They’re winning, and that’s the most important point, reasons Tipperary minor hurling manager Liam Cahill.

Kilkenny 0-26 Galway 2-20 (AET): Drama at the death in the opener at HQ yesterday — both after the 70 minutes and extra-time — but the sum of this first All-Ireland minor semi-final added up to significantly less than its parts and, in that, it was no different to the senior contest that followed.

Leinster MHC final: Kilkenny 1-17 Dublin 1-15

Two first-half Andrew Gaffney goals in Templemore secured Kilkenny CBS’s passage to the Masita All-Ireland Colleges Senior A hurling championship final.

Kilkenny CBS 2-13 St Kieran’s College 0-13