A full house at Croke Park, a beautiful sight and, as we have already mentioned, a lot of red for Cork!

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Darragh Fitzgibbon denied a score by Hawkeye.

Patrick Horgan opens his account from a free and Cork are back ahead.

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Tipperary level through Jake Morris and it was his block which forced the turnover to begin the move.

Diarmuid Healy puts Cork on the board within seconds.

Referee Liam Gordon throws the sliotar in and the 2025 All-Ireland hurling final is underway. Tipperary attacking Hill 16 for the first half.

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Jamesie O'Connor
Two-time All-Ireland winner with Clare on BBC Sport NI

This is a world-class stadium, and we are about to see a world-class sporting event. The pitch is in an impeccable condition. All the pressure is on Cork; they don't have the All-Ireland medals that Tipp do.

The noise inside Croke Park is deafening as the teams make their way past Hill 16 which is awash with colour.

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The roar goes up as the teams are now behind the Artane Band for the pre-match parade. The red of Cork is in the majority but the Tipperary fans are here in force and they are making themselves heard.

Paul Murphy
Four-time All-Ireland winner with Kilkenny on BBC Sport NI

Cork have a marginally stronger bench to sustain them and they've been free scoring. Their full forward line is the most dangerous line they have. They were rampant in the semi-final, scoring those seven goals.

Brian Hayes is probably the one player on the field who is a frontrunner for Hurler of the Year at the moment.

Tipp have Eoghan Connolly at full back or centre back. He moves between both and he scored three points last time out. Tipp will probably be looking to play him at centre back in the hope that he can step forward and maybe get a few scores to help the forwards too.

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Hurling’s all-time record points scorer and a Cork legend, but an All-Ireland medal still alludes 37-year-old Patrick Horgan.

Heartbreak for him and Cork last year, but can he come out on top today and finally get his hands on the Liam McCarthy Cup?

It feels like last chance saloon.

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The teams have lined up along the red carpet at President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins comes onto the pitch to greet them.

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Seamus Flanagan
Five-time All-Ireland winner with Limerick

Midfield, I feel that Cork might have the upper hand in this one with Tim O'Mahony, and Darragh Fitzgibbon against Willie Connors and Conor Stakelum.

Then you're looking at the inside line of Cork. Patrick Horgan, Brian Hayes, Alan Connolly. Three lethal inside forwards and the Tipp full-back line are going to have to be at the top of their game to contain those boys.

Both Cork and Tipperary have named unchanged starting sides for Sunday's All-Ireland hurling final at Croke Park.

Cork manager Pat Ryan recalls Seamus Harnedy and Cormac O'Brien to the Rebels' matchday panel as they take their places among the substitutes.

Harnedy missed the seven-goal semi-final demolition of Dublin with a hamstring injury while O'Brien was ruled out with a quad complaint.

Ethan Twomey and Jack O'Connor are the two players to drop out of the matchday squad.

Tipp boss Liam Cahill keeps faith with the same 15 which beat Kilkenny by two points in their last-four tie.

There is one change on the bench however, with Under-20s forward Paddy McCormack replacing Sean Kenneally.

Cork: Patrick Collins; Niall O'Leary, Eoin Downey, Sean O'Donoghue; Ciarán Joyce, Rob Downey, Mark Coleman; Tim O'Mahony, Darragh Fitzgibbon; Diarmuid Healy, Shane Barrett, Declan Dalton; Patrick Horgan, Alan Connolly, Brian Hayes.

Subs: Brion Saunderson, Damie Cahalane, Ger Millerick, Cormac O'Brien, Tommy O'Connell, Luke Meade, Brian Roche, Séamus Harnedy, Robbie O'Flynn, Conor Lehane, Shane Kingston.

Tipperary: Rhys Shelly; Robert Doyle, Eoghan Connolly, Michael Breen; Craig Morgan, Ronan Maher (capt), Bryan O'Mara; Willie Connors, Conor Stakelum; Jake Morris, Andrew Ormond, Sam O'Farrell; Darragh McCarthy, John McGrath, Jason Forde.

Subs: Barry Hogan, Joe Caesar, Seamus Kennedy, Paddy McCormack, Brian McGrath, Noel McGrath, Peter McGarry, Oisin O'Donoghue, Johnny Ryan, Darragh Stakelum, Alan Tynan.

Ahead of the All-Ireland hurling final, BBC Sport NI went to meet former Cork dual-star Aidan Walsh as he showed us how he makes Patrick Horgan's hurley.

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Former Antrim star on BBC Sport NI

The Rebel County have been the favourites from the off for a multitude of reasons - performance last year, panel depth and firepower up front to name just three.

Excitement has been off the charts and hard to contain all season, especially after that dramatic penalty shootout win over Limerick in the Munster final.

That victory over the seven-in-a-row chasing Limerick really felt like a coming-of-age moment for the Cork group.

They've picked up the League title for the first time since 1998, conquered Munster and I believe they'll complete a clean sweep to bring Liam McCarthy back to Cork for the first time since 2005.

Seamus Flanagan
Five-time All-Ireland winner with Limerick

Tipp v Cork in an All-Ireland hurling final is a novel pairing and not many people would have seen Tipperary getting to this stage, but they are full value for their place in the final.

Cork come into with a resounding semi-final win over Dublin [7-26 to 2-21] - seven goals speaks for itself while Tipperary came through a tougher test against Kilkenny and that should stand to them coming into an All-Ireland final.

It's an exciting game. I think if Tipp can hold Cork to one or two goals in the game they will be there or thereabouts coming down the home straight but if Cork get that eye for goal early on, who knows what could happen? It could just open up.

Relive Tipperary's dramatic All-Ireland semi-final win against Kilkenny by watching the highlights from a chaotic game.

Watch the highlights from Cork's commanding victory over Dublin which helped them ease into the All-Ireland final.

Cork are the second most successful county in the history of the All-Ireland Hurling Championship with 30 victories in the competition.

They will be looking for a first triumph since 2005 however, having lost four finals since they last collected the Liam MacCarthy - in 2006, 2013, 2021 and 2024.

Tipp are close behind as the third most successful side, having won 28 finals, eight fewer than record 36-time champions Kilkenny.

The two sides have met three times this year, with Cork winning twice and Tipp once.

The Premier County came out on top 2-22 to 1-21 in their Football League encounter at Semple Stadium in February but Cork avenged that reverse by claiming the Hurling League Division 1A final in April by a margin of 3-24 to 0-23.

Also in April, the Leesiders claimed victory in the Munster round robin series by 4-27 to 0-24.

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