Former Dublin hurling manager Anthony Daly feels holding Henry Shefflin in reserve for tomorrow evening’s All-Ireland final replay is the right move for Kilkenny.

Kilkenny manager Brian Cody has made three changes to the team to face Tipperary in Saturday evening's All Ireland hurling final replay.

Seamus Hickey, Shane Dowling, Conor Lehane, Mark Ellis and Pat Horgan would seem to be the only genuine All Star contenders outside of Saturday’s All-Ireland replay finalists. So, if the best team this year were to be picked from Kilkenny and Tipperary, what would it look like? John Fogarty pulls out his teamsheet.

"Substitutions are a consequence of how you read the match. You cannot predict them before the game because it is unpredictable" – Jose Mourinho

Who will take a penalty should Tipperary be awarded one Saturday?

An All-Ireland final is a peak for any player, but like any peak worth reaching, it takes time to recover from the ascent. Ask Kilkenny selector Michael Dempsey.

It was a case of deja-vu at Croke Park this afternoon as for the third year in succession the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final will go to a replay, after an epic encounter.

Never has a last chance saloon looked as appealing as tomorrow’s All-Ireland final – potentially the last time we will see some of the game’s greatest exponents of the last 15 years in action.

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If the last week has shown us anything — and we say this without any intended pun regarding the coming All-Ireland hurling final between Kilkenny and Tipperary — it is that there is more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to the tricky business of managing a team.

He might be living in Galway but that doesn’t mean Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher is avoiding the All-Ireland hype.

1. Callanan coming of age

1. The King

The majority of games between Kilkenny and Tipperary over the last five years have provided a flashpoint or more

Forgive us for swimming against the tide and not entertaining the one question hurling enthusiasts have been poring over all week — will Henry Shefflin march behind the Artane Band on Sunday afternoon?

Not every award-winning poet has played minor hurling for his county.

Graffiti on a new limestone monument in Johnstown ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland final has been condemned as the work of "unsporting people".

Tipperary have named an unchanged team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final showdown with Kilkenny at Croke Park.