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Irish Times
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Croke Park scoreboards still in shock after blistering hurling semi-finals
So 'mesmerising' a contest was Sunday's All Ireland semi-final between Tipperary and Kilkenny, the scoreboards struggled to keep up , it taking nearly two hours after the game for the GAA to confirm the margin of Tipp's victory. But, writes Denis Walsh, win they did, producing, by a distance, their best performance since the 2019 All-Ireland final . Gordon Manning reports on a game that was ultimately settled by Oisín O'Donoghue's 'outrageous goal' , the result 'a resounding success' for Liam Cahill, Seán Moran hearing from the Tipp manager after. Cahill, says Nicky English, 'deserves great credit for patiently rebuilding the team' , and while Cork will be favourites in the final, this Tipp side 'won't be easily beaten by anyone'. And as Seán points out in his report on Cork's demolition of Dublin , the Munster champions 'may have wished for more of a test', the Dubs unable to cope with their pitch-perfect full-forward line . Few, notes Denis, shone more brightly than Alan Connolly. In camogie, Waterford had a 10-point win over Clare on Saturday in the All-Ireland quarter-finals, their reward a semi-final meeting with reigning champions Cork. Tipperary, though, needed extra-time to overcome Kilkenny , Galway their opponents in the last four. READ MORE And in women's football, the semi-final line-up is also complete: champions Kerry will play Meath and Dublin will be up against Galway , all four counties having comfortable enough victories at the weekend. The young men of Tyrone, meanwhile, are celebrating their ninth All-Ireland minor football title after a remarkable finish against Kerry on Sunday. In rugby, Gerry Thornley reports on an unconvincing victory for the Lions over the Waratahs in Sydney, where Andy Farrell suspected a bit of pitch-watering had gone on . Johnny Watterson rates the players and picks out five things we learned from the game . Australia weren't too convincing themselves in their controversial win over Fiji on Sunday, Gerry at the Newcastle International Sports Centre to see a game that left Joe Schmidt with plenty of food for thought . Over in Tbilisi, John O'Sullivan saw Ireland overcome both Georgia and brutal weather conditions , interim head coach Paul O'Connell expressing 'a quiet satisfaction' with the performance . How satisfied he was with his six debutants' singing abilities after they were presented with their caps, he didn't say. In golf, Philip Reid saw the brilliant 21-year-old English amateur Lottie Woad stroll to a six-stroke victory at the Irish Open at Carton House on Sunday, Anna Foster the best of the Irish with a tied-for-12th placing. And ahead of the first of Roy Keane's three sold-out evenings of conversation with Roddy Doyle in Cork, Denis looks at how his relationship with his home patch 'has evolved over time'. That 24,000 punters have paid €83.55 apiece to hear him chat suggests the relationship is in a good place. TV Watch: Wimbledon enters its second week and BBC and Premier Sports have close enough to 12 hours of live coverage today (from 11am). TG4 and TNT Sports 1 have stage three of the Tour de France (from noon) and RTÉ 2 & UTV have two live Euro 2025 games: Spain v Belgium (5pm) and Portugal v Italy (8pm).
Yahoo
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'You didn't know what was going to happen'
Tipperary forward John McGrath reacts to Sunday's dramatic win over Kilkenny: On the end of the match: "It's unbelievable. The finish to that game you just didn't know what was going to happen. We got a couple of really good scores to push ahead, they had chances to level it or get ahead. There was some serious defending back there. It was mayhem at the end and it's kind of hard to get your head around at the moment. It's unbelievably satisfying to get through." Advertisement On Oisin O'Donoghue's goal after Tipp were reduced to 14 players: "The youth and the bravery of him, he's still under-20 next year again. I don't even remember him hitting the ball, I just saw the net shake. It was a huge score at the time and it gave us that bit of breathing room. He's been doing that all year. You need those moments and those breaks, especially as we were under pressure near the end." On facing Cork in the final: "The form is with them, I suppose. We've had a couple of tough outings against them already this year, but we've regrouped and found a little more along the way. They are probably a couple more years down the road than us. It took us a little to get into our stride as the season has gone on. There's a huge rivalry there going years back, between the teams and supporters, and a great bit of banter in it as well. It's a quick enough turnaround, so it'll be on you before you know it. It's great to be looking forward to it."
