All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2025 (Munster And Leinster Championships,Liam McCarthy Cup)

With it a week out from the final, I wonder what training cork and tipp would be doing this weekend? Would they be going hard at it, a competitive 15 on 15 match, or just doing ball work, first touch, shooting, tactical stuff etc.

Last thing you want is injuries a week b4 the biggest game of the year.

As an aside stíll hard to get your head around the all ireland final on b4 the end of July. Must be difficult for the two counties to organise everything into 2 weeks. Tickets, fundraising, banquets, accommodation etc

A genuinely insightful article about the final.

If Galway, Dublin and Wexford upped their standards it would be do or die for Kk when playing them in Leinster thus improving KK. It would also mean they wouldn't always win Leinster so would have to play a QF which would put them in a better position reaching the semis imo. Ready for an ambush a bit like Tipp this year. KK surely can't go on and do 7/8/9/10 Leinster's in a row? They'll win no all Ireland's with that level of competition.

Kilkenny are likely to go backwards this year, and Galway presumably can't get any worse so I would be very shocked if we continue to win leinster every year but it won't be because the standard has become massively better.

Great boost for cork having harnedy fit enough to make the bench.. Tough on jack o connor and Ethan Twomey to be omitted from the 26.

There'll be a lot of genuine fans not able to get tickets which is disappointing but that's life I guess. Should be some occasion Sunday and hopefully for the neutrals we'll get a close exciting match with no major controversies.

I remember as a young lad Cork all Irelands were always a hoor to get a ticket for. Even by those standards it seems ridiculous this year. Never known so many people from both counties who still don't have a ticket a few days out.

I still think the fact the minor match is no longer on the same day of an even bigger disappointment than moving the thing to July. Was a great part of the occasion.

Whatever about moving the AI final to July, there was no need to do away with the curtain raiser.

Was an U-17 minor final ever played before the senior final. I believe the move to remove the Minor Final from AI Day was more to with Minor Level becoming U-17 rather than U-18 and that the feeling was that U-17 players were too young to be playing in front of such a big crowd.

If I remember correctly it started during Covid and then Offaly packed out that final and the idea that those games were better standalone.

And thus begins their 21 years of hurt 🤣

In fairness I really doubt they are going to lose but there is the small chance this team becomes 90's Limerick or 00's Waterford.

Corks recent record against Tipp is overwhelmingly one sided. They are also on for the triple including beating Tipp in a league final.

The real interesting thing that could make this a great final or scupper it is neither side has really won an All Ireland so both have the chance to put in a balls to the walk Limerick 18 performance or a Cork 21 performance.

If both are on the same level of form Cork win though.

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"Neither side has really won an all Ireland "! Cork have 30 and Tipperary have 28!

Didn't realise it was still that many. Still a very inexperienced panel beyond that and no way of knowing what kind of performance they give on Sunday which was my original point.

I was responding to the Limerick fella who said neither side has really won an all Ireland. Anyway a load of us heading up tomorrow afternoon most with tickets some not but the occasion should be mighty.

Is it not 9 on the panel? Brian Hogan, Michael Breen, Ronan Maher, Willie Connors, Jake Morris, John McGrath, Jason Forde, Seamus Kennedy, & Noel McGrath were all on the winning panel for the 2019 final. Now they might not have all got a medal but at the core of this Tipperary team there are 9 players who have experienced winning an All Ireland final at senior level. Then for the other 17 players on the panel for Sunday you have a mixture of players who have only experienced the bad times over the last few years and new green players who have joined the panel very recently. Seems a healthy mix to me.

Majority of the Cork panel have failed in finals at senior and underage grade. Will be fascinating to see can they cope if Tipp put the squeeze on.