Good second half Veronica but they are well beatable. No where near what they used to be.

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 20/04/2014 15:26:39    1577642

You would like to think both teams are holding something back I certainly hope so as on this showing neither will go much further than last year.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4897 - 20/04/2014 15:37:11    1577647

The goal changed everything , well taken , must be said .
Some savage blocking and hooking throughout , not always the art that gets noticed but any kid watching would have learnt a lot

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 20/04/2014 15:40:33    1577648

Good win for kilkenny, 1-16 to 0-15 after being down 11-6 at half time. Impressive showing from some of the younger players like Brian Kennedy and Padraig Walsh. Backs were very impressive and used the handpass and short stick pass well when possible which they haven't always done. Ball into the forwards is still predominantly long and high which yielded a goal from John Power but a bit more variety wouldn't go amiss. I'm sure Shefflin at his age wasn't thrilled having to chase into the corner after balls going over his head the whole time. All in all though, motoring nicely but we always seem to do in the league. Galway will take a lot from the overall performance, they hit the crossbar in the second half when scores were level which could have turned the game. Ultimately though they lost second half by 1-10 to 0-4 which Cunningham will be worried by I'm sure.

ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 20/04/2014 15:42:21    1577649

Well done KK great second half. Galway will take plenty of positives from this and there will be bigger days ahead this summer, Glynn was one of the best for the tribe

suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1669 - 20/04/2014 15:48:41    1577650

Ps, agree with Damo, hooking and blocking by both teams was exceptional throughout. Just goes to show if you stick with your man you'll always have a chance to get a hook in, no need to give cheap frees away.

ballydalane (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1246 - 20/04/2014 15:51:34    1577653

Great crowd too by the looks of it. This could be interesting! Tipp need to go into the Summer on a positive note and Clare love beating no-one like they love beating Tipp :-)

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 20/04/2014 15:58:04    1577656

Not blaming the umpire cause it's impossible to see but that ball didn't go over the line for the Clare goal.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 20/04/2014 16:05:27    1577659

Why is John Allen on TG4 every week? His Irish is very bad!!

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 20/04/2014 16:43:10    1577672

Tipp man lay on it on the line and would have been a peno. Was not a goal though.

Hoover78 (Limerick) - Posts: 865 - 20/04/2014 16:43:48    1577673

Ref having a mare for me today.

Hoover78 (Limerick) - Posts: 865 - 20/04/2014 17:11:22    1577687

Grete performance of cynical fouling from Clare today. Gave away two 21m frees and a penalty. Tipp got 0-02 from these... Literally no punishment.

RebelCork (Cork) - Posts: 789 - 20/04/2014 17:34:42    1577698

Fair play to Kilkenny and Tipp. I just hope Galway can learn from this match today and be ready for the championship. Sigh.

WoodlawnPat (Galway) - Posts: 288 - 20/04/2014 17:38:01    1577701

was the munster rugby sign still on the wall of the mackey stand
I know the limerick delegates were fighting hard all week for it to be taken down

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 20/04/2014 17:59:16    1577712

It was down.

Hoover78 (Limerick) - Posts: 865 - 20/04/2014 18:08:26    1577716

good stuff glad to see common sense prevailing

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 20/04/2014 18:23:02    1577725

Better performance from Tipp today, although I don't think Clare will be too disappointed, their eyes are on summer, I don't think a league final would have done that much for them. It's a repeat of last years league final, and we all know what happened to Kilkenny and Tipp in last years championship. I still have a feeling that neither team will make the AI final.

That said, I don't think Tipp have ever needed a win over Kilkenny as badly. They've well and truly had our number since 2010, and we seem to be getting totally psyched out when we see a black and amber shirt. We need more than a performance in the final, we need a result.

Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 20/04/2014 19:02:26    1577735

So we have the 'peoples final '!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 20/04/2014 19:13:52    1577738

The results didn't bother Clare or Tipp today, Clare just went with a plan and when it didn't work they didn't really change away from it. Davy didn't want to be giving to much away as for tipp was it a game we really wanted to win as Kk will take some beaten they are looking very good and have to be fav for the all Ireland before the championship even starts. Another defeat to Kk could derail the whole championship for Tipp

therealtmo (Tipperary) - Posts: 1292 - 20/04/2014 19:17:58    1577739

Winning matches builds momentum too and Limerick look in dire straights once again. They really do look to be a one season team dare I say it.
From a source lots of mad stuff goin on down there and now with O'Grady gone how good will they be.
Tipp KK final again not many one predicted at the start of the league. Tipp were a puck of a ball away from being in a relegation final and are now in a league final.
I dont know but this is only my opinion that Tipp are playing a lot of mind games and shadow boxing in the league. They are peaking at the right time. I think Kilkenny will beat us once again in the league final as the focus must be on the big mission to beat the Munster Champions and get back into a Munster final.Its a bonus game for Tipp the more top level hurling before the Limerick game the better.

WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 21/04/2014 09:44:32    1577850