Irish Times
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
GAA clarify full-time score in Tipperary-Kilkenny semi-final after confusion over scoreboard error
The GAA has issued a statement clarifying the final score of Sunday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final, revising the official score to: Tipperary 4-20 Kilkenny 0-30. The final score was initially given as 4-21 to 0-30 but has been amended as Noel McGrath's 70th-minute effort had been incorrectly awarded as a point. 'The GAA can confirm that the official score at the end of the Tipperary v Kilkenny GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final was 4-20 to 0-30. The GAA acknowledges there was confusion over the final score. The CCCC is awaiting the full referee's report in order to establish how the initial mistake occurred,' a statement from the GAA on Sunday evening read. McGrath fired over a shot just as the clock struck 70 minutes, his effort greeted by cheers from the Tipp fans on Hill 16 but the umpire on the near post waved the effort wide. READ MORE However, the scoreboards in Croke Park all updated to include McGrath's point, showing the score as 4-21 to 0-29 as the game entered the first of four added minutes. Coming seconds after Oisín O'Donoghue's late goal, Tipperary also made a substitution at the same time in a chaotic period of the game. Believing they were four behind, Kilkenny immediately went in search of a goal. In the next attack Eoin Cody tried to burrow through for a green-flag despite an opportunity for a relatively straightforward point. Jordan Molloy took a point in added time to reduce to gap to three points as per the scoreboards in Croke Park but really two points in light of the error. In the dying moments Kilkenny continued to try force a goal they thought they needed to level the match rather than picking off points. Kilkenny manager Derek Lyng raised no issue regarding the confusion after the game.
Irish Times
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Oisín O'Donoghue goal edges 14-man Tipperary past Kilkenny to reach All-Ireland decider against Cork
All-Ireland SHC semi-final: Tipperary 4-20 Kilkenny 0-30 Oisín O'Donoghue scored an outrageous goal in the last minute of normal time as a 14-man Tipperary set up a first ever All-Ireland SHC Final against Cork . It was an All-Ireland semi-final in which new blue and gold heroes were created but it was also an afternoon some of the county's old warriors stormed the Kilkenny barricades once again. When all seemed lost, Tipp found a steely defiance from somewhere – a kind of resolve nobody was quite certain this bunch possessed. But there it was on full display in front of 60,738 spectators at Croke Park. O'Donoghue's wonder goal. Jason Forde's unerring accuracy when he was needed most. Noel McGrath's sheer bullheaded refusal to be beaten. Robert Doyle's goal-line block. Tipp, Tipp, Tipp. READ MORE But Kilkenny will look back on this game with huge regret. One they left behind. They led by two points in the 63rd minute – five minutes after Tipp had been reduced to 14 men when Darragh McCarthy was sent off on a second yellow card. But they simply couldn't bury Tipp. After McCarthy was issued his marching orders following a second yellow for clipping Eoin Murphy on the hand, Tipperary were trailing by one point. But for the remainder of the match they outscored Kilkenny 1-4 to 0-4, the Leinster champions managing just four points despite their numerical advantage coming down the home stretch. Tipperary's Noel McGrath celebrates being awarded a free. Photograph: Leah Scholes/Inpho At the other end of the field, Forde was immense during the closing stages, scoring his side's last three points. Noel McGrath had one point to his name for a few hours too - but that was wiped out after confusion over the awarding of that late score. It was a regrettable incident as chasing a four-point gap rather than a three-point gap influenced how Kilkenny approached those final minutes of the fixture. Still, the pivotal moment of the game was O'Donoghue's 69th-minute goal. The Cashel King Cormacs man was only on the field six minutes when he found himself barrelling through on the Kilkenny goal. His progress was impeded and James Owens signalled for an advantage. A free was incoming, but on he went. Somehow, with all of Kilkenny descending upon him, O'Donoghue got a shot off, the sliotar arching high over Murphy's outstretched dive and smacking in under the roof of the net. It was a thing of beauty. For the briefest moment, Croke Park fell to a stunned silence before shaking on its foundations. Tipp were doing to Kilkenny what Kilkenny had done to other for years – breaking their spirit with a goal in the dying seconds. The goal put Tipperary three ahead and while many were still trying to figure out what had just happened, McGrath seized the opportunity and popped over his point. Kilkenny's TJ Reid celebrates scoring a free. Photograph: Leah Scholes/Inpho Just like that, the contest had gone from level to Tipp leading by four. With