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Irish Daily Mirror
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
What time and TV channel is Cork v Tipperary on today in the All-Ireland final
There have been epic meetings between Cork and Tipperary in the Munster championship over the years and the two old rivals even met in an All-Ireland SHC semi-final in 2014. Yet, remarkably, this is the first time the the Rebels and the Premier will go to war in an All-Ireland decider. The desire and want for the game's ultimate prize is keenly felt on both sides but, since Tipp last lifted the MacCarthy Cup in 2019, when they beat Kilkenny in the final, Cork have lost out twice on the biggest day in the hurling calendar, including in last year's thriller against Clare. In fact it is now 20 years since Cork last won an All-Ireland, a remarkable occurrence considering their 1995 triumph meant they went back to back, and they missed out on the three-in-a-row in the '96 final to Kilkenny. Cork hold the upper hand in terms of the most recent championship meetings - winning three of the last four and drawing the other, as well as delivering a comprehensive victory in the League final last April. Pat Ryan's men are also Munster champions, after beating Limerick on penalties in the provincial final. Tipp bounced back brilliantly after losing by 15 points to the Rebels in the second round of Munster's round robin and will believe they can prevail after overcoming Galway and Kilkenny in the All-Ireland quarter-final and semi-final respectively. Their performances in the knock-out stages of the championship have made the Premier the most improved side of the summer. Where is the game being played? The game is being played at Croke Park. What time is throw-in? Throw in is at 3.30pm. Where can I watch the game on TV? The game is live on RTE 2 and BBC 2 NI. Is the game being streamed online? Yes, the game will be live streamed on BBC iPlayer. Betting Odds: Cork: 2/5 Draw: 8/1 Tipperary: 11/4 Key The key for Liam Cahill's charges is to somehow shackle the Cork forwards - Patrick Horgan, Alan Connolly and Brian Hayes in particular. But the Rebels are an outfit that has improved on last year - one that has no real weaknesses in their line-up and has plenty of game-changing bench options. If Tipp do manage to contain Cork's scintillating attacking game then they do have the weapons themselves to win the game. The difficulty for Cahill is that Ryan has more at his disposal, including plenty in reserve. Tipp will look to stay in the contest into the second half and Cork's long wait could then become a factor. It's a big ask against a Rebels side that has been the best team in the championship to date. Verdict: Cork Cork: Patrick Collins; Niall O'Leary, Eoin Downey, Sean O'Donoghue; Ciarán Joyce, Rob Downey, Mark Coleman; Tim O'Mahony, Darragh Fitzgibbon; Diarmuid Healy, Shane Barrett, Declan Dalton; Patrick Horgan, Alan Connolly, Brian Hayes. Subs: Brion Saunderson, Damie Cahalane, Ger Millerick, Cormac O'Brien, Tommy O'Connell, Luke Meade, Brian Roche, Séamus Harnedy, Robbie O'Flynn, Conor Lehane, Shane Kingston. Tipperary: Rhys Shelly; Robert Doyle, Eoghan Connolly, Michael Breen; Craig Morgan, Ronan Maher (capt), Bryan O'Mara; Willie Connors, Conor Stakelum; Jake Morris, Andrew Ormond, Sam O'Farrell; Darragh McCarthy, John McGrath, Jason Forde. Subs: Barry Hogan, Joe Caesar, Seamus Kennedy, Paddy McCormack, Brian McGrath, Noel McGrath, Peter McGarry, Oisin O'Donoghue, Johnny Ryan, Darragh Stakelum, Alan Tynan. Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email alerts.
