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That's all from me on a wonderful day for Tipperary hurling! They have been the best team this year and fully deserve to be champions!

For Kilkenny, it all turned when Riche Hogan received that red card at the end of the first half.

Tipp with eleven different scores. O'Meara, Callanan and O'Dwyer with the goals. They have inflicted the heaviest defeat of the Cody era on Kilkenny.

All-Ireland SHC final full time: Tipperary 3-25 Kilkenny 0-20

Tipperary are All-Ireland champions for the 28th time. What a return to the helm for Liam Sheedy!

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-25 Kilkenny 0-20

Callanan strokes over a free to close the scoring!

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-24 Kilkenny 0-20

Connors again!

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-23 Kilkenny 0-20

Willie Connors is the fourth Tipp sub to hit a point, splitting the posts from the centre of the field!

We're in the first of three added minutes...

Save!

Reid goes for goal from a free but the Tipp defence stands firm.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-22 Kilkenny 0-20

Sub Ger Browne with a wonderful Tipperary point.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-21 Kilkenny 0-20

John McGrath.

Four minutes left and Tipp still have a three-goal advantage.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-20 Kilkenny 0-20

O'Dwyer makes it a ten-point game. Nobody was expecting this. Hogan's red card has been a killer blow for the Black & Amber. Ryan points his second for them...

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-19 Kilkenny 0-19

Sub and U20 star Jake Morris turns to add another Tipp point.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-18 Kilkenny 0-19

Padraig Walsh with a consolation point on the hour. Prior to that, Padraic Maher's inspirational block denied Walter Walsh a Kilkenny goal.

Defending!

Tipp full back Barry Heffernan lording it under the Kilkenny high ball! Sub Mark Kehoe adds to Tipp's tally.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-17 Kilkenny 0-18

Lovely score from Fennelly as Kilkenny keep going.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-17 Kilkenny 0-17

Forde (0-9) pops over a simple free. Fifteen minutes left.

Yellow card for Forde for a high tackle on Murphy.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-16 Kilkenny 0-17

Donnelly pulls one back.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-16 Kilkenny 0-16

Two in a row from Forde. That's 2-7 from Tipp - all from play - in the first 16 minutes of the second half!

Sun is beaming down and it's Tipp that are in the sunshine here. No way they''ll lose this game from here.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-15 Kilkenny 0-16

Forde lashes one over, Noel McGrath the creator.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-14 Kilkenny 0-16

Substitute Billy Ryan on target for the 14 men.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-14 Kilkenny 0-15

Reid hammers over a great free from close to the sideline.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-14 Kilkenny 0-14

Noel McGrath makes it a three-goal game! 46 minutes gone.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 3-13 Kilkenny 0-14

TJ Reid and John McGrath hit points from play at either end.

Goal!

On 42 minutes, Callanan finds O'Dwyer in acres of space in front of the Kilkenny goal and he lashes the ball to the net - 3-12 to 0-13!

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 2-12 Kilkenny 0-13

Wing back Kennedy with his second point from the middle of the park!

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 2-11 Kilkenny 0-13

Inches over from Walter Walsh.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 2-11 Kilkenny 0-12

John O'Dwyer with a wonderful point!

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 2-10 Kilkenny 0-12

Callanan follows up with a point!

Goal!

On 37 minutes, that man Seamus Callanan slides in and gets to the loose ball first to find the net and keep up his amazing record of getting a goal in every championship match this year - 2-9 to 0-12!

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 1-9 Kilkenny 0-12

Reid nails his ninth free at the start of the second half.

How the tide turned...

Kilkenny were in the driving seat after 20 minutes, leading by 0-8 to 0-3 and having left a number of chances behind them. But they were outscored by 1-6 to 0-3 in the 15 minutes before half time and also lost a man during that defining spell.

All-Ireland SHC final half time: Tipperary 1-9 Kilkenny 0-11

And that's it. Tipp lead by the minimum at the break, thanks to Noel O'Meara's major and Kilkenny are down to 14 men for the rest of the game following Hogan's red card.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 1-9 Kilkenny 0-11

Noel McGrath taps over a Tipp free.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 1-8 Kilkenny 0-11

Reid converts an injury-time free. The rain is spilling again.

Red card!

Kilkenny are down to 14 men. Hogan's tackle was ill-advised and he can have no complaints.

Richie Hogan could be in trouble here for catching Barrett high with an elbow...

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 1-8 Kilkenny 0-10

John McGrath restores the Tipp lead.

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-10 Tipperary 1-7

In the 30th minute, Donnelly's second point has the Cats back ahead. But Tipp reply immediate through Seamus Kennedy.

Defending!

Tipperary clear their lines!

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 1-6 Kilkenny 0-9

Reid's latest free has them level again.

