Our writers chat through the main talking points from the weekend’s Allianz League action.

Tipperary limped to their second successive win of their Division 1, Group A campaign and remain in the running for a knock-out place.

Cork manager Kieran Kingston has also made four changes, with Eoin Cadogan selected at full-back.

John O’Dwyer also makes his seasonal return after recovering from an injury against Cork.

The chair of the GAA’s Hurling Development Committee has backed the introduction of the sin bin to the game.

Tipp versus Limerick. The first match of 2020. The last match of 2019 in an only very slightly parallel dimension, one not populated by Alan Kelly’s umpires.

On the eve of the roaring twenties, John Fogarty hails the doyens of the last decade in hurling

Viewers from around the world tuned into the Irish Examiner's first-ever live broadcast of an inter-county match today.

All-Star defender Cathal Barrett has raged at the rumours and inaccuracies he claims are often spread about Tipperary players, admitting he has a “fierce problem” with it.

The fallout surrounding proposed lengthy suspensions handed out to 16 championship-winning minor players and seven juvenile club officials has extended to Douglas GAA’s senior club.

Richie Hogan has received a one-match ban for his All-Ireland final red card.

Former minor star Lyndon Fairbrother goaled from a 25m free five minutes into injury time to give JK Brackens a sensational one-point win over Holycross-Ballycahill in the O'Riain Cup (Tipperary Senior B hurling final) at Semple Stadium, yesterday.

Patrick Horgan has been shortlisted for 2019 PwC Hurler of the Year award, along with Tipperary and Kilkenny captains Séamus Callanan and TJ Reid.

RTÉ have no plans to review their practice of booking panellists from competing counties in their GAA coverage.

RTÉ have no plans to review their practice of booking panellists from competing counties in their GAA coverage.

Martin Comerford has bemoaned Kilkenny’s “systems failure” following Richie Hogan’s red card in last Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

It’s amazing the difference a win makes to your week, starting with the long drive home. You can’t wait for The Marty Squad, The Sunday Game, the next day’s papers, the next week’s podcasts.

Given that much of the focus on last Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final revolved around Richie Hogan’s sending off, arguably the most important moment of the match has almost gone underappreciated.

Richie Hogan has questioned James Owens’ decision to send him off in Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final, insisting his elbow didn’t catch Cathal Barrett.

So that’s nearly Tuesday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Richie Hogan has questioned James Owens’ decision to send him off in Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final, insisting his elbow didn’t catch Cathal Barrett.

Brian Cody has insisted that to “scapegoat” Richie Hogan for Kilkenny’s All-Ireland final defeat to Tipperary would be an “outrageous” thing to do.

Last week, we brought you the management life and times of Brian Cody and Kilkenny in the words of Bruce Springsteen.

Catch up on the headlines.

Cathal Barrett says former Kilkenny players are "clutching at straws" by highlighting an incident in yesterday’s All-Ireland final where he caught Richie Hogan in the face with his hurley.

Tipperary's victorious hurlers have visited Children's Health Ireland in Crumlin to start off the traditional All-Ireland winning celebrations.

The team includes six players from All-Ireland champions Tipperary and four from beaten finalists Kilkenny.

Sending offs can have major influences on a game.

Richie Hogan was late and well he knew it.

Trust me when I say this — it’s every referee’s worst nightmare to send a player off in an All-Ireland final.

One county is ecstatic this morning and one despairing, as is always the case after an All-Ireland final.

As hurling people, we live for big days like excited kids on our birthday, but the All-Ireland final is usually our Christmas Day, the day when we are entitled to expect — and usually get — that little bit more.

A final for the annals but certainly not for the ages.

As a gauge of how competitive the All-Ireland final was, the free-taking sequence for both sides tells an interesting story.

Kilkenny were leading Tipperary by a point when Hogan made contact with the head of Cathal Barrett with a stray elbow along the Hogan Stand touchline.

Victorious Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy accepts Richie Hogan’s sending-off had “a huge bearing” on the All-Ireland final, but says he didn’t see the foul on Cathal Barrett that led to the red card.

As a gauge of how competitive the All-Ireland final was, the free-taking sequence for both sides tells an interesting story.

Refereeing Kilkenny-Tipperary Championship games this decade were like walking on a cliff edge.

And then there were two — but how many of the Kilkenny and Tipperary teams are in the driving seat for All-Stars? John Fogarty makes his shouts

Liam Sheedy was ebullient about his Tipperary team when talking on local radio this week. “We feel we pushed a bit of energy back in by taking a little bit of a break in the early part after the Laois match so preparations have gone extremely well and I honestly can’t wait to get out on this pitch next Sunday.”

Cork senior hurling manager John Meyler says any of the county U20s who “put up their hands” playing at that level can come into consideration for the senior side this season.

What does the number on your back even mean any more in hurling? Michael Moynihan rooted through the bag of jerseys and asked how the job spec for each position has changed

It was understandable that John Kiely not so much took offence, but bristled at the suggestion that Limerick showed signs of Kilkenny ruthlessness last Sunday.

Limerick’s strengths are based on ball retention and clever transition from defence through good positioning and support running.