Afternoon all and welcome along on All-Ireland hurling final day.

It’s a historic occasion, the first ever meeting of Cork and Tipperary at this stage of the championship.

Will Cork end a 20-year wait for Liam MacCarthy Cup glory or Tipperary reclaim a title they most recently won in 2019?

Countdown is on to throw-in at 3.30pm.

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Here’s the Tipperary squad named for today’s game:

Tipperary

1. Rhys Shelly (Moycarkey-Borris)

2. Robert Doyle (Clonoulty-Rossmore), 3. Eoghan Connolly (Cashel King Cormacs), 4. Michael Breen (Ballina)

5. Craig Morgan (Kilruane MacDonaghs), 6. Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields, captain), 7. Bryan O’Mara (Holycross-Ballycahill)

8. Willie Connors (Kiladangan), 9. Conor Stakelum (Thurles Sarsfields)

10. Jake Morris (Nenagh Éire Óg), 11. Andrew Ormond (JK Brackens), 12. Sam O’Farrell (Nenagh Éire Óg)

13. Darragh McCarthy (Toomevara), 14. John McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney), 15. Jason Forde (Silvermines)

Subs:

• 16. Barry Hogan (Kiladangan)
• 17. Joe Caesar (Holycross-Ballycahill)
• 18. Séamus Kennedy (St Mary’s)
• 19. Paddy McCormack (Borris-Ileigh)
• 20. Brian McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney)
• 21. Noel McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney)
• 22. Peter McGarry (St Mary’s)
• 23. Oisín O’Donoghue (Cashel King Cormacs)
• 24. Johnny Ryan (Arravale Rovers)
• 25. Darragh Stakelum (Thurles Sarsfields)
• 26. Alan Tynan (Roscrea)

And here’s the Cork squad:

Cork

1. Patrick Collins (Ballinhassig)

2. Niall O’Leary (Castlelyons), 3. Eoin Downey (Glen Rovers), 4. Seán O’Donoghue (Inniscarra)

5. Ciarán Joyce (Castlemartyr), 6. Robert Downey (Glen Rovers), 7. Mark Coleman (Blarney)

8. Tim O’Mahony (Newtownshandrum), 9. Darragh Fitzgibbon (Charleville)

10. Diarmuid Healy (Lisgoold), 11. Shane Barrett (Blarney), 12. Declan Dalton (Fr O’Neill’s)
13. Patrick Horgan (Glen Rovers), 14. Alan Connolly (Blackrock), 15. Brian Hayes (St Finbarr’s)

Subs:

• 16. Brion Saunderson (Midleton)
• 17. Damie Cahalane (St Finbarr’s)
• 18. Ger Millerick (Fr O’Neill’s)
• 19. Cormac O’Brien (Newtownshandrum)
• 20. Tommy O’Connell (Midleton)
• 21. Luke Meade (Newcestown)
• 22. Brian Roche (Bride Rovers)
• 23. Séamus Harnedy (St Ita’s)
• 24. Robbie O’Flynn (Erins Own)
• 25. Conor Lehane (Midleton)
• 26. Shane Kingston (Douglas)

We’ll let you know if there’s any late pre-match changes.

Galway’s Liam Gordon is the referee for this one.

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Both teams start as named.

T-10 minutes to go. Time to call it.

Who will be crowned 2025 All-Ireland senior hurling champions?

The pre-match formalities continue, a slight delay to proceedings. A sea of (mostly) red and blue as the teams parade around Croke Park, the atmosphere is electric!

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Cork 0-0 Tipperary 0-0

Game on!

Cork 0-1 Tipperary 0-0

1 min - Diarmuid Healy gets Cork off the mark. 12 seconds on the clock.

Cork 0-1 Tipperary 0-1

2 mins – Jake Morris fires over for Tipperary’s first score.

Cork 0-2 Tipperary 0-1

3 mins – Patrick Horgan nails his first free.

Cork 0-2 Tipperary 0-1

5 mins – Wides at either end, first Sam O’Farrell, then Darragh Fitzgibbon; the second confirmed by HawkEye.

Cork 0-2 Tipperary 0-2

6 mins – Eoghan Connolly with a big score from range into the Hill 16 End, came after a second Tipp wide from Andrew Ormond.

Cork 0-2 Tipperary 0-2 

7 mins - Two more wides at either end, the latest from Horgan. Nervy start as both sides look to settle.

Cork 0-3 Tipperary 0-2

8 mins – Shane Barrett points after good work from Declan Dalton. 

Tipp respond with their fourth wide, this one from Jason Forde.

Cork 0-4 Tipperary 0-2

9 mins - Barrett again from a tight angle under the Cusack stand, and Cork lead by two.