All-Ireland SHC final: Tipperary 1-6 Kilkenny 0-8

Forde's fifth point comes from another '65' and Tipp lead for the first time!

Goal!

And right on cue, there it is! Niall O'Meara dances through the Kilkenny defence and plants a low shot into the back of the net to tie the scores up - 1-5 to 0-8!

Ten minutes left in the first half. A goal would light the torch here...

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-8 Tipperary 0-5

He does.

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-8 Tipperary 0-4

The unerring Forde nails a terrific '65' to keep Tipp in the frame and Brendan Maher then wins a free, which Forde will surely convert...

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-8 Tipperary 0-3

Six out of six for Reid, this one from inside his own half. It was John Donnelly who hit the Hawk-eye point, by the way.

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-7 Tipperary 0-3

Think it was Buckley who took that shot that was inches over the bar before Hogan caught it.

Hawk-eye!

Brian Hogan pulls one down from over his crossbar but Hawk-eye intervenes so it's going to be a point!

Kilkenny on top but wide from Walter Walsh.

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-6 Tipperary 0-3

Silly foul by Cathal Barrett on Hogan and Reid swings the free over to make it double scores.

Ditto Cillian Buckley at the other end.

Seamus Kennedy with a Tipp wide from distance.

Fourteen feverish minutes gone...

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-5 Tipperary 0-3

The sun is out and Forde's free splits the posts.

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-5 Tipperary 0-2

Frantic stuff in the belting rain and Walter Walsh is awarded a free, which Reid scores.

Keeper!

Brian Hogan clears his lines superbly!

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-4 Tipperary 0-2

Jason Forde sends it over. Should have been a penalty though.

Free!

Monsoon conditions here as Seamus Callanan wins a free that was so, so close to a penalty!

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-4 Tipperary 0-1

Reid is fouled by Barry Heffernan and converts the free himself.

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-3 Tipperary 0-1

Fennelly to Richie Hogan and over the bar on six minutes!

Difficult conditions for hurling. Sure the Irish summer is something else.

Wides at either end.

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-2 Tipperary 0-1

On three minutes, with the rain falling, Michael Breen opens Tipp's account!

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-2 Tipperary 0-0

Advantage was being played and Reid puts the free over.

OOh!

Colin Fennelly is in for a goal chance but pulls and connects with fresh air! John McGrath hooked him!

All-Ireland SHC final: Kilkenny 0-1 Tipperary 0-0

TJ Reid fires over a first-minute free from 40 yards.

Game on!

James Owens gets us started. Kilkenny playing towards Hill 16.

The National Anthem never sounded sweeter. Both sets of players stand tall, looking doubly determined. Something is going to have to give...

Five minutes to throw-in. 82,300 packed into Croker like noisy sardines.

Drama, tension and the weight of history hanging in the air.

And now the pre-match parade. What a day! What an occasion this is!

And the match officials of course. Dreams coming true for all parties.

Time for the players to meet the President.

Brian Cody and Liam Sheedy delivering their last messages before hostilities commence.

Final warm-ups being completed here. Tipp gathered at the Davin End and the Cats under Hill 16.

First blood to Tipp as they win the toss - Seamus Callanan pointed towards the Hill...

Neither team managed to bag a provincial title this year but one of them is going to scoop the big one!

The Liam McCarthy Cup is the biggest prize in hurling. Who will collect it today?

It would be fair to say the atmosphere here is electric.

Mc Carthy Cup brought to plinth. pic.twitter.com/Hr1kpiUqr0

— Kilkenny GAA (@KilkennyCLG) August 18, 2019

Interesting that Tipp burst out of the tunnel first, even though Kilkenny were meant to be out before them. Stage set here for a great clash.

The sun is out and it's a glorious day in Dublin 3, albeit with a bit of a crossfield breeze.

Teams are out on the pitch. Thirty minutes to throw-in!

Team news:

The latest news from both camps is that both teams are going to start as selected. So Adrian Mullen will not miss out, as had been mooted.

Kilkenny are bidding for their 37th senior All-Ireland and first since 2015. Tipperary are seeking their 28th and first since 2016.

Tipperary (All-Ireland SHC final v Kilkenny): Brian Hogan; Cathal Barrett, Barry Heffernan, Ronan Maher; Brendan Maher, Padraic Maher, Seamus Kennedy; Noel McGrath, Michael Breen; Dan McCormack, John O’Dwyer, Niall O’Meara; Jason Forde, Seamus Callanan, John McGrath.

Kilkenny (All-Ireland SHC final v Tipperary): Eoin Murphy; Paul Murphy, Hue Lawlor, Joey Holden; Conor Fogarty, Padraig Walsh, Paddy Deegan; Conor Browne, Cillian Buckley; John Donnelly, TJ Reid, Walter Walsh; Adrian Mullen, Colin Fennelly Richie Hogan.

