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Tale of the unexpected as surprise champs Tipp give Rebels a hiding!

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25.07.2025

Inside Track with John McIntyre

WELL, that beat Banagher! When you think you have seen everything on the hurling fields, along comes the second half of Sunday’s All-Ireland Final at Croke Park to stand in a league of its own in terms of the unexpected happening.

Sure, Cork were a little flattered to be 1-16 to 0-13 up at half-time and a Tipperary team scrapping for everything were still alive, but Heavens to Murgatroyd, a subsequent 21-point turnaround defies any sort of rational analysis.

Instead, the anticipated Cork coronation and the ending of a 20-year........

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