About: Kilkenny–Tipperary hurling rivalry

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The Kilkenny-Tipperary rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Kilkenny and Tipperary, who first played each other in 1887. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games. While Tipperary have the second highest number of Munster titles and Kilkenny are the standard bearers in Leinster, they are also two of the most successful teams in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 61 championship titles between them to date.

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  • The Kilkenny-Tipperary rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Kilkenny and Tipperary, who first played each other in 1887. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games. While Tipperary have the second highest number of Munster titles and Kilkenny are the standard bearers in Leinster, they are also two of the most successful teams in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 61 championship titles between them to date. As of the completion of the 2016 season the sides have met 27 times in the hurling championship including meeting 20 times at the All Ireland final stage (Tipperary have won 11 of these finals compared to Kilkenny's 8 final wins with 1 draw). Regarded as two of hurling's "big three", with Cork making up the trio, an All-Ireland final between Tipperary and Kilkenny, is regarded as a special occasion. (en)
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  • 1887 (xsd:integer)
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  • Tipperary (en)
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  • (en)
  • Tipp 3-25 : 0-20 Kilk (en)
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  • Kilkenny-Tipperary (en)
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  • It's been lauded as the greatest hurling final ever, (en)
  • surely confirmed that the rivalry between this set of (en)
  • Kilkenny hurlers and this group of Tipperary hurlers (en)
  • even the greatest hurling game ever. Whatever (en)
  • is the greatest in GAA history. (en)
  • about being the best game or final ever, last Sunday (en)
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  • Championship - Tipp 15-12 Kilk = NHL - Kilk 21-19 Tipp (en)
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  • Kieran Shannon of the Irish Examiner lauds the (en)
  • rivalry following the drawn 2014 All-Ireland final (en)
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  • Henry Shefflin (en)
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  • The Kilkenny-Tipperary rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Kilkenny and Tipperary, who first played each other in 1887. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games. While Tipperary have the second highest number of Munster titles and Kilkenny are the standard bearers in Leinster, they are also two of the most successful teams in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 61 championship titles between them to date. (en)
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  • Kilkenny–Tipperary hurling rivalry (en)
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