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Irish Independent
3 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Cork v Tipperary, All-Ireland SHC final: Munster rivals meet in decider for first time at Croke Park
Live | Cork and Tipperary will go face-to-face for the first time in an All-Ireland SHC final at Croke Park today with throw in at 3.30pm. Niall McIntyre brings you all the action from the stadium as it happens in our liveblog. 6 minutes ago John Mullane's All-Ireland final player ratings – who should win this decider on paper? 14 minutes ago We're live in Croke Park where the buzz is building for the first All-Ireland senior hurling final between the old rivals Cork and Tipperary. The Rebels are seeking to end their 20-year famine having lost at this stage last year to Clare, with a revitalised Tipperary looking to stop them in their tracks. Tipp are almost unrecognisable from last year where they were dumped out of the Munster championship and will hope to turn the tables on the Rebels who beat them in both the league final and the round-robin in recent months. We'll guide you through it all on one of the great days in the Irish sporting calendar.
The Irish Sun
08-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Joe Brolly urges RTE to make ‘national treasures' main hurling commentators after seeing ‘hair-raising' viral clip
JOE BROLLY urged RTE to make Marty Morrissey and John Mullane its primary hurling commentary duo for TV after seeing their joyous calling of Oisin O'Donoghue's wonder goal. Trying to describe 2 The 1993 All-Ireland football winner loves hurling too 2 The RTE Radio One commentary has been widely shared since Sunday Credit: @JoeBrolly1993 But the pair Hailing them on X, Brolly posted: "Why are these two not doing all the big hurling matches on TV? Absolutely hair raising from the pair of them. "The joy. The knowledge. The way they capture the feeling. National bloody treasures." When O'Donoghue unleashed his top corner effort past Eoin Murphy, there was an understandable momentary pausing of the "No cheering in the press box" rule as Morrissey and Mullane weren't the only recognisable faces seen losing their collective minds. Read More On GAA Des Cahill, Shane McGrath and The clip was shared on The Sunday Game's Samuel hailed: "John Mullane just brings a passion to commentary on hurling. His natural grá for the game comes out." Similarly, Lurlene added: "I listened to it on the radio! Picture perfect audio portrait of what was happening." Most read in GAA Hurling Caitriona praised: "Pure gold!!! Shane Mcg reaction in the background. Magical day!" There was a comparable scene Watch RTE pundits' contrasting reaction to full-time whistle of Tipperary's epic win over Kilkenny Both TV pundits as well as neutral observer Ursula Jacob acknowledged that That slightly contentious decision has been completely overshadowed by another controversial moment however. Human error was responsible for the scoreboard incorrectly awarding Tipperary an extra point from the 70th minute onwards. Crucially, referee James Owen did not make the same mistake. But Kilkenny players have a right to feel aggrieved considering they chased a goal unnecessarily thinking their deficit was then four points rather than three. While Kilkenny then had two attacks where firstly Eoin Cody and secondly John Donnelly needlessly went for goal from long-range. CANNING VERDICT Joe Canning outlined how Kilkenny's players clearly forced the issue as they felt they were in a bigger hole than they were in actuality. Speaking about them thinking they were initially down by four immediately after McGrath's phantom point, he emphasized: "Psychologically that's huge because then you feel you have to get a goal and a point. "When you're only two points down you're thinking we can tap one over and then try and win the puck-out so you can tap another one over. "So for Kilkenny's players, psychologically, chasing three points (that late on) is way different from chasing two points." Later on in the programme Canning returned to just how vital Robert Doyle's goal-line block from Donnelly's rasping effort had been. The Galway great added: "He's lucky because if they got that goal at the end of the match, Kilkenny would've won by the referee. "Kilkenny would've been a point up yet everybody in the stadium would've thought it was a drawn match. So he saved the GAA I'd say!"
Irish Independent
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Indo GAA podcast – Hurling: Tipp and Kilkenny return to top table, Dublin did Cork a favour?
John Mullane dials in with Michael Verney for this week's Indo GAA podcast, looking back on Waterford's first All-Ireland minor hurling triumph in 12 years. The lads also discuss the upcoming semi final pairings, where Cork are set to take on a Dublin side buoyed by their win versus Limerick, and powerhouses Kilkenny and Tipperary are set to battle it out. Who'll come to the fore to emerge to the All Ireland final? Could you manage an opposition county? And most importantly, who would John like to see headline the next Glastonbury festival? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more on this week's pod.
Irish Independent
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Indo Sport Podcast – Hurling: Tipp and Kilkenny return to top table, Dublin did Cork a favour?
John Mullane dials in with Michael Verney for this week's Indo GAA podcast, looking back on Waterford's first All-Ireland minor hurling triumph in 12 years. The lads also discuss the upcoming semi final pairings, where Cork are set to take on a Dublin side buoyed by their win versus Limerick, and powerhouses Kilkenny and Tipperary are set to battle it out. Who'll come to the fore to emerge to the All Ireland final? Could you manage an opposition county? And most importantly, who would John like to see headline the next Glastonbury festival? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more on this week's pod.
Irish Daily Mirror
10-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
John Mullane warns Cork hurlers after celebration videos
John Mullane has warned the Cork hurlers to beware of a resurgent Limerick side after the Leesider's celebrations following their Munster final triumph. Footage emerged from the celebrations appearing to show some Cork players chanting "Limerick f*** off home" following their penalty shootout win over their familiar opponents. Speaking on the Indo Sport podcast, the Waterford legend said: "You're even seeing some of the videos circulating. Now it's fantastic to see the Cork players and management celebrating in the manner in which they are, and they're fully entitled to celebrate. "To win a Munster Championship is so hard, you should rightly celebrate it in the manner in which it deserves to be celebrated. "But if you're a Limerick player and you're on that Limerick management team, you're watching those celebrations, and you're seeing some of those videos circulating around, knowing that we should've won that match, I can only imagine how peed off some of those Limerick players were Saturday night. "There's a lot of fuel there now, there's a lot of fuel now there that they can go and use in their favour, it's just set up lovely if these teams meet in six weeks' time." And it may be in the final that these two sides meet again, with the two teams pitted on the opposite side of the draw. Cork go straight to the semi-finals by virtue of winning Munster, while Limerick will meet the winner of Kildare and Dublin's clash in the quarter-final. The furore over the video's contents has threatened to cast a shadow over what was an unbelievably exciting hurling match in the Munster final last weekend, with extra-time failing to separate the sides, and referee Thomas Walsh cramping up to be replaced by standby ref James Owens.
