Cats dig deep in Croker cracker

Kilkenny 5-14, Tipperary 5-13

Seven seconds into injury time Thomas Dunne had the misfortune to hit the resultant 70 wide and 33 seconds later Henry Shefflin scored a remarkable winning point for holders Kilkenny.

Even more notably in a game of 10 goals five scored in the last 15 it was kicked over the bar. The thousands who stayed away were the real losers in a contest which produced some marvellous hurling, but only really catapulted into life after Tipp opened up an eight point lead with the second of two goals from Lar Corbett in the 58th minute.