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00:01The All-Ireland Championship.
00:04The very pinnacle of our Gaelic games.
00:07And winning one is the dream of every player.
00:10It's the top of the mountain.
00:12If it was easy, everyone would do it.
00:14The expectation of Kenny is to win the All-Ireland
00:16and there's nothing else about it.
00:19In Camogie, one team has dominated for the last two years
00:23and shows no sign of giving up their title.
00:25And Cork are the All-Ireland Champions again!
00:28Cork have set their sights on a rare three in a row.
00:31Do you ever feel like the room is heavy?
00:33Like the air is hot and the air is sweaty?
00:36And why the other counties respect them?
00:38They're fast-paced, aggressive, smart hurling.
00:41They're hungry to take their place.
00:43They are a phenomenal team.
00:45Of course, they'll be the good.
00:48We're never going to be too far away.
00:50I'm going to always give someone a fair run for their money.
00:52I'm watching the world go around the wind.
00:57In this series, we follow the teams hunting down Cork's crown
01:01to bring a championship back to their county.
01:03How much do you want this?
01:05It'll just mean the world.
01:10I love winning and I absolutely want that at inter-county level.
01:13This is the best book I told you about.
01:14If we get a performance that we're looking for,
01:17no team will be able to beat us.
01:18If we want to win in All-Ireland,
01:20we're not going to win it by being nice.
01:21We never give up!
01:22We never stop!
01:23We never stop!
01:39Let's get ready to work.
01:40Let's get pipped up.
01:41Let's go.
01:42Move it, move it, move it.
01:43Let's go.
01:44Now you work.
01:46For elite Camogie players, the season starts early.
01:49While the All-Ireland final is months away in August,
01:52the hard graft goes in during the winter months.
01:55When you take a step back and you think about it,
01:57we're all psychopaths to be putting this much time and energy
02:01and effort trying to juggle in something
02:03that is never going to pay the bills,
02:05it's never going to get you a mortgage,
02:07and yet we still give it absolutely everything we can,
02:10every opportunity we get,
02:11and we absolutely love it.
02:15There is so much that you can learn about yourself,
02:18how far you can push yourself to the limit.
02:21It's easy to give up, like, when the days are tough,
02:24the dark nights, the long evenings, the bad injuries,
02:26the lonely things that people don't see.
02:29But the things you get out of it then totally outweigh that.
02:33The only thing we'll ask of you, right,
02:35is absolute self-improvement.
02:36We'll improve as a team right through the next 10 weeks, 12 weeks.
02:39We'll go again, we'll go again, we'll go again.
02:41Don't stop that run, don't stop that run!
02:43It is a huge sacrifice.
02:45You're training so much.
02:46You're dialed in with nutrition.
02:48You could be missing some social events or family events,
02:50but to put on a Watford jersey, it's a massive thing.
02:53Well, Paul, away we go!
02:55You learn how to communicate properly,
02:57deal with ups and downs, leadership skills, conflict.
03:00There's so much stuff that camogie and sport in general
03:03that can teach you.
03:04And I believe it's made us all better people.
03:07At this stage, every team still dreams
03:10of lifting the O'Duffy Cup in the summer.
03:12But for Dublin, early season strains
03:15have already ruled out their vice-captain,
03:17Ashley Maher, and Captain Niamh Gannon.
03:20Found the injury this year really hard.
03:22One of my leadership traits would be leading by example on the field,
03:25so then automatically you're not going to be doing that.
03:28So how do you kind of lead in a different way?
03:31That's it, Katie, that's it.
03:32Drop, Katie, drop, Katie.
03:34Injuries abound.
03:35And in Kilkenny,
03:37Captain Katie Power is currently managing her own.
03:40I have early arthritis in both knees.
03:42You would have been struggling
03:43to get up out of bed some days.
03:45While in Tipperary,
03:46who haven't made it past the semi-final for almost 20 years,
03:49it's more of a mental game.
03:51Remember, you're all Ireland champions coming into the reg.
03:53So we need to set the tone.
03:58Our league campaign probably didn't go 100% to plan.
04:10We went in as reigning champions.
04:13We finished third in the league, I think, on the table.
04:16OK, guys, bring it in there.
04:18Mmm, something different this morning.
04:19Maybe this is an opportunity to refocus ourselves
04:22on where we're going and what we're doing.
04:23Over the last four years we've got to the semi-final,
04:26we've lost all four of them.
04:28When it comes to just one point in the difference,
04:31it is very disheartening and disappointing
04:34just being so close to that last step
04:37and not being able to break through.
