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

Limerick 1-12 Galway 1-20

Clare 0-18 Galway 1-15

Clare 0-18 Galway 1-15

Kilkenny 2-16 Galway 1-16

Connacht 0-16 Leinster 1-23

Leinster 1-23 Connacht 0-16

This being day one and all, it was hardly surprising both Anthonys played down the significance of yesterday’s lopsided scoreline in Pearse Stadium.

Connacht 1-18 Munster 0-16

It leaps from the mind’s eye as one of the standout moments of the 2012 championship, as one of the standout moments of any recent championship.

Waterford 0-12 Galway 0-15

Waterford 0-12 Galway 0-15

Galway 3-11 Kilkenny 0-17

Galway 3-11 Kilkenny 0-17, Pearse Stadium

It was the early hours of the morning at the GAA All Stars in the Convention Centre in Dublin last October and Anthony Cunningham was rounding up his passenger for the trip home when someone said hello and shook hands with him.

In the end, they just shook hands and exchanged mild salutations.

McGrath got vital Donnellan ‘goal’ decision correct

So there we were, on the seventh level of the Hogan Stand three weeks ago.

In the drawn final Galway were missing the composure necessary to use possession tellingly in counter attacks in the second half.

You try to be polite when a player hasn’t done well in a game, but the good ones don’t need sugar with their medicine.

Kilkenny last night refused to comment on the appointment of Westmeath’s James McGrath for Sunday week’s All-Ireland SHC final against Galway.

Galway’s plans for tomorrow will be simple — get the ball to Damien Hayes and Joe Canning.

Galway 0-22 Cork 0-17

A historic day in Croke Park yesterday, Galway crowned Leinster senior hurling champions for the first time after a first-half display of crushing dominance; a day that may also go down in history for another reason, however, the day an empire began to crumble.

Galway 5-23 Offaly 3-15

Anthony Cunningham was left feeling distinctly “black and amber” after a weekend to forget was completed by a trouncing in Nowlan Park yesterday.

Galway 2-17 Cork 2-13

As the all-Galway Connacht team took the field in sunny Nowlan Park for this M Donnelly Interprovincial Championship hurling final yesterday, they passed under a sign in their dressing-room which stated, in bold red lettering, win, win, win.

Connacht 3-19 Ulster 1-15

It’s hard to know what was more impressive – the ruthless exhibition dished out by Galway to the students on the pitch or the marker put down by new Tribe boss Anthony Cunningham afterwards.

Waterford 2-23 Galway 2-13

REQUIEM for a team? The core of the Cork starting 15 who played in this All-Ireland SHC qualifier at the sun-baked Gaelic Grounds on Saturday have been there for the last decade and more.

Galway 2-23 Cork 1-14

A LARGER than expected crowd were in sunny Pearse Stadium on Saturday evening for this All-Ireland senior hurling qualifier with both sets of supporters approaching the tie with trepidation.

Fit-again duo Ger Farragher and Iarla Tannian have been added to the Galway attack for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC second phase qualifier against Clare in Salthill (throw-in 7pm).

Ger Farragher and Iarla Tannian are injury doubts ahead of Galway's Leinster SHC semi-final against Dublin on Saturday.

Waterford 1-17 Galway 1-16

Ger O'Halloran and Iarla Tannian have been brought into the Galway team for Sunday's Allianz Hurling League Division 1 match against Tipperary at Pearse Stadium (throw-in: 2.30pm).

KILKENNY came to Pearse Stadium yesterday looking to preserve the only 100% record in the top division of the Allianz Hurling League, and after an explosive opening four minutes they were very much on track to do exactly that.

Galway 4-14 Kilkenny 3-13

IARLA TANNIAN and Galway produced a tour-de-force as they crushed 14-man Offaly in a one-sided Allianz NHL Division 1 encounter at blustery O’Connor Park yesterday.

Offaly 1-10 Galway 1-24