MUNSTER rivals Cork and Tipperary go toe-to-toe in what is expected to be a mammoth GAA All-Ireland Hurling final.
Cork booked their spot in the showpiece match for a second successive season after defeating Dublin 7-26 to 2-21.
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And they’ll be hoping to bridge a 20-year gap since they last secured the trophy in 2005 – along with putting last year’s showpiece behind them where they missed out on the title by a single point.
However, bitter opponents Tipperary made the final for the first time since 2019 with a 0-30 to 4-20 triumph over Kilkenny in the semis.
A 2019 final that Tipp ironically won by beating Kilkenny, marking their 28th All-Ireland title.
But Pat Ryan’s Cork side currently hold the bragging rights as they have beaten Tipperary twice in the three times that these bitter rivals have encountered each other this campaign.
When is Cork vs Tipperary?
Cork vs Tipperary will take place on Sunday, July 20.
The throw-in time is scheduled for 3:30pm BST / 10:30am ET
Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland is the chosen venue for this iconic match and it can host a whopping 82,300 fans.
Pat Ryan’s Cork side claimed the Munster round robin 4-27 to 0-24 when the teams last met.
What TV channel is it on and can it be live streamed for FREE?
Cork vs Tipperary will be broadcast LIVE on RTE Two and BBC TWO.
Fans can stream the entire action for FREE on BBC iPlayer.
Coverage is expected to get underway from 2:15pm BST / 9:15am ET – one hour and 15 minutes before the throw-in.
Fans in the US can watch the match through the GAA+ stream or website.
Alternatively, SunSport will have coverage of the entire action through our live blog.
What has been said?
Prior to the semi-final win over Dublin, Cork manager Pat Ryan made clear his distaste for the practice of making late alterations which means he is unlikely to make changes.
Ryan said: “I think it’s dishonest to the players themselves.
“You can talk about the panel and you can talk about the strength of it and the belief that you have in everybody else, but if you’re pretending that, you know, Joe Bloggs is playing before someone so the other lad’s going to think it.
“You have a player going home then and he’s telling his mum and dad, then, oh, I’m starting, because he can’t tell him that Séamus Harnedy’s playing before him. So how’s he going to come off the bench then and perform?
“That’s my thing, I suppose I’ve never done it, so other fellas will say that’s how they have their teams changed up and they know what’s going on and everybody’s comfortable in what we’re doing.
“We’ve never done it, so if I started doing it now, it’d be alien to what we do.” In any case, Cork don’t really need to try to spring a surprise as their best team is largely known – but opponents still struggle to stop them.
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