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RTÉ News
03-07-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
All-Ireland hurling semi-final: Pressure on Kilkenny to deliver; Tipperary's renewed energy
Neighbours and age-old rivals are set to meet again. We've been waiting six years for it happen. A lifetime when it's Kilkenny and Tipperary we're talking about. Back then it was the 2019 All-Ireland final, a match won comfortably in the end by the Premier, as was the case when the blue and gold claimed Liam MacCarthy against the same opposition three years previous. On Sunday next, it's a last-four assignment for both. For Kilkenny, it's ten years since they scaled the summit and four final appearances since have ended with them in the losers corner. Time then to go those extra steps, with underage success also scarce in recent times. Looking ahead to the clash with Tipperary, Jackie Tyrrell, speaking on the latest edition of the RTÉ GAA Podcast summed it up, when saying: "There is pressure on Kilkenny". He continued: "There is a feeling of pressure of losing those minor and U-20 finals and in the recent All-Ireland finals we have played against Tipp they have beaten us. "We haven't won an All-Ireland in ten years, that's a decade." That said, the nine-time All-Ireland winner is confident that the Cats can progress to the decider and also lessen the fallow periods that have punctuated some of their championship matches. "With Limerick gone it has given everyone a lease of life 'we can win this'", he added. "I feel Kilkenny will be more consistent and when they do have these lulls, they will shut it down a little bit more. "I think Eoin Cody returning offers them another dynamic; they have Mossy Keoghan in better form this year. Billy Ryan is in better form; Jordan Molloy (above) has brought a lot of energy; Cian Kenny is probably playing at a little higher level than last year. When you stack up all those, it's Kilkenny just about." In the opposite corner, former Tipperary custodian Brendan Cummins highlighted one dynamic that Liam Cahill's side have brought to the party this year. "Tipp have brought a new energy which has enthused the supporters," he said. "I went to the game against Limerick (first game in Munster round-robin) in Thurles. Tipp supporters went 'we have the auld enemy at home and you never know what might happen'. And all around the stand as the 'Tipp, Tipp, Tipp' craic started the belief started to get through to the supporters. "I was watching the young fellas down with the older bucks like John McGrath and Jason Forde - and they have not gone away either. The team have a different energy about them this year. Getting through Munster was a huge push on and I'm delighted for Liam because he has done a huge job for Tipp. "I see what he went through last year, especially after the Cork game (Tipp lost by 18 points in Munster round-robin), both inside and outside the county. It was extremely unfair the criticism he got but he understands that that is the nature of it. He bottled it and now we are seeing it out the other side." Cummins' confidence ahead of the semi-final is accentuated by what he sees as Tipp's ability to raise green flags. "When Jake Morris breaks the line, Tipp are the best team in the country for getting goals," he remarked. "Once they beat the offside trap inside the opposition 65 and head on, more often than not they make the right decision. "It's a skill of Tipp that they can hit that stick pass 35 yards to hand. That skillset is something Tipp will have to lean on if they are to get across the line here. Creating goal chances. Energy so far has led them to this point. There is no reason why they can't get over this hurdle." Watch the All-Ireland Camogie Championship quarter-finals with RTÉ Sport. Waterford v Clare on Saturday from 2.15pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player and Tipperary v Kilkenny on Sunday from 1.15pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player
RTÉ News
03-07-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
RTÉ GAA Podcast: Can Leinster counties break Munster dominance? Hurling semi-finals bonanza
Jackie Tyrrell and Brendan Cummins join Marty Morrissey and Rory O'Neill to look ahead to All-Ireland semi-finals weekend. Will Cork move closer to ending 20 years of hurt, or can Dublin cause another massive shock? On Sunday, it's old foes Tipperary and Kilkenny as the Cats look to edge closer to ending their own barren spell, which now stretches to a decade for the Noresiders. Watch the All-Ireland Camogie Championship quarter-finals with RTÉ Sport. Waterford v Clare on Saturday from 2.15pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player and Tipperary v Kilkenny on Sunday from 1.15pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player Watch the All-Ireland Hurling Championship semi-finals with RTÉ Sport. Cork v Dublin on Saturday from 4.30pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player and Kilkenny v Tipperary on Sunday from 3.30pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Follow live blogs on and the RTÉ News app. Listen to commentaries on RTÉ Radio 1. Watch highlights on The Sunday Game at 10.15pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player
Irish Examiner
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Anthony Daly: Cork stumble forward...just as they'd like it
After watching the Dublin-Galway match outside the TV box in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday, Joanne Cantwell, Jackie Tyrrell, Joe Canning and myself made our way up to the box in front of the city end terrace in Páirc Ui Chaoimh just before the throw-in. The place was packed but the atmosphere felt strange, almost weird - muted, pensive, like everyone was a little on edge. The place was splashed in red but it was if the ground was draped in grey. This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? Sign in Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner. Annual €120€60 Best value Monthly €10€4 / month Unlimited access. Subscriber content. Daily ePaper. Additional benefits.
