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

That wasn't a tactical implosion by Cork, it was a mental one. So all thr tactical analysis in the world is useless.

Cork had a poor first half too. Nothing close to playing to the standard or system you'd expect from them. Its just that Tipp were equally bad. I said it here after 10mins that it was really low quality fare. Poor shot selection and poor option taking from both teams.

Tipp came out a bit harder in the 2nd knowing their backs were to the wall after the goal and Cork capitulated once they had closed the gap from 6 to 3. Some of the scores Tipp got in the last 15mins they were experiencing no pressure whatsoever, they were happy to chance shots from everywhere and with confidence up they were going over.

This was not a vintage display by Tipp by any stretch. This was a team completely imploding and the other taking advantage. A good minor team would have put up a few points against Cork in that 2nd half so bad was the mental collapse.

It wasn't a vintage final. Couldn't believe how flat Cork were. I taught they'd be to good for tipp. Tipp simply just outworked them and got the breaks. Wrestling momentum back wasn't in corks armour today. Congrats tipp.

Tipp probably would have won anyway. Way stronger in the second half

Good post. We (Cork) weren't great in the 1st half but I thought we'd figured it out in the lead up to half time. Tipp defended well until the goal on the stroke of HT but were brutal with their shooting in the 1st half. I honestly thought the first half was very poor by both teams but we had a bit of a spurt coming up to HT.

Tipp went up a gear in the 2nd half and we just laid down and let them. Tipp played better in the semi v KK in that 2nd half than today but we just folded. Mistake after mistake and no drive to win the ball on the ground. Every time the ball broke down a Tipp player would come away with it. That sort of shying away from the battle has always been the achilles heel of this Cork team.

Tipp didn't have to bring their best to win, that's the most galling part. Jason Forde and Jake Morris had quiet enough games, 2pts each. John McGrath showed a bit of cuteness and we coughed up 2-2 and a penalty to him. Not to mention a close call with a square ball. None of the Tipp lads shot the light out bar McCarthy from placed balls. They didn't need to. It was a good performance by them, and that's all that was needed given how bad we were. It must be one of the softest all irelands ever. Two decent teams in the final, neither world beaters, and one team mentally stays in the dressing rooms for the 2nd half.

It's amazing really how in sports certain teams over generations just haven't the mental strength to get over the line. I know that painfully as a Waterford man, Mayo, England football team, Cork are now in that position. When the pressure is on they collapse

Jesus the penalty decision and sending off was shocking bad

Yeah but it wasnt a penalty so the sending off shouldn't have happened

What other all-irelands have been won by a team playing a sweeper?

I think that moment with Horgan on Shelley spurned Tipp on.

Horgan is the most overrated hurler ever. He has had along career and is a good freetaker but most big games he is anonymous bar a moment or two that makes the likes of Marty Morrissey get all excited. Cork should have dropped him 2-3 years ago. No one “deserves” an All Ireland for longevity.

Cahill putting cantwell back in her box!!

That clip of 5 or 6 of the cork management team all huddled together as the game was gone away from them is kind of funny. They look completely bewildered.