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Cork 0-4 Tipperary 0-3

11 mins – Jason Forde scores Tipp’s first free of the day, before another poor wide is struck. Their fifth.

Cork 0-4 Tipperary 0-4

12 mins - Darragh McCarthy with a great score, confirmed by HawkEye. Level again. Came after a Dalton wide at the other end.

Cork 0-5 Tipperary 0-4

14 mins – Niall O’Leary slots over after good work from Healy and Connolly.

Morris wide at the other end, Tipp’s sixth wide of the game.

Cork 0-6 Tipperary 0-5

16 mins – Healy with his second of the day, after linking up with Horgan. McCarthy taps over a free in response, 0-3 for him.

Cork 0-7 Tipperary 0-5

17 mins – Fitzgibbon with a brilliant score on the run, after his earlier effort was denied by HawkEye.

Cork 0-7 Tipperary 0-6

18 mins – John McGrath is off the mark after a magical assist from Forde. One in it.

Cork 0-8 Tipperary 0-6 

20 mins - Horgan with his second. Two frees, two points.

Connolly flashes wide at the other end, after being played through by O’Farrell. Inches away from the first goal of the game there!

Cork 0-9 Tipperary 0-7

21 mins - Horgan with a huge score, the Cork-heavy crowd love that one!

Willie Connors hits back at the other end.

Cork 0-11 Tipperary 0-8

23 mins - Fitzgibbon and Healy with two good scores to drive Cork on. 

Forde responds with a huge effort from around the middle.

Cork 0-12 Tipperary 0-8

25 mins - Hoggie taps over another free, Cork pushing up and forcing Tipperary into turnovers.

Cork 0-13 Tipperary 0-9

27 mins - Dalton with a booming long-range free for his first of the day. 

McCarthy settles Tipp with a free at the other end, after Coleman is adjudged to have fouled Ormond.

Cork 0-14 Tipperary 0-10 

28 mins - Morris points for Tipp after a strong run from O’Farrell through the middle.

Connolly scores his first of the game at the other end.

Cork 0-15 Tipperary 0-11 

29 mins – Robert Doyle and Brian Hayes trade scores. Hayes’ “the score of the game so far,” says Michael Duignan on commentary.

Cork 0-16 Tipperary 0-12

32 mins – Barrett points again for Cork. Eoin Downey is booked, McCarthy nails the resultant free.

Cork 0-16 Tipperary 0-12

33 mins - No goal!!! Tipperary thought they had a major there. Forde getting a touch on a long-range Connolly free, but it’s called back for a square ball.

Cork 0-16 Tipperary 0-13

35 mins - Two minutes added on.

Tipp disappointment turns to that of Cork, as a Bryan O’Mara shoulder on Connolly is waved on. McCarthy with a huge score to close the gap to three.

GOAL! Cork 1-16 Tipperary 0-13 (Barrett, 37 mins)

What a strike into the corner, what a time to score a goal! 

Barrett hammers home, finishing off a brilliant team move, in which Coleman and Downey were prominent. 1-3 for Barrett, and that’s the difference on the stroke of half time. 

HT: Cork 1-16 Tipperary 0-13

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So, Cork lead by six points at the halfway mark, after a dramatic and heated finish to the opening period.

Shane Barrett’s goal seconds before the break has them in a 1-16 to 0-13 lead, Barrett with 1-3 in a huge first-half showing. 

Tipperary had a goal disallowed for a square ball, they’ll feel aggrieved. This has been nip and tuck, both sides wasteful before the posts at times, but Cork pulled away as the break neared.

Can they drive on, or will Tipperary reel them in?

Here’s Barrett’s goal:

Shane Barrett finds the net for Cork. Massive moment in the game

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And the scenes which followed . . .

The players scuffle and a bottle is thrown at a Cork player going into the dressing-room

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Shane Barrett and Diarmuid Healy the first-half difference makers for Cork, 1-6 from play between them and set up another 0-3.

Both quiet in semi-final v Dublin, have bounced back so far today.

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Cork 1-16 Tipperary 0-13 

35 mins - We’re underway again. 

Dalton and Connors booked for the half-time tunnel incident.

Cork 1-16 Tipperary 0-13 

36 mins – Hoggie free wide, confirmed by HawkEye.

Cork 1-16 Tipperary 0-15

37 mims - Conor Stakelum gets Tipp up and running again, Ormond adds another as the referee plays advantage. Super restart for the Premier.

Cork 1-16 Tipperary 0-16

40 mins - Three on the trot for Tipp, Ormond the finisher after a nice run from Ormond. Barrett’s latest effort hits the post, Tipp clear their lines but O’Farrell shoots wide at the other end.

Cork 1-16 Tipperary 0-17 

41 mins - McCarthy with a fourth without reply for Tipperary. The goal looked to be on for a bit, but they kept the scoreboard ticking over.

