Cork v Kilkenny is one of the oldest and most famous rivalries in hurling and the public can look forward to another thrilling instalment when the counties clash in the first of the GAA's Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship semifinals in Croke Park on Sunday.

Kilkenny, who are chasing their fifth All-Ireland title in a row, have recorded 20 successive championship wins since losing the 2005 All-Ireland semi-final to Galway. In the intervening period they have beaten the following counties: Galway (4), Wexford (4), Cork (2), Offaly (2); Dublin (2); Waterford (2); Clare (1), Westmeath (1), Tipperary (1), Limerick 1.

Kilkenny are bidding to reach their 11th final in 13 seasons, having missed out in 2001 and 2005 when they lost both semi-finals to Galway. Cork are bidding to reach the final for the first time since 2006. They last played Kilkenny in the championship in 2008 when they lost the All-Ireland semi-final by nine points.

Paths to the semi-final
Kilkenny
Kilkenny 4-19 Dublin 0-12 (Leinster semi-final)
Kilkenny 1-19 Galway 1-12 (Leinster final)
Average For: 2-21 Average Against: 0-14

Kilkenny Scorers
Henry Shefflin....1-19 (0-13 frees, 0-2 '65s)
Aidan Fogarty....2-1
Richie Power......1-3
TJ Reid..............0-5
Michael Rice......0-4
Eddie Brennan...1-2
Richie Hogan.....0-2
Eoin Larkin.......0-1
Martin Comerford....0-1

Cork
Cork 3-15 Tipperary 0-14 (Munster quarter-final)
Cork 2-19 Limerick 0-12 (Munster semi-final)
Cork 2-15 Waterford 2-15 (Munster final)
Waterford 1-16 Cork 1-13 (Munster final replay - after extra-time)
Cork 1-25 Antrim 0-19 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Average For: 1-20; Average Against: 0-17

Cork Scorers
Ben O'Connor.................2-24 (1-18 frees)
Pat Horgan.......................3-4 (1-0 pen)
Niall McCarthy...............1-10
John Gardiner...............0-11 (6 frees, 3 '65s)
Paudie O'Sullivan...........1-7
Cathal Naughton.............0-9
Aisake Ó hAilpín.............2-2
Kieran Murphy................0-6
Tom Kenny.....................0-4
Jerry O'Connor...............0-3
Michael Cussen...............0-2
William Egan..................0-2
Lorcan McLoughlin.......0-1
Seán Óg Ó hAilpín.........0-1
Brian Murphy..................0-1

Last Championship Clash....
Kilkenny 1-23 Cork 0-17 (2008 All-Ireland semi-final)
Kilkenny: PJ Ryan; Michael Kavanagh, Noel Kavanagh, Jackie Tyrrell; Tommy
Walsh, Brian Hogan, JJ Delaney; James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick (0-1), Derek Lyng (0-
1); Eddie Brennan (0-4), Martin Comerford, Eoin Larkin (1-2); Richie Power,
Henry Shefflin (0-9), Aidan Fogarty (0-4).
Subs: Willie O'Dwyer (0-1) for Comerford, TJ Reid (0-1) for Power, Michael
Rice for Fitzpatrick.
Cork: Donal Og Cusack; Shane O'Neill, Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Brian Murphy;
John Gardiner (0-1), Ronan Curran, Sean Og O hAilpin; Tom Kenny (0-2),
Jerry O'Connor (0-1); Ben O'Connor (0-8), Niall McCarthy, Pa Cronin (0-1);
Cathal Naughton (0-1), Joe Deane, Patrick Horgan (0-1).
Subs: Kieran Murphy for Deane, Tommy McCarthy (0-1) for Niall McCarthy,
Neil Ronan (0-1), Paudie O'Sullivan for Naughton.

Last Allianz GAA Hurling National League Clash....
Cork 0-18 Kilkenny 1-13 (14 March 2010), Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Scorers: Cork: J Gardiner 0-7 (0-3f, 0-2 '65'), P Horgan 0-4 (0-2f), P
O'Sullivan, N McCarthy 0-2 each, T Kenny, C Naughton, J O'Connor 0-1 each.
Kilkenny: R Power 0-7 (0-4f), J Mulhall 1-3, M Grace 0-2, E Larkin 0-1.
Cork -- D Óg Cusack; S O'Neill, E Cadogan, S Murphy; J Gardiner, R Curran,
B Murphy; T Kenny, C Naughton; B O'Connor, M O'Sullivan, N McCarthy; K
Murphy, A Ó hAilpín, P Horgan. Subs: J O'Connor for O'Sullivan (48), P
O'Sullivan for Horgan (57), M Cussen for B O'Connor (60).
Kilkenny -- P J Ryan; C Hickey, B Hogan, J Dalton; T Walsh, J Tyrrell, JJ
Delaney; J Tennyson, P J Delaney; J Mulhall, W O'Dwyer, E Larkin; M Grace,
R Power, A Fogarty. Subs: E Brennan for O'Dwyer (43), J Ryall for PJ Delaney
(55), S Cummins for JJ Delaney (67).

