Advertisement League of Ireland Horse Racing TV Listings GAA Fixtures The Video Review Sport meets news, current affairs, society & pop culture Rugby Weekly Extra Dive into all the news and analysis 3 times a week The Football Family Weekly insights from the week’s big talking points Advertisement More Stories Tipperary's Eoghan Connolly celebrates with Oisin O'Donoghue.Bryan Keane/INPHO FreeEoghan Connolly 'We had a terrible game in-house': Tipperary turned it around to claim famous All-Ireland win A remarkable revival saw Liam Cahill’s team crowned champions. 5.55pm, 21 Jul 2025 Share options TIPPERARY PRODUCED A masterclass to take down Cork in yesterday’s All-Ireland hurling final, yet a week before their preparation saw their first-choice side beaten by their second string in training. A defensive reconfiguration saw Tipperary play with Bryan O’Mara as a sweeper in front of Cork’s danger men in the full-forward. Advertisement The ploy paid off as Tipperary shut down the Cork trio of Horgan, Connolly, and Hayes, but last week in training they had struggled to adjust to the new system. “Liam and Mikey put in massive work in the background, we just got told last week as to what you were going after,” remarked defender Eoghan Connolly. “We actually trained last weekend and it didn’t actually work out for us, we had a terrible game in-house, the A versus B. But we got our match-ups right on Sunday and thankfully got the result. “Absolutely, (beat us) by an awful score as well. There was wicked heat inside in Thurles last weekend and it was probably our first time playing with a plus one in a long time, since the Clare game I think, so it just took us a while to get to grips with it. But even by Friday evening we were training and we couldn’t get enough of it. “I have been involved since 2021 and I’ve been on the B team for a few years of that, it’s just the competition, them boys are mad for a jersey as well, they are all so competitive so it just drives everybody’s standards that bit higher.” Connolly marked Moneygall’s Joe Fogarty in the in-house game. “He’s sick, he’s actually a carbon copy of Seamus Harnedy. I got an awful licking off him last weekend, I was even half worried as to what my form was at, to be honest.” The Cashel King Cormacs clubman endured a difficult first half marking Diarmuid Healy but grew into the game in the second half and became one of Tipperary’s most prominent players. Related Reads 'We were walking down the street ducking and diving from people' No homecoming event for Cork hurlers 'at request of team and management' Here's The Sunday Game's Hurling Team of the Year for 2025 At full-time he was crowned an All-Ireland senior champion, replicating his achievement in 2018 at U21 level with Tipperary against Cork. Check out the latest episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast here Fintan O'Toole Viewcomments Send Tip or Correction Embed this post To embed this post, copy the code below on your site Email “ 'We had a terrible game in-house': Tipperary turned it around to claim famous All-Ireland win”. Recipient's Email Feedback on “ 'We had a terrible game in-house': Tipperary turned it around to claim famous All-Ireland win”. Your Feedback Your Email (optional) Report a Comment Please select the reason for reporting this comment. Please give full details of the problem with the comment... This is YOUR comments community. 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