So Galway have already booked their place in the league final as Wexford and Tipperary clash for the right to meet the Tribesmen.
Here’s how the sides are named to start today at Nowlan Park, although we might get a change or two before the first whistle.
Tipperary 0-1 Wexford 0-0
2 mins – Seamus Callanan scored 2-11 the last day out and he’s first off the mark today.
John McGrath scores a goal for Tipp against Wexford!
Tipperary 1-2 Wexford 0-0
7 mins – Tipp lead by five after a very impressive start. Wexford have yet to score.
Tipperary 1-2 Wexford 0-1
11 mins – Wexford are on the board thanks to Jack O’Connor.
Tipperary 1-2 Wexford 0-1
15 mins – McDonald slots over a close-range free.
Noel McGrath bags Tipperary’s second goal!
The Davy factor.
Tipperary 2-2 Wexford 0-3
20 mins – McDonald and Brendan Maher trade scores. The game is really opening up now.
Tipperary 2-3 Wexford 0-5
27 mins – Fine score by David Redmond. Wexford are doing really well against a strong breeze.
Tipperary 2-5 Wexford 0-6
28 mins – Callanan and Forde send over a point apiece for Tipp.
Tipperary 2-5 Wexford 0-6
29 mins – Conor McDonald reduced that Tipp lead to five with a good free.
Tipperary 2-5 Wexford 0-7
32 mins – Callanan sends a free wide, at the far end Wexford have hit nine wides.
Tipperary 2-6 Wexford 0-7
35 mins – Padraic Maher exerts his presence with a massive score from midfield.
HT - Tipperary 2-6 Wexford 0-8
Here’s another look at that incident involving Davy Fitz midway through the first-half.
Stay classy Davy!! #Tipperary #Tipp #AllianzLeagues #GAA #GAABEO #Wexford @SportsJOEdotie @ballsdotie pic.twitter.com/1Cp33Cvl51
— L. NíHéineacháin (@LaobhaoiseNihE) April 16, 2017
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The beans ain’t chilled today….
Tipperary 2-7 Wexford 0-10
37 mins – McDonald and Maher trade efforts. Then Paul Morris reduces the gap to three.
Tipperary 2-7 Wexford 0-11
41 mins – McDonald sends over another free. We’re about to see what the All-Ireland champions are made of here.
Tipperary 2-9 Wexford 0-11
42 mins – Michael Breen plucks one from the clouds and raises a white flag. Then Cathal Barrett slips a pass to Dan McCormack who points.
Tipperary 2-10 Wexford 0-11
43 mins – Ronan Maher finds Noel McGrath for the score. Excellent response from Tipp.
Tipperary 2-10 Wexford 0-13
44 mins - Redmond bags a brace of points to reduce the gap to three again.
Tipperary 2-11 Wexford 0-13
48 mins – Breen sends over his third since coming in as a sub. Bubbles O’Dwyer comes in for Steven O’Brien.
Tipperary 2-12 Wexford 0-13
50 mins – Jason Forde takes a touch and slots over the bar. A wonderful block by Padraic Maher set up that move.
Some Wexford subs to let you know about:
Kevin Foley replaces Paul Morris while Harry Kehoe comes in for David Redmond.
Tipperary 2-12 Wexford 0-15
54 mins – Bubbles picks up a yellow for a late hit. David Dunne hits the target for Fitzgerald’s side.
Tipperary 2-12 Wexford 0-16
56 mins – Chin exerts his influence with a fine score from the left hand side.
John McGrath fires in his second goal for Tipp!
Tipperary 3-14 Wexford 0-16
62 mins – Noel and John McGrath both point to extend Tipp’s lead.
Noel McGrath hits his second goal and Tipp’s fourth today!
Brendan Maher slots home Tipperary’s fifth goal against Wexford!
Tipperary 5-17 Wexford 0-18
72 mins – Daire Quinn points for Tipp. They’re heading to the final.
