7th minuteWith Kilkenny leading by two, Tipperary get their first scoring chance, an admittedly very difficult 65, on the right touch-line, but Eoin Kelly is wide. 0-2/0-0

9th minute

JJ Delaney takes a great catch over Séamus Callanan, laying down a marker in the battle of the half lines. 0-2/0-0

10th minute

Pádraic Maher tries to get the Tipperary attack moving with a good ball into Lar Corbett but he spills pass, hardening the growing impression that the champions are under pressure. 0-2/0-0

12th minute

Paul Curran makes a critical intervention to pick the ball off the line as Eoin Larkin’s flick had beaten Brendan Cummins. 0-3/0-0

15th minute

Tommy Walsh, who has started well, makes another great catch and sets up Henry Shefflin to extend the lead further. 0-5/0-0

16th minute

Noel McGrath finally gets Tipp off the mark. 0-5/0-1

24th minute

In a melee after Tipp have been awarded a free close to the Kilkenny goal, Tommy Walsh’s hurl accidentally splits the nose of referee Brian Gavin before Eoin Kelly points to cut the deficit to two. 0-5/0-3

35th minute

Tipp are caught napping at a line ball, which Shefflin cuts short to Richie Hogan, who pops it into the path of the onrushing Michael Fennelly and he finishes emphatically. 1-7/0-4

41st minute

Eoin Kelly’s 65 reduces the deficit to four. 1-9/0-8

49th minute

Eddie Brennan bursts onto the ball and carries deep into Tipperary’s defence before flicking to Richie Hogan, who takes it on the stick and finishes superbly. 2-12/0-10

55th minute

Patrick Maher passes to Lar Corbett whose flick gives replacement Pa Bourke a sight of goal and his shot deceives David Herity to breathe life back into the Tipp challenge. 2-13/1-12

65th minute

Eoin Kelly’s sixth free cuts the margin to a goal. 2-14/1-14.

66th minute

As will happen twice more before the end, Kilkenny respond to Tipperary’s point immediately with a Shefflin free to push the lead back out to at least two scores. 2-15/1-14