four minutes of time added on, the Cats laid siege to the Canal End goal. A point from Jordan Molloy reduced the gap to three and then in the dying embers of the game John Donnelly momentarily thought he had forced extra-time, watching as his shot blazed beyond Rhys Kelly and whizzed onward, goal-bound. But Doyle had placed himself on the goal-line, the Tipp corner back batting the ball away to safety. There would be no way through for Kilkenny. Not on this day. The final whistle sounded seconds later. Tipp had pulled it off. If the game was won in those frantic last few minutes, Tipperary had done plenty of the heavy lifting in the first half, claiming three goals to lead 3-11 to 0-16 at the turnaround, all three of their full-forward line raising green flags – John McGrath, Darragh McCarthy and Forde. Eoghan Connolly and Conor Stakelum were both superb in the first half, scoring three points apiece, while Bryan O'Mara mopped up a huge amount of ball. And that 3-11 haul before the break all came from open play, an indication of the problems Kilkenny's defence was having. Moments after Forde's 25th-minute one-handed goal Derek Lyng moved Paddy Deegan to the full-back line in a bid to patch up the leaks. Lyng also made a change at half-time, introducing David Blanchfield for Shane Murphy. Adrian Mullen, who had struggled to get involved in the opening half, finally sprang to life shortly after the restart, popping over two points. Cian Kenny fired over an inspirational score from under the Cusack Stand and with TJ Reid showing his class from placed balls, Kilkenny appeared to have steadied the ship as the second half progressed. Tipperary's Darragh McCarthy in action against Kilkenny's Paddy Deegan. Photograph: Tom O'Hanlon/Inpho McCarthy had missed a couple of frees during the second half – indeed Tipp hit four wides in three erratic minutes soon after the resumption – and eventually Forde was handed the free-taking responsibilities. Martin Keoghan was Kilkenny's best forward and his 58th-minute point edged the Cats 0-26 to 3-16 ahead. McCarthy, who was sent off in the opening seconds of Tipp's Munster championship game against Cork, hit Murphy moments later. With Tipp down to 14 men, few would have bet against Kilkenny pulling away. But Tipp have been defying many of their doubters this season, and in those closing stages this team carved out an incredible victory, one they had no right to pull off. It was Tipperary's first time playing in Croke Park since the 2019 All-Ireland final, but the Premier County have returned themselves to the decider now. Their neighbours await in a fortnight. Long after the final whistle, the last player off the pitch was TJ Reid. Who knows if we will see him back again next year. But on Sunday, we might just have witnessed the return of Tipperary. TIPPERARY: R Shelly; E Connolly (0-3), R Maher, M Breen; C Morgan, B O'Mara, R Doyle; W Connors, C Stakelum (0-3); J Morris (0-4), A Ormond, S O'Farrell (0-1); D McCarthy (1-2, 0-2f), J McGrath (1-2), J Forde (1-5, 0-4f). Subs: N McGrath for J McGrath (50 mins); A Tynan for O'Farrell (53); D Stakelum for Connors (57); O O'Donoghue (1-0) for C Stakelum (63); S Kenneally for Ormond (71). KILKENNY: E Murphy; M Butler, H Lawlor, S Murphy; M Carey, R Reid, P Deegan; C Kenny (0-2), J Molloy (0-4); J Donnelly (0-1), E Cody (0-2), B Ryan (0-2); A Mullen (0-2), TJ Reid (0-11, 8f, 1′65), M Keoghan (0-6). Subs: D Blanchfield for S Murphy (h-t); S Donnelly for Mullen (66 mins); K Doyle for Kenny (70). Referee: J Owens (Wexford).
BBC News
06-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'You didn't know what was going to happen'
Tipperary forward John McGrath reacts to Sunday's dramatic win over Kilkenny:On the end of the match: "It's unbelievable. The finish to that game you just didn't know what was going to happen. We got a couple of really good scores to push ahead, they had chances to level it or get ahead. There was some serious defending back there. It was mayhem at the end and it's kind of hard to get your head around at the moment. It's unbelievably satisfying to get through." On Oisin O'Donoghue's goal after Tipp were reduced to 14 players: "The youth and the bravery of him, he's still under-20 next year again. I don't even remember him hitting the ball, I just saw the net shake. It was a huge score at the time and it gave us that bit of breathing room. He's been doing that all year. You need those moments and those breaks, especially as we were under pressure near the end." On facing Cork in the final: "The form is with them, I suppose. We've had a couple of tough outings against them already this year, but we've regrouped and found a little more along the way. They are probably a couple more years down the road than us. It took us a little to get into our stride as the season has gone on. There's a huge rivalry there going years back, between the teams and supporters, and a great bit of banter in it as well. It's a quick enough turnaround, so it'll be on you before you know it. It's great to be looking forward to it."
