LIVE: Kilkenny v Tipperary, All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final

9 min: Kilkenny 0-4 Tipp 1-0

All happening now! Billy Ryan then Mossie Keoghan on target for Kilkenny.

Then Tipp roar into the game with a stunning driven goal from John McGrath.

Jordan Molloy then with a Kilkenny point.

5 min: Kilkenny 0-1 Tipp 0-0

Third wide for Kilkenny, a cagey, nervous start for both sides.

4 min: Kilkenny 0-1 Tipp 0-0

Darragh McCarthy gets a yellow for a chop on Paddy Deegan.

1 min: Kilkenny 0-1 Tipp 0-0

TJ Reid opens the scoring.

First wide for Tipp before tat came from Darragh McCarthy from tight to the corner of the Hogan Stand and the Canal End.

0 min: Kilkenny 0-0 Tipp 0-0

Anthem sung, teams run into position and we’re ready for the off. A frantic, breathless 70-plus minutes awaits.

Some good pre-match reading if you have a few minutes before throw-in.

Declan Bogue on the Tipp Kilkenny rivalry, in particular from 2009-19.

Fintan O’Toole on the gifted attackers from North Tipp.

Team news to start with, one late Tipperary pre-match change, Conor Stakelum in for Peter McGarry at midfield.

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Kilkenny

1. Eoin Murphy (Glenmore)

2. Mikey Butler (O’Loughlin Gaels) 3. Huw Lawlor (O’Loughlin Gaels) 4. Shane Murphy (Glenmore)

5. Mikey Carey (Young Irelands) 6. Richie Reid ( Shamrocks Ballyhale) 7. Paddy Deegan (O’Loughlin Gaels)

8. Cian Kenny (James Stephens) 9. Jordan Molloy (O’Loughlin Gaels)

10. John Donnelly (Thomastown) 11. Adrian Mullan (Shamrocks Ballyhale) 12. Billy Ryan (Graigue Ballycallan)

13. Martin Keoghan (Tullaroan) 14. TJ Reid (Shamrocks Ballyhale) 15. Eoin Cody (Ballyhale Shamrocks)

Tipperary

1. Rhys Shelly (Moycarkey-Borris)

2. Robert Doyle (Clonoulty-Rossmore), 3. Eoghan Connolly (Cashel King Cormacs), 4. Michael Breen (Ballina)

5. Craig Morgan (Kilruane MacDonaghs), 6. Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields, captain), 7. Bryan O’Mara (Holycross-Ballycahill)

8. Willie Connors (Kiladangan), 24. Conor Stakelum (Thurles Sarsfields)

10. Jake Morris (Nenagh Éire Óg), 11. Andrew Ormond (JK Brackens), 12. Sam O’Farrell (Nenagh Éire Óg)

13. Darragh McCarthy (Toomevara), 14. John McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney), 15. Jason Forde (Silvermines)

Afternoon and welcome along to our coverage of the All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final, it’s Kilkenny against Tipperary in Croke Park.

Throw-in at 4pm to decide who will advance to face Cork in the final on 20 July?