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Offaly's Seamus Darby scores the goal which won the 1982 All-Ireland
football final and ended Kerry's hopes of winning five consecutive titles

As Kilkenny aim for a historic five-in-a-row, the records show how hard it is to keep winning

WHEN sporting empires fall, it tends to be in dramatic circumstances, often arriving when least expected. Tipperary are 5/2 outsiders to win Sunday's All-Ireland final, but they will head for Croke Park knowing that, sooner or later, Kilkenny's remarkable run has to end.

Captains Paul Flanagan (Clare) and Cillian Buckley (Kilkenny) pictured ahead of this weekend's ESB MHC final

Maloney hopeful Clare resilience proves minor key

WHEN Clare minors' joint-managers Gerry O'Connor and Donal Maloney trudged off the field after defeat to Waterford in their Munster MHC opener in April, they could hardly have dreamed they'd be contesting Sunday's minor All-Ireland final.

Connacht's John Muldoon, Munster's Paul O'Connell, Leinster's Leo Cullen and Ulster's Bryn Cunningham at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to launch this season's Magners League

Toughest test yet for Irish provinces

WITH the World Cup just over a year away, and Ireland's frontline players operating under a carefully managed protection policy, the provinces face into their most challenging season since the inception of the Magners League a decade ago.

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