equipped. We've been through it all and we're fully ready for it now.' Cork will look to benefit from their recent experience of contesting the All-Ireland final. And they come into the game off the back of a big semi-final win over Dublin. For the majority of the Tipp team that will be looking to deny them, this will be a first brush with the biggest day in the hurling calendar. But when asked if he subscribes to the theory that you must lose one in order to win one, Joyce insisted: 'Oh, no. Definitely not.'
Irish Daily Mirror
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
'I've been doing it since I'm a toddler' How Cork star switches off on game week
Given how it turned out, you'd think that mention of last year's All-Ireland final would be chilling for Ciaran Joyce. Instead, it's an experience that he reflects on in a largely positive context. Rather than getting bogged down by the fact that Cork were squeezed out by Clare after extra time, Joyce takes pride in being involved in hurling's blue riband event and all that went with it. 'It was one of the most enjoyable matches I've played in,' he says. 'You know, even though we did lose, just the game itself and the occasion and everything, it was unreal. READ MORE: Who will be on RTE commentary duty for Sunday's Cork-Tipperary All-Ireland hurling final? READ MORE: GAA Palestine cancels Ireland trip after visa rejection 'The build-up to the game, it was some experience to play in. And, like, we took a lot of learnings from it too. 'As young fellas, what you dream of to play in an All-Ireland final and to be playing there then, it's unreal. 'But you also have to treat it like it's just another game. You know, you can't let the occasion get to you too. The whole parade and, you know, all the side pieces that are different for an All-Ireland final. You can't leave these things get to you too.' It was, as he points out, just his second time to play in Croke Park. This Sunday's final against Tipperary will be his fourth. 'I feel like this year we're definitely better equipped. You know, we've been through it all and, yeah, we're fully ready for it now.' Every player has their own way of dealing with the build-up. Joyce, 23, has just finished college and is throwing himself into working on the dairy farm at home with his father. 'I was working away today, so there's no days off. I love it, yeah. I love it. 'We're actually out in the sun today, it was a sunny day, so we're actually fencing this morning. It was a good day to be at that. No, there's no days off there. He won't give you any days off. It keeps me grounded anyway. 'I'll farm for the rest of the summer anyway, and I'll look into maybe getting a job there at the end of the year but in the future, I do hope to go home dairy farming. That's the plan anyway. 'It's not conducive to training but I'm lucky now my dad is fit and healthy, and he's able to go milking but any time I'm around, I do go milking.' Much of how inter-county players live their lives chimes with that of professional athletes, but their inability to rest to the same degree between training and games is the single biggest difference. In Joyce's case, he's exerting himself in one of the most physically demanding jobs you can imagine. 'There's a lot of physical stuff. But no. I'm like, I've been doing it since I'm a toddler nearly so there's nothing that's new to me. 'A lot say you have farmer's strength from it. I find it, it's very good instead of sitting down in an office chair or whatever, you're up and about, your kind of you're moving. So, I think it's actually a good thing for you.' Too much hurling talk definitely isn't, though he and his father largely steer clear of it. 'In an office, sure, you're consumed by a lot of that. But it's nice, just myself and my dad working at home. But I suppose you have to cherish all that [the build-up]. 'Like, you know these days don't come around too often so it's important just to embrace these moments because you know when you're looking back on this in a couple years' time, they're great memories to have, the build-up to and All-Ireland final. 'We try and talk as little as possible about hurling [on the farm]. You know, he's very good like that too. He's a big GAA man and he realises that it's important to keep my eyes off hurling for a while. 'It obviously consumes a lot of my life as well so he's very good like that to kind of keep my head away from that.' He added: 'The lead-up to the final last year, there was a lot of hype around the place, and I suppose trying to keep a lid on it this year and just have laser focus now. 'Even tickets or all this stuff, you know, just trying to keep a lid on all that now. We'll leave my parents deal with that.' Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email alerts.
