Kilkenny manager delights in league victory after recovering from slow start to campaign

TJ Reid and Walter Walsh lead the bullying of the Tipperary defence in second half

John McGrath stars for Mick Ryan's team who were eight points down after 10 minutes

Clare and Wexford have favoured settled teams, everyone else has preferred to mix and match

Kilkenny and Tipperary a thriller but not a classic, Leinster sides struggling in league

Kerry shade Donegal while Wexford and Clare enjoy opening-day hurling wins

Galway’s talisman breaks Tipperary hearts with majestic last-gasp winning point

Champions picking up momentum but the favourites have been a model of composure

This will be a rare match in modern hurling where the match-ups are the key to winning

Manager Michael Ryan admits Clare’s goals rattled his side at Páirc Uí Chaoimh

The parallels between Tipperary 2017 and Kilkenny 2007 are uncanny

Defender planning for club final with Thurles before focusing again on Premier ambitions

Can the champions build on Sunday’s display of belief, power, skill and sublime finishing?

Economics professor’s novel ideas stretched the tactical boundaries of the game

Tipperary and Galway deliver an absolute epic – yet it wasn’t even the game of weekend

Coxed fours were pipped for a place in the grand final but won the petite final with ease

Mick Ryan’s side inflict drubbing on rivals to march into last four of All-Ireland

‘Our unity and togetherness will be needed more than ever,’ says Derek McGrath

Rain was no excuse for a Cork performance that made it an easy win for the home side

Final assignment against champions Kilkenny in Nowlan Park as tough as they come

Dublin manager says 10-team division would be unworkable