CORK are taking on Tipperary in a huge GAA All-Ireland Hurling final at Croke Park in Dublin.
The match is as Cork aim to win the big one for the first time in 20 years.
However, The Rebels have lost FOUR finals since they last collected the Liam MacCarthy Cup back in 2005 – including last year’s showpiece where they were edged out by a single point.
Cork now come up againstnoisy Munster neighbours Tippwho are trying to bridge a six-year gap themselves having not won the title since 2019.
What happens if the All-Ireland Hurling final is a draw?
Should the All-Ireland final finish as a draw then 20 minutes of extra-time will be played, at 10 minutes a half.
Then if the match is still drawn the final will go to a replay.
The replay is scheduled for two weeks after the final on Saturday, August 2.
What has been said?
Cork manager Pat Ryan – who lost in the bonus period last year – has been among those to criticise the finals going to extra-time.
Ryan said: “It becomes a lottery [going straight into extra-time].
“We had fellas going down injured, we lost players during the game, Clare lost players – Shane O’Donnell went off, Peter Duggan went off.
“We lost Rob Downey, we lost Seamus Harnedy and Niall O’Leary. It’s just a bit of a lottery.
“A replay would be the fairest but look they were the rules coming into it, we had planned for it, we had spoken about it.
“Going forward, I think it’s a thing that the GAA should change.”;
