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Galway and Tipperary will battle it out again this weekend. Morgan Treacy/INPHO
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Quiz: How Well Do You Know The Tipperary-Galway Hurling Rivalry?

The pair meet at the semi-final stage for the third time in three years.

IT’S A CHAMPIONSHIP fixture that dates back over 100 years but has really come to the fore in recent times with some incredibly tight encounters.

And Tipperary and Galway meet at the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the third year on the spin this weekend so we want to know how closely you’ve been paying attention to the rivalry.

If you think you’re an expert, why not put that knowledge to good use with a flutter on Sunday’s game?

1. The sides first met in 1887, but how many times since the turn of the millennium?
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4
6

8
10
2. What was significant about Tipperary's one-point win over the Tribesmen in 2003?
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It's the highest scoring game in championship history
It was the first time they met in the Qualifiers

It is the only game between the pair in Tipperary
It was the first time Galway were playing as a 'Leinster' team
3. Who is the highest scoring player from either team in this year's championship to date?
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Joe Canning
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Seamus Callanan

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Conor Cooney
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John O'Dwyer
4. When did the pair last meet in an All-Ireland final?
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2010
2005

2001
1996
5. How many times in their last five meetings have the two sides been separated by just a single point?
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0
1

2
3
6. What was unique about the 1961 championship meeting between the pair?
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It was the only time they met in the Munster Championship
Galway failed to register a single point

Tipperary finished the game with 11 players
It was the first time the two teams met in an All-Ireland final
7. Finally, in the 21 times they've met in the championship in the past 100 years.... which team holds the advantage with 14 wins?
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Galway
Tipperary
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
Wow, you're good!
You've been around the block and you know your hurling. If you want to put your money where your mouth is, Paddy Power have the odds on every market for Sunday's latest installment of the Galway v Tipperary rivalry.
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You scored out of !
You've been paying attention
Not too bad at all and you could put that knowledge to good use as Paddy Power have the odds on every market for Sunday's latest installment of the Galway v Tipperary rivalry.
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
You're not from Galway or Tipperary are you?
Sure look, we can't all look to the past but if you think you can tell the future, Paddy Power have the odds on every market for Sunday's latest installment of the Galway v Tipperary rivalry.
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