Cork 1-16 Tipperary 0-18

43 mins - McCarthy free, his eighth of the day. Came after Morris pounces on a poor Patrick Collins puck out and is fouled by Rob Downey on the run, the Cork captain going in the book.

Enter Seamus Harnedy for Dalton.

GOAL! Tipperary 1-18 Cork 1-16 (John McGrath, 46 mins)

Wow. . . Tipp were six points down at half time, and now lead by two. Coolness and composure personified as he works the goal, a pointed effort to draw the game rebounding off the bar. 

A litany of errors before that between wides, and another Cork pointed effort crashing off the post.

Tipperary 1-18 Cork 1-17

48 mins - Barrett responds for Cork, their first of the second half.

Substitutions made, yellow cards flashed. It’s all happening!

Tipperary 1-19 Cork 1-17 

49 mins - McGrath points after a Connors interception. The Cork cage is rattled, as Marty and Michael Duignan tell us on commentary.

Séamus Kennedy comes in for Bryan O’Mara for Tipp.

Tipperary 1-20 Cork 1-17

52 mins – McCarthy free from out left on halfway, to send Tipperary into a three-point lead. What a game the youngster is having!

PENALTY FOR TIPPERARY!

RED CARD FOR CORK! 

Eoin Downey sent-off for a second yellow card, he was adjudged to have pulled John McGrath down in the square and McCarthy steps up for the Tipp penalty. 

GOAL! Tipperary 2-20 Cork 1-17 (Darragh McCarthy penalty, 54 mins)

What a finish!!!! McCarthy smashes home, the Tipp crowd go wild.

Tipperary 2-21 Cork 1-17

55 mins - McCarthy follows up his penalty with a point. 1-10 for him. What a third quarter from the Premier, 2-8 to 0-1 since half time.

Substitutions underway here, will bring them to you if I can but there’s a fair bit going on!

Tipperary 2-21 Cork 1-17

58 mins - Connolly wide. Conor Lehane replaces Hoggie. Tipp 7 up.

Tipperary 2-22 Cork 1-17

59 mins - Another McCarthy free. Noel McGrath enters the fray to a huge Tipp roar. Eight in it.

GOAL! Tipperary 3-22 Cork 1-17 (John McGrath, 60 mins)

What a goal!!! A third for Tipp, a second for McGrath. What an astonishing second-half surge from Tipperary, wow.

Tipperary 3-23 Cork 1-17 

60 mins - Forde adds another. 12 points in it. Unbelievable. 

Tipperary 3-23 Cork 1-17

62 mins - Cork think they have their second point of the second half, but HawkEye overrules. My God, what has happened in the last half hour or so?!

CORK HIT THE BAR!

The Rebels need goals, Harnedy blasts off the woodwork. Nothing going right for Pat Ryan’s side.

Tipperary 3-23 Cork 1-17

65 mins – Cork hit the post AGAIN. An absolute and utter nightmare second half for them. Tipp with a wide and a shot dropped short, but they lead by 12.

Tipperary 3-23 Cork 1-18

65 mins – Harnedy gets Cork’s second point of the second half. What a mad sentence to have typed.

Tipperary 3-25 Cork 1-18

69 mins - McCarthy scores another free, 1-12 for him. 

Goalkeeper Rhys Shelley steps up, firing over a 100-yard free.

3-12 to 0-2 is the second-half score. Woaaaaah!!!

Tipperary 3-25 Cork 1-18

70 mins - Four minutes added on. 

Cork in search of a goal…

PENALTY FOR CORK!

SAVED! Shelley denies Conor Lehane. 3-25 to 1-18.

Tipperary 3-25 Cork 1-18

70 mins +3 - The seconds are counting down until Tipperary get their hands on the Liam MacCarthy Cup again.

Tipperary 3-27 Cork 1-18

70 mins +4 - McCarthy slots another free. Noel McGrath adds another. Dreamland.

FT: Tipperary 3-27 Cork 1-18

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Tipperary are All-Ireland SHC champions for the first time since 2019.

Incredible scenes as Liam Cahill and his players celebrate at the final whistle.

What an astonishing second half, the Premier winning it 3-14 to 0-2. Darragh McCarthy, John McGrath, Ronan Maher, all outstanding. 

What a performance, what a journey!

Noel McGrath seals it in the final action of the game. How fitting.

Tipperary have had many victories, they will never forget this one.

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Jarlath Burns is on the mic, Ronan Maher readying to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

He roars as he raises it aloft, Tipp champions for the 29th time in their history.

We’ll leave the liveblog there, as Fintan O’Toole’s report will be available on The 42 imminently – along with all the usual reaction, colour and analysis.

Thanks for reading!