04:39We've looked at five different ways
04:41that we are going to work on to win in all Ireland.
04:43Our belief, our preparation, teamwork,
04:45adaptability, just mental toughness.
04:47Reflecting back, I still feel a little bit of anger inside
04:51that there was chances where we could have won.
04:53And they're definitely things that we're working on.
04:56I don't think it's skill or ability to play that let us down.
05:00We need enough evidence.
05:01So evidence will build the trust that we're capable,
05:04as a result, we'll feel confident, we'll act confident.
05:07We're definitely focusing a lot on mindset this year
05:10and just trying to learn how to finish out them
05:14last ten minutes or last five minutes of a match.
05:17And I do think that everyone on the panel
05:19does believe that we can do it.
05:21It's just actually doing it.
05:25You're the best Camote players in the county, right?
05:27It's believing that I deserve to be here.
05:29That's the bottom line of it.
05:32While Tipper preparing for the All-Irelands,
05:35the provincial championships are progressing elsewhere.
05:38And the dispute over the controversial skirt-short hybrid attire,
05:42known as the skort, is about to erupt.
05:45Everything was full focus on Leinster semi-final.
05:48And the GPA brought out a report which highlighted 83%
05:53as the players playing senior inter-county Camogie would prefer
05:55to have the choice to wear shorts.
05:56and 70% of them reportedly feeling discomfort when they have to play wearing skorts.
06:01So that gave us a renewed frustration at the fact that we're still not being given the option to wear shorts.
06:06The last six, seven years, there's been a big push from players to try to bring in shorts
06:12as we literally train in shorts, play challenge games in shorts.
06:16So we got some communication from Kilkenny, raising the question about whether or not there'd be appetite and interest
06:21from our side of wearing the shorts.
06:23Ourselves in Dublin spoke to each other and said both are going to play the match in shorts and see what pans out.
06:34Both teams unanimously agree to wear shorts.
06:37And if the game goes ahead, it will be a first for the sport.
06:41But when the two captains meet the referee for the pre-match coin toss,
06:45he tells them the match will not go ahead unless they change from their shorts into scorts.
06:50We had agreed beforehand, we would push the protest to the point of abandoning the game.
06:55And then at that stage, we didn't want to risk losing the opportunity to play a match
06:58that we've been working for months and really years to play, you know.
07:02While the game goes ahead, this brief moment on a club pitch in West Dublin
07:07is about to have significant reverberations.
07:10By the time I'd finished the game, my phone was already blown up with messages and requests to talk about it.
07:17It is hard as a player that the choice of what I wear isn't in my hands.
07:21A row over Camogie players having to wear scorts has erupted
07:25after players from Dublin and Kilkenny were forced to change.
07:29Ultimately, I think the horse has bolted and it's too late for the Camogie Association.
07:32So whatever they've decided now in terms of a compromise, I don't think it's going to be enough.
07:37Since then, it's just been a bit of a storm. We never probably expected it to be as crazy as it was the last couple of days.
07:43I've only got so many years left where I'm going to be able to play Senior Inter-County
07:47and I want to spend all of my time and energy and effort training and playing
07:53and focused on tactics and execution and opposition
07:56and not focused on expenses and sports and all that other stuff that's away from the pitch.
08:02So is it like a short short and then the piece of material over it?
08:06Exactly. So the whole time you're like putting your hand under the material on the outside
08:10and trying to pull down the shorts on the inside, pull it out of your arse.
08:14Good morning to you both. Ashing listen, let's start off with you.
08:17We're not being heard, we're not being listened to.
08:19They're off developing a better sport when we want the option of wearing shorts.
08:22I am thrilled that we made the stand and I'm thrilled that it has got the exposure that it has gotten.
08:28I just kind of wish it was over now and the ruling was made that we could wear the shorts
08:32and we could get back to focusing on what's important.
08:34It's not over, it's only just beginning it would appear.
08:42Right, so Dad you go low, I'll hit it back to you and Jamie you go high.
08:46The Scourts controversy remains unresolved, but preparation continues for the championship.
08:51Welcome to Piltown, my own club.
08:53Any spare time we had, we were out practicing.
08:56We wanted to be with the big names at the time.
08:59Henry Shefflin, like if you've seen him walking around the streets, Kilkenny,
09:02they're nearly worshipped like and maybe it's Kilkenny-esque thing, I'm not sure.
09:06But when you're in primary school, you know, if the hurling coordinator comes to your school,
09:11like that's nearly the best day of the term, like when he comes.
09:14Right, we'll go again.
