All-Eire Hurling Semi-Last Preview: Kilkenny v Tipperary

⚔️ All-Eire SHC Semi-Last Preview: Kilkenny v Tipperary

A basic rivalry returns to Croke Park this weekend as Leinster champions Kilkenny face off in opposition to a rejuvenated Tipperary aspect within the second All-Eire Senior Hurling Championship semi-final. With 68 titles between them and a legacy of epic battles, Saturday’s showdown is ready to ship one other chapter of excessive drama.

Kilkenny, final topped champions in 2015, are chasing a return to the ultimate after shedding to Limerick final 12 months. Tipperary, All-Eire winners in 2019, have constructed momentum by means of the qualifiers and appear like a group peaking on the proper time.

🏆 Path to the Semi-Last

🟡 Kilkenny – P6 W5 L1 (Leinster Champions)

Kilkenny 3-24 Galway 0-21
Kilkenny 2-30 Antrim 2-12
Kilkenny 4-25 Offaly 2-16
Kilkenny 5-19 Dublin 3-21
Wexford 2-19 Kilkenny 1-15
Kilkenny 3-22 Galway 1-20 (Leinster Last)

🔵 Tipperary – P6 W4 D1 L1

Tipperary 2-23 Limerick 2-23
Cork 4-27 Tipperary 0-24
Tipperary 4-18 Clare 2-21
Tipperary 1-30 Waterford 1-21
Tipperary 3-32 Laois 0-18 (Prelim QF)
Tipperary 1-28 Galway 2-17 (Quarter-Last)

🎯 High Scorers – Championship 2025

🟡 Kilkenny

TJ Reid – 5-26 (0-22 frees, 0-2 ‘65s’)
Martin Keoghan – 6-8
Eoin Cody – 2-18 (1-11 frees)
Billy Ryan – 2-13
Adrian Mullen – 3-6

🔵 Tipperary

Jason Forde – 2-38 (0-21 frees, 0-4 s/l, 0-1 ‘65’)
Darragh McCarthy – 0-31 (0-25 frees, 0-1 ‘65’)
John McGrath – 4-12
Andrew Ormond – 2-13
Jake Morris – 0-18

📚 Championship Head-to-Head – Final 5 Conferences

2019: Tipperary 3-25 Kilkenny 0-20 (All-Eire Last)
2016: Tipperary 2-29 Kilkenny 2-20 (All-Eire Last)
2014: Kilkenny 2-17 Tipperary 2-14 (Last Replay)
2014: Kilkenny 3-22 Tipperary 1-28 (Last – Draw)
2013: Kilkenny 0-20 Tipperary 1-14 (Qualifiers)

Latest edge: Tipperary have received 2 of the final 3 championship conferences, together with the 2019 last.

📈 Semi-Last Pedigree – Final 5 Appearances

🟡 Kilkenny

2024: Misplaced to Clare
2023: Beat Clare
2022: Beat Clare
2021: Misplaced to Cork (AET)
2020: Misplaced to Waterford

🔵 Tipperary

2019: Beat Wexford
2017: Misplaced to Galway
2016: Beat Galway
2015: Misplaced to Galway
2014: Beat Cork

Be aware: Kilkenny are of their seventh successive semi-final. Tipp are again at this stage for the primary time since 2019.

📊 Different Notables

Tipperary beat Kilkenny by 2-25 to 1-19 within the 2025 Allianz League
Kilkenny completed with 12 gamers, Tipp with 14
Kilkenny supervisor Derek Lyng confronted Tipp 4 occasions as a participant, successful 3

🔮 Verdict

Kilkenny are available in because the extra constant outfit with a Leinster title underneath their belt, whereas Tipperary look harmful and free-scoring because the Munster championship ended. It will come all the way down to self-discipline and midfield management — and if Tipperary proceed their upward development, they might take an enormous scalp.

Prediction: Tipperary to win by 2–4 factors in a high-scoring thriller.