Tipperary set up an All-Ireland final date with neighbours and arch rivals Kilkenny after seeing off one of their other traditional foes with surprising ease at Croke Park.

Tipperary have named an unchanged line-up for Sunday’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final clash with Dublin this weekend.

Tipperary 5-25 Offaly 1-20

Tipperary 5-25 Offaly 1-20

David Breen will make his first competitive start of the year for Limerick in Sunday’s Munster hurling final against Cork.

Tipperary came from the dead to slay Galway in a quite remarkable All-Ireland senior hurling championship qualifier at Semple Stadium this evening.

Tipperary hurler Lar Corbett will make his first competitive start of the 2014 season in tomorrow evening’s do-or-die qualifier joust with Galway (throw-in 7pm).

Limerick 2-18 Tipperary 2-16

Tipperary 2-16 Limerick 2-18

Aidan Walsh has been handed his first start for the Cork senior hurlers as they face Limerick in tomorrow night’s Division 1B league opener at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Tipperary 3-20 Limerick IT 0-5

Kilkenny 0-20 Tipperary 1-14

Cork have named the same side that beat Clare in the Munster SFC semi-final for Sunday’s provincial decider against Kerry.

Éire Óg, Nenagh 0-15 Thurles Sarsfields 0-12

Limerick 1-18 Tipperary 1-15

Kilkenny 2-17 Tipperary 0-20

Waterford 4-18 Clare 1-10

Theoretically, the postponement of a game can be seen as a help as it allows both sides more time to prepare.

Dublin 0-17 Tipperary 4-20

Tipperary have made five changes for Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1 semi-final clash with Dublin in Semple Stadium (throw-in 2pm).

Cork 3-15 Clare 2-14

Reigning Munster and All-Ireland champions Tipperary can call upon just three starters from last year’s All-Ireland final replay win over Dublin as they begin their Munster MHC campaign with a quarter-final against Waterford at Walsh Park tonight (throw-in 7pm).

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has made four changes to the team that started against Galway last weekend for Sunday’s crunch Allianz Division 1A showdown with Kilkenny.

Waterford 1-14 Tipperary 0-16, Walsh Park

Galway 1-20 Tipperary 4-22

Tipperary 2-17 Kilkenny 1-19

Tipperary 2-17 Kilkenny 1-19

There’s no complacency in Cork after their opening league win over Tipperary two weeks ago, manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy and his selectors ringing the changes and using the opportunity to try out several new faces and combinations.

Munster 1-22 Connacht 0-15

Munster 1-22 Connacht 0-15

Despite numerous attempts to give it publicity, despite the fact that it was tied to a very popular charity, Crumlin Children’s Hospital, last weekend’s Martin Donnelly Interpro football final in Croke Park was a bit of a damp squib, even if some of the biggest names in football were in action for both Ulster and Leinster.

Cork 0-26 Tipperary 1-11

Allianz Hurling League Division 1A: Cork 0-26 Tippeary 1-11

Thurles Sarsfield 1-14 Kilcormac-Killoughey 1-20

Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) 1-21 De La Salle (Waterford) 1-16

Clara (Kilkenny)1-12 St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh (Dublin) 0-8

Thurles Sarsfields (Tipp) 2-20 Sarsfields (Cork) 2-15

Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) 2-12 Kilmallock (Limerick) 0-15

Sarsfields 2-22 Éire Óg Annacarty 1-13

Tipperary have named an unchanged starting side for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final clash with Kilkenny, but the major talking point is the inclusion of Toomevara’s John O’Brien at full-forward. O’Brien’s brother Thomas passed away earlier this week.

County man Pa Bourke hit a whopping six goals as Thurles Sarsfields blitzed holders Loughmore-Castleiney in a disappointingly one-sided Mid Tipperary senior hurling final at Templemore.

Tipperary have signalled their intent to Waterford as ace marksman Lar Corbett makes his first competitive start of 2012 in Sunday’s final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Tipperary 1-22 Cork 0-24

Almost 12 months on from the night of one of Kerry’s lowest moments in the Munster MFC, the Kingdom survived a late onslaught from Clare at Cusack Park, Ennis last evening to book their place in this year’s final.