09:15When Katie don't be training, she ropes either me or Dad down and we hit a few balls into her.
09:19You know, she does always be looking for small improvements.
09:22Ah, lads, the balls are crap.
09:24Shocking.
09:25She's very driven, and to get back from the amount of injuries that she's had,
09:29probably tough as nails, is the thing that would describe her as most.
09:37In terms of managing the load for the next six weeks, unfortunately,
09:40I'll probably be only training for one on-field session.
09:43The other session the girls are doing, I'll meet a coach, we'll do a wall-ball session,
09:46so at least it's not as much movement on the legs whilst I'm still getting a bit of touch in.
09:51You want to enjoy going training, not struggling along the line.
09:54The day after, like.
09:55OK, well done today, girls.
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10:38Welfare and Dignity, similar one there from Peregrines.
10:41We support choice of shorts,
10:43let camogie players wear what they want.
10:45Even Chicago camogie weighing in there.
10:47Can't even get close to reading them all and replying to them all.
10:51Well done, Ashing, on your articulate leadership over the past few weeks.
10:54A great role model for my two teenage camogues.
10:57Thanks, Ashing, for my tipped camogie mum.
11:00Massive respect for what you're doing.
11:02You've just made life of every aspiring...
11:04Sorry.
11:08Yeah, you've just made the life of every aspiring sporting girl easier.
11:13My little one is seven and loves her mogi, as she calls it.
11:19But I was dreading the day she had to wear one of those ridiculous shorts
11:22and trying to explain it to her.
11:24I feel like we have a really rare opportunity here
11:31to leave the sport in a better place.
11:34And I just think it's really important to get that right.
11:40So that all these kids keep playing
11:43and don't have to deal with unnecessary barriers
11:47or things that would deter them from the sport.
11:50And it's because I love the game so much, you know?
11:52Because I know how much the game has given me.
11:56I want other young girls to have that experience.
12:05The counties continue to train towards the upcoming All-Ireland series.
12:09But there's still no conclusion to the sports fiasco.
12:12And Cork and Waterford up the stakes.
12:15They say they won't play their Munster Final
12:18if they don't have the choice to play in shorts.
12:21Cork and Waterford will be playing in the Munster Final at the weekend.
12:25Have you on the teams been discussing what you'll wear then?
12:29What we're going to do is wear shorts.
12:30And if we're asked to return to the dressing room, we won't.
12:33And if that means abandoning the game
12:35and handing over the Munster title to Waterford, that's what we'll do.
12:38It will have a huge impact.
12:40But I think, again, we're looking at the bigger picture.
12:43It's a bit mind boggling now.
12:44We're trying to push for equality.
12:46If girls want to wear the skirts or if girls want to wear the shorts,
12:48we're trying to just have that balance, I suppose.
12:51And just to have a bit more security,
12:53to know if you're on your time of the month and stuff like that.
12:55And that's a huge factor as well.
12:57And if the Pope can get elected within two or three days,
13:00I can't see why we can't wear the shorts.
13:02You know, we don't want to get to the point where we're protesting.
13:05We don't want to get to the point where we're talking about
13:07things that aren't matches when we're a week out from championships.
13:12Here, the Munster senior camogie final between Cork and Waterford
13:16has been postponed over the ongoing player-led sport controversy.
13:21The cancellation of the match is particularly frustrating for Waterford,
13:26who have never before contested a Munster final.
13:29Superwear doesn't come around that often here in Waterford
13:31and it would have been nice to try and contest that.
13:34I personally just think it's a shocking decision.
13:37It's actually unbelievable to think that they've done something like this,
13:40like a Munster final as well.
13:41You know, a massive, massive match.
13:43It just wouldn't happen in men's hurling.
13:45Like, it wouldn't.
13:46It would be called off far in advance,
13:47or it wouldn't be called off at all.
13:48It would be resolved for the sake of the players.
13:50Good evening to you.
13:51The Camogie Association will hold a special congress on the Scorts issue at Croke Park tonight,
13:56where a vote will be then taken on whether or not to allow shorts
13:59to become part of the official kit for the sport.
14:02What would your message be to delegates before they walk into special congress at Croke Park?
14:06Unless the vote goes in favour of the player's voice and represents what the players have been asking for,
14:10there won't be a championship.
14:13At the same time that the special congress on Scorts takes place in Croke Park,
14:26championship preparations continue.
14:28And in Dublin, there's an update on their captain.
14:32I've got good news yesterday with the physio,
14:35so I just need to hit speeds today and then hopefully be back soon.