Irish Examiner
19-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Enda McEvoy: It's set up for Cork to get chinned. They won't
Should they fetch up in Croke Park on July 20 they'll do so with a better shout than 12 months earlier. Tougher, wiser, more balanced. Less dependent on individual attackers. Less likely to perform in snatches. They'll also be surfing a bigger wave, one building since late March, not so much a MacCarthy Cup challenge as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Just as long as they haven't won their semi-final by ten points or so. - April 19, 2025. And so it came to pass, more or less as Scripture had predicted. This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? Sign in Take us with you this summer. Annual €130€65 Best value Monthly €12€6 / month
Irish Times
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Tipperary make one change to panel for All-Ireland final against Cork
Tipperary manager Liam Cahill makes just one change to the match-day panel that won the semi-final against Kilkenny for Sunday's All-Ireland final against Cork . It is likely the numbers one to 15, which haven't changed, will start for the county, looking for its first MacCarthy Cup in six years. Paddy McCormack, who was MOTM in the under-20 All-Ireland win over Kilkenny in May, comes into the panel in place of Seán Kenneally. [ Seamus Harnedy named on bench for Cork in All-Ireland final Opens in new window ] For Tipp's previous seven matches in championship, Cahill has only changed the announced line-up three times, in each case replacing just one player. It means there will be eight panellists with experience of the big occasion. Michael Breen, Ronan Maher, Jason Forde and John McGrath all started the 2019 All-Ireland final win over Kilkenny whereas Jake Morris and Willie Connors came on as replacements. Of Sunday's bench, Noel McGrath and Séamus Kennedy started, six years ago. READ MORE It is the first staging of Munster's most storied rivalry in an All-Ireland final. Tipperary: R Shelley; R Doyle, E Connolly, M Breen; C Morgan, R Maher (capt), B O'Mara; W Connors, C Stakelum; J Morris, A Ormond, S O'Farrell; D McCarthy, J McGrath, J Forde. Subs: B Hogan, J Caesar, S Kennedy, P McCormack, B McGrath, N McGrath, P McGarry, O O'Donoghue, J Ryan, D Stakelum, A Tynan.
Irish Examiner
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Walter Walsh impact not enough as London and New York to meet in All-Ireland JFC decider
Former Kilkenny All-Star Walter Walsh will have to wait another season at least for an All-Ireland football medal. Not for the first time this year, the three-time MacCarthy Cup winner switched codes and had a big impact as the Cats came up just shy of London in their All-Ireland JFC semi-final. Walsh, who retired from inter-county hurling after the 2024 season, played junior rugby for Leinster earlier this year and showed his football skills with two points this time. The 2012 All-Ireland hurling final replay hero created several scores also and had two goal chances, though was ultimately powerless to prevent London winning by 1-17 to 0-17 in Abbottstown. Noel Maher's four two-point scores for London were crucial as the side managed by former London senior boss Paul Coggins advanced to Sunday's final against holders New York. Kilkenny led by 0-8 to 0-4 after a bright start, with Walsh winning the throw-in and immediately getting his county on the attack. And while London fought back to level it up at 0-8 apiece at the break, Kilkenny took off again in the third quarter with another Walsh score helping them to lead by 0-12 to 0-8. They ran out of steam in the sweltering heat though and London took advantage in the final 20 minutes, reeling off four two-pointers and a goal from Ali Carney. Maher boomed over three of those late two-pointers while Carney's goal arrived in the 43rd minute for the All-Britain champions. Former Donegal senior and 2010 All-Ireland U-21 finalist James Carroll finished with 0-8 for Kilkenny. His last score left three in it and Kilkenny chased a goal after the siren sounded but couldn't breach London's green wall. It'll be a repeat of last year's final which New York won to claim back-to-back titles. Like London, Mick Healy's New York trailed by four points initially before coming roaring back with a strong second-half display to win their semi-final 2-12 to 1-11. Jack Gillespie was terrific for Warwickshire in the first-half and the number eight scored three points as the side beaten by London in last month's All-Britain final led by 0-7 to 0-4 at half-time. Warwickshire twice got the margin back out to four points in the third quarter before wilting noticeably in the heat. New York outscored Warwickshire by 2-7 to 1-2 in the closing 20 minutes with Jack Healy grabbing their first goal. Healy finished with 1-2 and took his goal well, capitalising on a strong press on Warwickshire's kick-out. Full-forward Brian Coughlan added a point for New York and finished with 0-5. New York, who beat USGAA after extra-time at the quarter-final stage, got a strong kick from subs and Colm Shalvey in particular. Shalvey struck their second goal in the 51st minute to seal it, having earlier won a free that was converted.
