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Fintan Purcell, Eoin Collins and John Campion celebrate

Drom-Inch beat Borris-Ileigh in shootout thriller

Drom-Inch ended local rivals Borris-Ileigh's reign as Tipperary SHC champions with a dramatic penalty shootout win at Semple Stadium.

GAA • 30 Aug 20

Maher and Steede claim club player gongs

Borris-ileigh's Brendan Maher and Corofin's Ronan Steede have been named AIB GAA Club Hurler and Footballer of the Year respectively.

GAA • 07 Mar 20

Ballyhale Shamrocks boast five players on the team of the year

Ballyhale & Borris-Ileigh dominate hurling team of year

Back-to back All-Ireland champions Ballyhale Shamrocks and beaten finalists Borris-Ileigh are the dominant presence with 10 places between them on the prestigious AIB GAA Club Players' Awards team of the year in hurling.

GAA • 04 Mar 20

Hurling Teams: Cody names Cats side to face Dubs

Three players will make their first league starts for Tipperary against Limerick at Semple Stadium on Saturday

GAA • 24 Jan 20

Ballyhale players celebrate their Croke Park victory

Ballyhale retain All-Ireland after Borris-Ileigh battle

Ballyhale Shamrocks held off a battling Borris-Ileigh side by 0-18 to 0-15 at Croke Park to win back-to-back All-Ireland senior hurling titles for the first time and become the most successful club side ever.

GAA • 19 Jan 20

Borris-Ileigh's Dan McCormack and TJ Reid of Ballyhale Shamrocks

All you need to know: Ballyhale v Borris-Ileigh

Ballyhale are eyeing back-to-back titles against opposition who last won the Tommy Moore Cup in 1987

GAA • 19 Jan 20

Borris-Ileigh's Dan McCormack (L) with TJ Reid of Ballyhale Shamrocks

Michael Duignan's All-Ireland Club SHC final preview

Ballyhale are going for yet another All-Ireland Club hurling crown. Can Borris-Ileigh upset the odds? Michael Duignan looks ahead to Sunday's showdown.

GAA • 17 Jan 20

'We've actually started the same first 15 every game which is very unusual for a club'

Remarkable injury-free run boosting Borris-ileigh

Borris-ileigh's Dan McCormack says the "very unusual" circumstance of being able to start the same set of players week after week has been key to the club's run to the AIB All-Ireland Club Hurling final.

GAA • 14 Jan 20

Paddy Stapleton salutes the crowd after Borris-Ileigh's victory over St Thomas' in the All-Ireland semi-final

Anthony Daly: Cocksure Borris-Ileigh have every chance

Anthony Daly doesn't see Borris-Ileigh freezing on All-Ireland final day and says they've played the better hurling while navigating the tougher route of the two finalists on Sunday.

GAA • 14 Jan 20

'There's another thing rowing into the Brendan Maher story as well and I think that's Eamon O'Shea'

Eamon O'Shea key to Brendan Maher form - Cummins

Former Tipperary All-Ireland winner Brendan Cummins joins the RTÉ GAA Podcast to discuss Brendan Maher's outstanding form as Borris-Ileigh made it to AIB All-Ireland Club Hurling Final

Hurling • 08 Jan 20

Borris-Ileigh players Tommy Ryan (L) and Paddy Stapleton celebrate after beating St Thomas

'Life has to go on' - Borris seize day after dark times

Borris-Ileigh stalwart Paddy Stapleton described his side's journey to the AIB All-Ireland Club SHC final as a "tonic" after a painful period for all those associated with the club.

GAA • 06 Jan 20

Borris-Ileigh will meet Ballyhale Shamrocks in the final

Borris-Ileigh progress in tense semi-final

Ten points from Tipperary star Brendan Maher sent Munster club champions Borris-Ileigh into the All-Ireland club final for the first time since 1987 as they defeated St Thomas' of Galway 1-21 to 1-14 this afternoon.

GAA • 05 Jan 20

Recap: St Thomas 1-14 Borris-Ileigh 2-21

Follow all the action from the Gaelic Grounds as the Galway and Tipperary champions face off for the right to take on Ballyhale Shamrocks in the All-Ireland club final.

GAA • 05 Jan 20

Conor Cooney is targeting a second successive All-Ireland final with St Thomas'

Cooney: Kelly has inside track on St Thomas'

Conor Cooney admits Borris-Ileigh manager Johnny Kelly's knowledge of Galway hurling puts St Thomas' at a disadvantage heading into Sunday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final.

GAA • 03 Jan 20

Brendan Maher celebrates at the final whistle

'We don't fear anyone' - Maher revels in Munster marvel

Brendan Maher says he won't mind missing the Tipperary team holiday after Borris-Ileigh stunned Ballygunner to win the Munster club crown today.

GAA • 24 Nov 19

Borris-Ileigh shock Ballygunner to win Munster crown

Tipperary champions Borris-Ileigh caused a major shock with an awesome, defiant display to defeat the red-hot favourites Ballygunner by a single point in the Munster Hurling Club final at Pairc Uí Rinn.

Hurling • 24 Nov 19

Ballygunnar are aiming for back-to-back titles

Greats inspiring O'Sullivan ahead of Munster final

A performance psychologist by trade, Ballygunnar's Shane O'Sullivan says he takes inspiration from Liam Griffin and Páidí Ó Sé in his professional career ahead of this Sunday's Munster final against Borris-Ileigh.

GAA • 21 Nov 19

Tommy Ryan and Conor Kenny of Borris-Ileigh celebrate

Borris-Ileigh reach first Munster final in 33 years

Tipperary senior hurling champions Borris-Ileigh are back into the AIB Munster Club final for the first time since 1986 following a hard fought victory over Cork runners-up Glen Rovers at Semple Stadium this afternoon in front of 2,317 spectators.

GAA • 10 Nov 19

Newtownshandrum's John McCarthy was the last Tommy Moore Cup cup-winning captain from Cork or Tipperary (2004)

The Tipperary-Cork club Championship conundrum

It's a curiosity of the hurling world that two of the game's most successful counties struggle to convert their inter-county triumphs to club titles.

Hurling • 10 Nov 19

Borris-Ileigh top in Tipp for first time in 33 years

Borris-Ileigh bridged a 33-year gap to claim the Tipperary county senior hurling final at Semple Stadium when they held out for victory over Kiladangan.

GAA • 03 Nov 19

Padraic Maher of Thurles Sarsfields lifts the cup

Sarsfields hurlers coast to Tipp title again

Thurles Sarsfields romped to a fourth successive Tipperary senior hurling championship crown with a 1-24 to 0-11 win over Borris-Ileigh.

GAA • 08 Oct 17

Semple Stadium is all set to host the Premier decider

'If we win there won't be a cow milked or mass said'

Borris-Ileigh's Father Vinny Stapleton on facing Thurles Sarsfields in the Tipperary hurling final at Semple Stadium - only a short skip and a hop from where he resides as parish priest.