14:38I'm, like, now in a return to play rehab plan,
14:42so a few games that I thought were maybe gone are kind of back in picture,
14:45so it's good.
14:48And finally, some breaking news.
14:51Number one, great fucking attitude tonight.
14:54Great attitude.
14:55Number two, we're wearing shorts at centre.
14:57Yay!
14:59The Camogie Association has voted to allow players to wear shorts instead of skorts while playing matches.
15:08Vote-wise, it was 98% to 2%.
15:10Well, tonight is three.
15:12Shorts have been passed.
15:14No, it's great that we have a choice, you know, it's great.
15:18Look, we can go and come for it now or just wear what you want to wear.
15:21Thank God it's after passing anyway, but look, a long time coming now
15:24and all roads now to Kilkenny now next week.
15:28I'm relieved, I think, more than anything.
15:30We put way too much work into playing and training and getting to here
15:33for a whole championship season to be swallowed up by something as stupid as shorts and skorts.
15:40The focus shifts, thank God.
15:42As I have said many times this week, I can't wait to never talk about skorts again.
15:46We're thrilled to be out on grass and the sun's shining.
15:51When the balls happen, myself and Grace are happy.
15:55All right, we're on goal!
15:58This is the most important competition throughout the year.
16:01Tip's goal is to win the All-Ireland.
16:03There's nothing else that we want.
16:05Championships after rolling around so quick.
16:08It's actually crazy the last month, six weeks have just flown by.
16:12In terms of rune preparation, I feel like it has gone really well.
16:15But there's a trophy on the line and in Camoggi, you know,
16:18there's probably only three trophies on the line all year.
16:20How much do you want this?
16:22I remember last year.
16:24It didn't go your way.
16:26What would you give?
16:27What would you give to play a championship all over again?
16:30Well, now it's on your doorstep.
16:31The next eight weeks, it's what it's all about.
16:34When we wear our fucking jersey, there's nothing better.
16:37The one or two percent we're talking about in training for the last three months,
16:41that's what we're looking to find now.
16:43Can we find it inside this group now?
16:46Everyone's in good form.
16:47We're all training well.
16:48We're buzzing.
16:49We can't wait to get out to the pitch.
16:50We have a fucking score to settle, yeah?
16:52This is the best fucking time of your life.
16:53And you're doing it at the very best level you can do it.
16:55Reset.
16:57Let's really nail the ball off the shoulder as well.
17:01Feels really good to be back in training and not just running outside watching the girls.
17:07So, yeah, delighted.
17:08And I came just in time for the Summer Hurling, so I can't complain.
17:11After a tough season with numerous injuries, management upheaval and no wins yet to their name, Dublin start with a tricky assignment, playing last year's finalists Galway.
17:26It's the start of another championship.
17:29I'll back Dublin any day.
17:30We're playing our game and we're going to nail them.
17:34This is our time.
17:35Let's go.
17:36The championship for 2025 is underway.
17:39Dublin on the attack now.
17:41Great run by Dublin.
17:42Open up to Galway the same serving time.
17:43The dub starts strongly, with some key scores pushing them ahead.
17:47The shot comes in.
17:48The ball is at the back of the net.
17:50Dublin have got the opening goal.
17:52The tenth minute sees Dublin lead 1-3-3.
17:55Before Galway start working their way into the game.
17:58For a while it wasn't looking so good for Galway there.
18:01They struggled.
18:02But they're eventually getting into the game.
18:03The sides will go in level at the break here in Kenny Park.
18:08We went out and went after our game plan.
18:10Forwards.
18:11Ashmar up there.
18:12I've never seen you work as hard.
18:13It's about that work rate.
18:14It's about dying on your shield.
18:15Going out and making sure every fucking tackle they know a Dublin jersey is in their face.
18:19In every game, put your hand in the fire.
18:20See how long you can fucking hold it there.
18:22That's what it's all about.
18:23Up and now, everybody.
18:25Let's go.
18:26Come on, Lee.
18:27Come on.
18:28That's way better work by Galway.
18:30Absolutely, yeah.
18:31They're doing to Dublin what Dublin were doing to Galway.
18:33Not allowing them the seconds to get on the ball.
18:35And Galway take the lead.
18:39The scores have dried up now.
18:40They haven't scored since half-time.
18:42Dublin need a goal at this stage.
18:44Coming towards the dying numbers now.
18:49Full-time with some goals here.
18:50Galway 15 points.
18:51Dublin one goal and six.
18:54That game was ours.
18:55We should have been well ahead at half-time.
