TIPPERARY’S 26TH ALL-IRELAND title came at the end of a devastating attacking masterclass against Kilkenny in September 2010, with Liam Sheedy’s team inflicting the first defeat on the Cats in 22 Championship matches.
The tone for the match was set by the withdrawal of Henry Shefflin just 12 minutes in, with the Ballyhale man clearly not fully recovered from the knee injury he’d picked up against Cork in the semi-final.
Even before that, however, Tipp had stunned their opponents with three quickfire points from Eoin Kelly and a goal by Lar Corbett.
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Despite the loss of Shefflin, Kilkenny rallied somewhat with Richie Power taking over free-taking duties and Aidan Fogarty managing a point.
Brendan Maher and Kelly were scoring freely and they quickly opened out a 1-07 to 0-04 lead, but a rattled Kilkenny stepped things up and it was Power who led the charge – the attacker was unerring from frees and smashed home a brilliant 33rd minute goal to make it 1-10 to 1-09, in Tipp’s favour, at half-time.
Skipper TJ Reid brought the sides level on 39 minutes but that was as good as things got for the Cats.
Corbett brought the house down with a goal on 42 minutes, before McGrath did likewise to leave a gap of seven points.
As Kilkenny gamely fought to get back in the game, Liam Sheedy made a series of inspired substitutions for the Premier. Seamus Callanan, Benny Dunne and Seamus Hennessy all pointed while Padraic Maher was a colossus at the back.
With the 70 minutes up, Corbett crowned Tipperary’s glory by completing his hat-trick for a 4-17 to 1-18 win. Corbett would later be named GPA Hurler of the Year.
Build up to Round 3: Focus on last year’s final…
TIPPERARY’S 26TH ALL-IRELAND title came at the end of a devastating attacking masterclass against Kilkenny in September 2010, with Liam Sheedy’s team inflicting the first defeat on the Cats in 22 Championship matches.
The tone for the match was set by the withdrawal of Henry Shefflin just 12 minutes in, with the Ballyhale man clearly not fully recovered from the knee injury he’d picked up against Cork in the semi-final.
Even before that, however, Tipp had stunned their opponents with three quickfire points from Eoin Kelly and a goal by Lar Corbett.
Despite the loss of Shefflin, Kilkenny rallied somewhat with Richie Power taking over free-taking duties and Aidan Fogarty managing a point.
Brendan Maher and Kelly were scoring freely and they quickly opened out a 1-07 to 0-04 lead, but a rattled Kilkenny stepped things up and it was Power who led the charge – the attacker was unerring from frees and smashed home a brilliant 33rd minute goal to make it 1-10 to 1-09, in Tipp’s favour, at half-time.
Skipper TJ Reid brought the sides level on 39 minutes but that was as good as things got for the Cats.
Corbett brought the house down with a goal on 42 minutes, before McGrath did likewise to leave a gap of seven points.
As Kilkenny gamely fought to get back in the game, Liam Sheedy made a series of inspired substitutions for the Premier. Seamus Callanan, Benny Dunne and Seamus Hennessy all pointed while Padraic Maher was a colossus at the back.
With the 70 minutes up, Corbett crowned Tipperary’s glory by completing his hat-trick for a 4-17 to 1-18 win. Corbett would later be named GPA Hurler of the Year.
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