Last ten championship meetings
2008: Kilkenny 1-23 Cork 0-17 (All-Ireland semi-final)
2006: Kilkenny 1-16 Cork 1-13 (All-Ireland final)
2004: Cork 0-17 Kilkenny 0-9 (All-Ireland final)
2003: Kilkenny 1-14 Cork 1-11 (All-Ireland final)
1999: Cork 0-13 Kilkenny 0-12 (All-Ireland final)
1992: Kilkenny 3-10 Cork 1-12 (All-Ireland final)
1983: Kilkenny 2-14 Cork 2-12 (All-Ireland final)
1982: Kilkenny 3-18 Cork 1-13 (All-Ireland final)
1978: Cork 1-15 Kilkenny 2-8 (All-Ireland final)
1972: Kilkenny 3-24 Cork 5-11 (All-Ireland final)
Kilkenny 7 Cork 3

Last 20 All-Ireland semi-finals
Kilkenny
2009: Kilkenny 2-23 Waterford 3-15
2008: Kilkenny 1-23 Cork 0-17
2007: Kilkenny 0-23 Wexford 1-10
2006: Kilkenny 2-21 Clare 1-16
2005: Galway 5-18 Kilkenny 4-18
2004: Kilkenny 3-12 Waterford 0-18
2003: Kilkenny 3-18 Tipperary 0-15
2002: Kilkenny 1-20 Tipperary 1-16
2001: Galway 2-15 Kilkenny 1-13
2000: Kilkenny 2-19 Galway 0-17
1999: Kilkenny 2-14 Clare 1-13
1998: Kilkenny 1-11 Waterford 1-10
1997: Clare 1-17 Kilkenny 1-13
1993: Kilkenny 4-18 Antrim 1-9
1992: Kilkenny 2-13 Galway 1-12
1991: Kilkenny 2-18 Antrim 1-19
1987: Kilkenny 2-18 Antrim 2-11
1986: Galway 4-12 Kilkenny 0-13
1982: Kilkenny 2-20 Galway 2-10
1978: Kilkenny 4-20 Galway 4-13
Won 16; Lost 4.

Cork
2008: Kilkenny 1-23 Cork 0-17
2006: Cork 1-16 Waterford 1-15
2005: Cork 0-16 Clare 0-15
2004: Cork 1-27 Wexford 0-12
2003: Cork 3-17 Wexford 2-7 (replay)
2003: Cork 2-20 Wexford 3-17 (draw)
2000: Offaly 0-19 Cork 0-15
1999: Cork 0-19 Offaly 0-16
1992: Cork 2-17 Down 1-11
1990: Cork 2-20 Antrim 1-13
1986: Cork 7-11 Antrim 1-24
1985: Galway 4-12 Cork 5-5
1984: Cork 3-26 Antrim 2-5
1983: Cork 5-15 Galway 1-16
1979: Galway 2-14 Cork 1-13
1977: Cork 3-14 Galway 1-15
1975: Galway 4-15 Cork 2-19
1970: Cork 4-20 London 2-9
1954: Cork 4-13 Galway 2-1
1952: Cork 1-5 Galway 0-6
Won 14, Drew 1, Lost 5.

GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
LEINSTER
May 22: First Round: Laois 1-13 Carlow 0-10, Portlaoise.
May 29: Quarter-final: Galway 2-22 Wexford 1-14, Nowlan Park.
May 30: Quarter-final: Offaly 2-26 Antrim 3-16 (After extra-time), Parnell Park.
June 6: Quarter-final: Dublin 0-25 Laois 0-16, Nowlan Park.
June 20: Semi-finals: Kilkenny 4-19 Dublin 0-12; Galway 2-19 Offaly 3-16, Croke Park.
June 26: Semi-final replay: Galway 3-17 Offaly 2-18 Portlaoise.
July 4: Final: Kilkenny 1-19 Galway 1-12, Croke Park.

MUNSTER
May 30: First round: Cork 3-15 Tipperary 0-14, Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
June 7: Semi-final: Waterford 0-22 Clare 1-15, Thurles.
June 20: Semi-final: Cork 2-19 Limerick 0-12, Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
July 11: Final: Cork 2-15 Waterford 2-15, Thurles.
July 17: Replay: Waterford 1-16 Cork 1-13, Thurles (After extra-time)

ULSTER
May 8: Monaghan 1-15 Fermanagh 2-10, Enniskillen; Armagh 3-23 Donegal 1-12, Letterkenny; Tyrone 6-24 Cavan 1-14, Omagh.
May 15: London 3-16 Monaghan 1-15, Casement Park; Armagh 3-20 Tyrone 2-9, Casement Park.
May 29: Quarter-finals: Down 4-24 Armagh 0-9, Casement Park; London 2-12
Derry 0-15, Casement Park.
June 13: Semi-final. Down v London - Not played
June 27: Final: Antrim 4-22 Down 1-12, Casement Park.

All-Ireland Championships
June 26: All-Ireland qualifier - preliminary round: Carlow 1-19 Laois 3-12, Dr. Cullen Park.
July 3: Qualifiers - Phase 1: Antrim 2-18 Carlow 3-12, Casement Park;
Tipperary 3-24 Wexford 0-19, Thurles
July 10: Qualifiers - Phase 2: Offaly 1-19 Limerick 1-13, Tullamore; Dublin 2-22 Clare 0-15, Croke Park.
July 17: Qualifiers - Phase 3: Antrim 1-17 Dublin 0-19, Croke Park
July 18: Qualifiers - Phase 3: Tipperary 0-21 Offaly 1-12, Portlaoise.
July 25: All-Ireland quarter-finals: Tipperary 3-17 Galway 3-16, Croke Park; Cork 1-25 Antrim 0-19, Croke Park.
Next Sunday: Semi-final: Kilkenny v Cork, Croke Park.
August 15: Semi-final: Waterford v Tipperary, Croke Park.
September 5: Final, Croke Park. Tweet

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