Irish Examiner
25-05-2025
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- Irish Examiner
Christy O'Connor: Clarity badly needed to address the black card issue in hurling
When Anthony Daly, Jackie Tyrrell and Joe Canning were discussing Mark Coleman's tackle on Stephen Bennett at half-time in yesterday's Cork-Waterford game in the RTÉ studio, there was no real debate on the topic. Seán O'Donoghue was also engaging Bennett in the tackle but Coleman hauled him down. Bottom line. Penalty. Black card. Except it wasn't. Johnny Murphy didn't deem it to be but he isn't the only referee to have come to that conclusion around black cards in hurling. 'The black card seems to have vanished out of the game,' said Tyrrell. 'When was the last black card given out?' 'The Clare 20s (recent Munster U20 final against Tipp when Jamie Moylan was sin-binned for 10 minutes),' quipped Daly. This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? Sign in Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner. Annual €120€60 Best value Monthly €10€4 / month Unlimited access. Subscriber content. Daily ePaper. Additional benefits.
RTÉ News
23-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Kildare now contenders to win Joe McDonagh
Jackie Tyrrell believes Kildare are now genuine contenders to win the Joe McDonagh Cup and play Leinster round-robin hurling for the first time. The Lilywhites, managed by Tyrrell's former Kilkenny team-mate Brian Dowling, will be guaranteed a place in the final if they can beat bottom side Down on Sunday. That follows successive sensational away victories over Carlow and Laois over the last two weekends. Dowling's men beat the McDonagh favourites by 11 points - 4-20 to 1-18 - on their home turf of O'Moore Park and Tyrrell warns against assuming that Laois or Carlow would turn things around in a decider. Those two play each other in the final round this weekend, meaning only a draw between them and failure to defeat Down could deny Kildare. "Brian is doing an exceptional job," nine-time All-Ireland winner Tyrrell told the RTÉ GAA podcast. "The last two results, particularly Laois at the weekend, and the manner in which they won, has propelled them into a great position. "The goals they scored over the weekend, they are playing a really good brand of hurling. "If Kildare are to get into a Joe McDonagh final from where they came from two games ago… they could potentially win it at that stage because they are just playing with such confidence and momentum. "Laois had been flying it up to that point so I'm there will be a few more twists there." Down are in a three-way fight to avoid relegation, however, and could stay up even in defeat if Westmeath can win in Kerry. "Down had a big win over Kerry last weekend to give them a chance of staying up," said Tyrrell. "It might be important for them to stay up considering their league success [ promotion to Division 1B ]. "So huge jeopardy there in terms of the final weekend. "If you look at the league standings, three of them on six [points] and three on two, there is such parity in Joe Mc. "It continues to be an outstanding competition of guys of a similar level, really in putting a huge amount. "It's not like the Tailteann Cup, where some teams kind of pick and choose, no-one looks at the Joe McDonagh and doesn't really go after it."