GOAL! Liam Ryan scores a consolation goal for Wexford.
FT – Tipperary 5-18 Wexford 1-19
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Cmon the cats!!! The cream always rises
Great great win fair play to management made the changes when required.
TJ just fantastic.
As a KK man I didn’t see that happening. That soft 21m goal put a shine on the score. The young lads in KK a really after cutting their teeth in the league. It’s a joy to watch these 2 teams playing each other. Pure hurling.
@Jason Pierce: No bullshit and players thinking they are prima donnas deserving this that and the other under Cody.
Hurling skills exceptionally well imparted and your name or club mean nothing it’s all about the end goal All Ireland medals In Kilkenny. No sulking no county boards run by old dinosaurs and county secretary’s picking teams.
In short hats off to Cody and his players magnificent ambassadors for a simple game – players die with their boots on in other counties they want you to tie their laces
Tipp didn’t play at all in second half.
Rumours of Kilkenny’s demise greatly exaggerated
Still need a full back Padraig Walsh playing full back like a wing back, caught bad the last two games for two goals.
Unfair on him as he’s a class wing back.
Looking forward to a good battle here. I think Tipp will shade it with stronger panel but it is at Nowlan Park .
@Finnster: :)
C’mon Tipp!!!
That’s the young lads bedded in nicely, Cody rebuilding what could be a very good team
Plenty comments bout Kilkenny being a 1 man team relying on TJ but wot bout tipp Jason Forde got 2-12 & not a word bout it…..
@Ray Power: Ssssssh Ray sure if some folk can’t see a past that their better off, we all know Tipp would be fine without J Forde same as Cork without P Horgan Galway without Joe Waterford without P o Mahoney I could go on but yah know yourself lad tis all KKs fault.
@Dae Monicus: dats a fact
@Ray Power: An sure here’s another one lad KK are a one manager team! 20 national titles in twenty years with many different groups of players, like him or not that speaks for itself.
The Tipp bench should have a big say in the result.Tipp Abu
Great camogie coverage there. Don’t miss a beat.
Kilkenny relying on frees again, but in fairness to them they win an incredible amount if them and have done all league.
@James Doyle: really ? That all you got ?
Not a great game, KK would be lost without TJ Reid he is the glue keeping it together throughout the league . Also some playacting from both sides to get frees.
@Finnster: ya there fair reliant on tj both sides missing a few but without Reid kilkenny pretty average
@Back pass: Jason forde scored 2 12 of Tipp’s tally, would u not think that there screwed without him!???
@Back pass: Yeah, an average young team, beating a seasoned tipp team. Pretty average league champions.
@Finnster: lost all right…another piece of silverware though…Tipp were beaten all over in the second half. Crying the cats won again ?
@Finnster: and without Jason Forde Tipp brutal not up for the fight for a National title. Forde 2.12 only man that stood up. Tipp full back line big problem area. Fix quick or dry year again.
@Aidan Maher: in all fairness Finnster talks through his are. 18 from Forde and Kilkenny are a one man team.
What are tipp at? Ryan has lost the plot. We barely beat Limerick with the same tactic of high balls into the t-rex forward line. If they were in Africa at the height of the Ebola outbreak they still wouldn’t have caught any thing. Well done TJ Reid and your 14 apostles.
Hope Tipp stuff kk
Now it’s getting lively . Why can’t Tipp put Kilkenny to the sword ? On paper Tipp are by far a better team
@Finnster: there was never a game won on paper
@Finnster: because they are heartless.they are not called one in a row for nothing.
@Finnster: its called balls
I’ll take that Good game, fair play to Tipp tis early days but their a serious outfit who will I reckon be one side in the final later in the year, some good performances from KK time to crack open the suds.
Well done Kilkenny but the long grass awaits
Neither team imposing themselves,but still think Tipp will prevail
@Michael Sage: completely wrong there my friend no full back line and big questions now heading into the summer
Come on Tipp