In just over an hour's time, Tipperary and Kilkenny will clash in the 2019 All-Ireland SHC final. What a game it promises to be!

What a moment for the Galway minors as the gather in the middle of the Croke Park pitch to bask in the glory of a magnificent triumph!

All-Ireland MHC final full time: Galway 3-14 Kilkenny 0-12

Brian Hanley's charges opened and closed their championship account with victories over Kilkenny, who have nothing to show for their nine-game odyssey. The Black & Amber lost both the Leinster and All-Ireland finals. For Galway, it's a third successive Irish Press Cup success!

We're into the second of four minutes of injury time at the end of the 2019 All-Ireland MHC final.

Man of the Match

No surprise as Sean McDonagh gets the nod. Magnificent performance from him.

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 3-14 Kilkenny 0-12

Tiernan Killeen pushes the lead out to eleven.

Just four minutes remaining.

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 3-13 Kilkenny 0-12

Substitute Braedon Wheeler with a tidy Kilkenny point but this game is good as over.

Looks like Galway have a new Supermac on their hands!

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 3-13 Kilkenny 0-11

Shane Morgan fouled and McDonagh (2-8) pops over the free.

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 3-12 Kilkenny 0-11

Drennan's free has it back to a ten-point game with twelve minutes left.

Goal!

But in the 47th minute McDonagh fires the third Galway goal straight into the top left corner of the net beneath Hill 16 - 3-12 to 0-10! The first-time pass from Thomas was pretty special...

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 2-12 Kilkenny 0-10

Wing back Peter McDonald comes forward to thump over a sensational Kilkenny score and midfielder Liam Moore slots another.

Wow!

What a score from Davitt over his shoulder! Pure class! 2-12 to 0-8.

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 2-11 Kilkenny 0-8

Drennan's terrific converted free is Kilkenny's first second-half score - in the 43rd minute.

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 2-11 Kilkenny 0-7

Ten between them as McDonagh adds to his tally.

Wides at either end. Twenty minutes to go.

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 2-10 Kilkenny 0-7

Goalscorer Davitt adds another and Galway look home and hosed with 39 minutes played!

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 2-9 Kilkenny 0-7

Thomas gets himself off the mark with an excellent strike.

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 2-8 Kilkenny 0-7

Double scores now as McDonagh arrows over another free, bringing his tally to 1-6 so far and edging Galway closer to a third successive All-Ireland.

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 2-7 Kilkenny 0-7

McDonagh stretches the margin with a brilliant free from distance from beneath the Hogan Stand.

We're back under way at Croke Park. With a five-point cushion, Galway are now playing into the Hill.

Galway will be happy with their five-point half-time lead but will probably feel they could have been awarded two penalties in the first half.

Hot shots!

McDonagh hit 1-4 for Galway in the first half, while Drennan contributed 0-4 for the Cats.

Finally got those gremlins out of the system - I'll be back shortly with full coverage of the second half. Followed, of course, by the senior final!

All-Ireland MHC final: Galway 2-6 Kilkenny 0-7

The men from the west lead by five at the short whistle thanks largely to goals from Davitt and McDonagh.

Goal!

McDonagh calmly plants the sliothar in the bottom right corner!

Penalty!

Greg Thomas is hauled back and Galway have a late, late penalty!

Wides at either end as the tension mounts.

One minute of injury tme being played at the end of the first half.

All-Ireland MHC final: Kilkenny 0-7 Galway 1-6

Alex Connaire and Drennan trade exellent points from play as we approach the interval.

All-Ireland MHC final: Kilkenny 0-6 Galway 1-5

Two in a row for Drennan an the gap is back to two.

All-Ireland MHC final: Kilkenny 0-5 Galway 1-5

With five minutes left before the break, Billy Drennan pulls back a Kilkenny free. McDonagh then fires one to the right and wide at the Davin End.

Ruben Devitt struck the only goal of the match so far in the ninth minute, making it 1-1 to 0-2.

The last three scores of this game have come from McDonagh frees.

All-Ireland MHC final: Kilkenny 0-4 Galway 1-5

The free from Sean McDonagh sails over the bar and the Tribesboys lead by double scores after 24 minutes.

On a wet and windy mid-August afternoon, the minor match throws in at 1pm, followed by the biggest hurling game of the year at 3:30. I'll be back in a couple of hours with live blogging on all the action.

All-Ireland MHC final

The Cats are bidding for a famous double. In the curtain raiser, they will cross swords with Galway.

All-Ireland SHC final:

The summer seems to have flown by and the Liam MacCarthy Cup decider has a familiar look to it as fierce rivals Kilkenny and Tipperary do battle in the 2019 All-Ireland senior hurling championship final.

The final countdown

It's the biggest day in the hurling calendar with the senior and minor All-Ireland finals down for decision at Croke Park.