Irish Independent
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Munster Hurling championship: Cork too strong for Waterford, Limerick hammered
Live | Welcome to GAA championship live blog with hurling's Munster and Leinster championships the main focus of today's action. It promises to be another day of drama. Follow all the action around the grounds here. Live scores: Leinster SHC (2.0) Wexford 2-19 Kilkenny 1-15 (full-time) Dublin 3-15 Galway 0-29 (full-time) Offaly 3-15 Antrim 1-16 (full-time) Munster SHC (4.0) Clare 3-20 Limerick 0-24 (full-time) Cork 2-25 Waterford 1-22 (full-time) Munster Ladies SFC final (2.30) Kerry 2-6 Waterford 0-10 (full-time) Connacht Ladies SFC final (1.0) Galway 0-16 Mayo 1-4 (full-time) Ulster MFC final (5.15) Cavan v Tyrone 2 minutes ago Colm Keys in Páirc Uí Chaoimh: Cork.........2-25 Waterford....1-22 Cork lived dangerously against Waterford before securing safe passage to a Munster hurling final with Limerick in just under two weeks' time. After the 16-point beating they took against Limerick in the previous round the Rebels needed a response but it only came in fits and starts and was far from the fluent response they might have expected in Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Ultimately it was a four-minute period towards the end of the third quarter when they scored 1-4 without reply that got the job done for a first Munster final in seven years. Patrick Horgan got the goal after being put in by Brian Hayes who had got the first goal at the beginning of the second half when Tim O'Mahony blocked down Paddy Leavey and sent Darragh Fitzgibbon tearing down the left flank to put Hayes in. But even those goals provided a relatively thin cushion as Waterford kept coming back and got a bounce of their own through a Stephen Bennett goal in the 58th minute. But the closest Waterford could get was a goal and Cork, backed by the wind in the second half, always had the artillery to steer clear,despite recording 17 wides and dropping three more short throughout this final round fixture. For Waterford it is more despair. They have yet to escape the round robin format in six attempts and for the fourth successive year they won't be hurling in June, a setback for the county after such a strong start in taking down All-Ireland champions Clare. Ahead by 0-13 to 0-12 at the break after playing into the wind in the first half - Cork lost the toss - the home side had to be relatively happy with that position. Waterford were lucky that Darragh Lyons wasn't sent off for striking out at Shane Barrett, catching him in the face. Clearly referee Johnny Murphy, who was close to the incident, deemed it a push. But they kept at it even when Cork looked like stretching clear with Sean Walsh causing the Cork defence, in which Sean O'Donoghue, Ciaran Joyce and Mark Coleman were superb, plenty of trouble. 12 minutes ago Ryan Taylor scored 2-2 for Clare as they salvaged some pride to beat Limerick and record their first win of the campaign. But Limerick are through to the Munster final regardless. 14 minutes ago Cork's Ciaran Joyce is named man-of-the-match. "It was a very tough game. At half-time, we were happy enough and we built on it in the second half," he says. "We were very disappointed with last week. We only played to 50% of what we can. Thankfully, we can look forward to a Munster final now in two weeks." 17 minutes ago Cork win by six, booking their place in the Munster final. It took them a while to get into their groove, but goals from Brian Hayes and Patrick Horgan saw them through. Waterford fail to progress through the round-robin once again. 23 minutes ago Diarmuid Healy responds for Cork, showing his pace to cut through before scoring off the hurl. 24 minutes ago Stephen Bennett cuts Cork's lead to three with another free. 25 minutes ago Stephen Bennett scores a free won by Aussie Gleeson, cutting the lead back to four. 27 minutes ago Shane Kingston puts Cork five clear, but Stephen Bennett scores a free to bring the gap back to four. Five minutes left. 31 minutes ago Aussie Gleeson comes on for Sean Walsh Waterford, bringing another huge roar from the crowd. 32 minutes ago Jack Prendergast follows up the goal with another point for Waterford after Stephen Bennett was denied by the post. Three points in it now. 34 minutes ago Goal for Waterford. Stephen Bennett shows his enduring class, winning a ball-in off Eoin Downey before smashing low and hard into the net. Game on again. 42 minutes ago Brian Hayes and Shane Barrett hit points increasing the lead to eight, with Cork kicking for home. 42 minutes ago Cork hit their second goal. Millerick plays a great ball into Hayes who cuts through the middle and lays off to Horgan. He smashes it into the far corner, putting Cork six ahead. The Sunday Game on Twitter / X Cork have a second goal and it's Patrick Horgan who drives it into the net to extend the lead over Waterford 📺 Watch on @rte2 & @rteplayer📻 Sunday Sport @rteradio1Live blog 👇 The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) May 25, 2025 External contentWhen displaying external content, data is transferred to third parties. 44 minutes ago Diarmuid Healy comes on for Cork for Brian Roche. 48 minutes ago The wides are racking up for Cork, who have hit 11 to Waterford's four. But tey still lead by three.