Irish Daily Mirror
02-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Kilkenny v Tipperary: Huw Lawlor relishing semi-final shot at the Premier men
Sunday will only be the second time in his Kilkenny career that Huw Lawlor will face Tipperary in the championship. The first? The 2019 All-Ireland final. He marked Seamus Callanan, who scored 1-2, and the Cats were left way behind on the scoreboard, the first half red card for Richie Hogan helping Tipp to a 3-25 to 0-20 triumph. Quite the baptism. "Yeah, look, obviously it was a tough first year," said Lawlor. "You go in as a defender in your first year, you're going to be challenged in different ways. I took huge learning from that match and every championship match that year." He's asked if Hogan's sending off just before half-time, for a high challenge on Cathal Barrett, was the turning point. Kilkenny had led by five points earlier in the half but Tipp were ahead by the break. "Ah look, it's a long time ago now," sighed Lawlor. "It's hard to process it at the time. It was close enough to half-time, you were just trying to readjust and get ready for the second half but I don't think you have too much time to be over-thinking it, really." The full-back has been a rock for Kilkenny, particularly since the Cody dynasty ended and the Lyng era began. He played soccer as a kid and a bit of Gaelic Football, but his first love won out in the end. "It came with time, you have to give up on them, hurling was the easy winner there," he smiled. And the full-back line was almost always home. "I would have started as a corner-back," said Lawlor. "I was fairly small when I was younger so I was kind of always a corner-back. "Did a bit of experimenting around the half-forward line when I was in sixth year of school I think. But no, I had a defensive mindset, really. It's the same with the club and the county, you're trying to approach it the same way. The jeopardy is still there. "Your focus has to be on the team the whole time, I don't think you're going to get any plaudits in terms of scoring or anything as a some lads are, maybe not me! But it's just trying to help the team the best way, but it's the same approach no matter what level you're playing, I think." The 29-year-old has four Leinster titles under his belt and has won two All Stars. Kilkenny have come close to lifting the MacCarthy Cup. That 2019 defeat was the first of three final appearances in the last six years, and they were losing finalists to the Limerick machine in 2023 and '23. That it's old rivals Tipp in their way of another final appearance adds more spice as Kilkenny try to bring a 10-year wait to an end. "Obviously there were huge battles there in the late 2000s and two great teams went at it, and those Kilkenny players are heroes of ours so just trying to replicate that," Lawlor said. "There's huge history there and there's obviously been massive local excitement there naturally. But look, it's a semi-final there. We want to go and win the game, so nothing's changed there." Last year it was Clare who out-lasted the Cats, who had twice put themselves in a commanding position. "Obviously it was hugely disappointing to lose that game," Lawlor recalled. "We put ourselves in a good position and we didn't finish it off. "It's not easy to watch a team go on and win the All-Ireland when they've beaten you, but we could have no complaints. We didn't finish the job and they won it out. "Every time you lose, it's feeding into something inside you that's driving you on. Probably losing would drive you on a lot more than winning would and we're just trying to put that right." Lawlor has been a clinical dietician in St Luke's Hospital for almost four years, having done a masters in nutrition and dietetics in UCD in 2019. He leaves the sports nutrition end of it to Kilkenny's own dieticians, Marie Power and Eimear Nolan. "If there are any questions from the lads I just tell them they're asking the wrong person, go ask the dietitian, you know," he grinned. "I work on the clinical side in the hospital, sports nutrition would be a separate thing really, and the two girls are experts there, so they're brilliant. There's probably been more of a focus on it now, for sure." He smiles at the mention of Kilkenny great Tommy Walsh eating heavily buttered white bread on the day of games. "It didn't do him any harm, I wouldn't be going against Tommy Walsh, that's for sure," laughed Lawlor. "Obviously you hear stories of what lads were doing back in the day, but it's an important thing - you might be talking about that one percent in terms of making an improvement. "But look, nutrition is a big part of it now and you're just trying to nail it and not leave yourself short on game day. Coming up to a match especially, there's a few things you're wanting to get right just so you can trust your body that it's going to be right on the day to go for 70 plus minutes. "It's definitely a crucial factor and something that we're reminded of all the time. Same with anything, you could say it about your training and your sleep and your nutrition, if you leave one short, you're going to suffer down the line. So it's just something you have to nail all the time." Huw Lawlor was speaking at the launch of the 24th annual Circet All-Ireland GAA Golf Challenge in aid of GAA-related charities at Michael Lyng Motors (Ford) in Kilkenny.