18:57And we should have been fucking out of sight in the second half.
18:59But we dropped our levels.
19:00Good teams will do that to you.
19:02We have a nice little grudge match coming up now in two weeks' time.
19:05We are going to have to go again.
19:06Kill Kenny.
19:07Kill Kenny.
19:08Kill Kenny.
19:16Coming out here definitely when it's so quiet.
19:20I have to take this time in order to balance everything out and just literally reset.
19:26The main idea to come here is try and work on the basic skills.
19:35There's no margin for error in championships.
19:38So coming here definitely helps me work on all the sharpness side of things.
19:42First touch.
19:43Catching the ball.
19:45Making sure that it sticks every time.
19:47And improving on striking as well.
19:49I definitely feel that things are slowly coming together.
19:52I think we're shaping up well.
19:54We definitely have a competitive squad.
19:56From the outside the goal is to win an All-Ireland Final.
20:00If you're focusing your mindset on that all the time, like that's the outcome.
20:04We're trying to focus solely on the process at the moment.
20:09And if we get the performance that we're looking for,
20:13well then no team will be able to beat us.
20:19What sort of schedule will have you next week?
20:21I'm not sure.
20:22It'll definitely be Tuesday, Thursday.
20:24So we might be able to do something on Saturday.
20:26What way are you training?
20:27Just Saturday.
20:28We're training Monday.
20:30We have the gym Wednesday.
20:32We're training Thursday.
20:33And then we have a match Saturday.
20:35Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday.
20:37And I'm training Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday.
20:39So I might get to see you on Friday at some stage.
20:42If you're lucky.
20:43If I'm lucky.
20:44I live in Neenah County, Tafari.
20:47I live with my boyfriend, Kevin.
20:49He plays senior with Drum and Inch.
20:50We have a kind of granny flat for ourselves.
20:52No granny, just us.
20:53We're just delighted.
20:54We can live here.
20:55We can save.
20:56Makes a massive difference rather than being out renting somewhere.
20:58My whole life revolves around camogie.
21:01What time I spend with Kevin.
21:02My nutrition.
21:03My sleep.
21:04How I plan my week.
21:05You know, even really teaching itself.
21:07I probably pick that for summers off.
21:09And being able to go to trainings in the evening.
21:11It's just kind of where I feel my best.
21:13I feel myself.
21:14So it's definitely the biggest part of my life.
21:17You know, it shapes everything else.
21:18But I don't think I would change it for the world at the same time.
21:22I joined TIPS Seniors in 2016.
21:24So this is my ninth year with the seniors.
21:26It feels like it's gone in the blink of an eye.
21:29In the championship, we've lost at Ireland semis now for, I think, the last five or six years.
21:34So it's been heartbreaking.
21:37The days after, it can be very difficult.
21:40You know, you question, why am I doing this?
21:42But then you pick yourself up again and you just think, what's my end goal?
21:46And, you know, if I can retire, having climbed the steps of the Hogan stand
21:50and lifting, you know, an All-Ireland Trophy for Dipperary,
21:53I think it'll make everything worth it.
21:55So you get back on the horse then and you're back and you're in pre-season,
21:59running your heart out and it all starts again.
22:02You see all Cork, Camoggi, Galway, Camoggi, Kilkenny winning All-Ireland
22:11and you dream of that day.
22:12It's something you've dreamed of since you're only a small little girl out poking in the garden
22:17and all the long hours, you know, the grind that you put in,
22:21even like the mental battles that you have, I think it would just,
22:25it'll make it all worth it.
22:27Yes, that's it. Great turn. Great change of feet. Good.
22:29Any given year, that dream is always in your head
22:32and I think that drives you on that little bit more as well.
22:35You know, you kind of allow yourself to feel those emotions
22:38and, you know, de-realise then how much you want it
22:41and you really fight and make that dream a reality.
22:44The team's starting on Saturday for Cork.
22:46Especially the last two years, we're building that heart.
22:49We're building a little bit too much heart now.
22:51We need to start using it, but it does make such a difference, I think, to a team
22:56and it, you know, gives you motivation and that drive.
22:59Serial semi-finalists but yet to play in a final.
23:03Tip's current grip are determined to go all the way this season.
23:07Overcoming last year's finalists, Galway, in a warm-up game,
23:10has them believing that they're in a good place.
23:13Not only did we turn around our performance, we turned it around and we got the win.
23:17OK?
23:18There's our evidence that Adam's talking about.
23:20It's not about, oh, I have to get the next score.
23:22It's about thinking, what can I do?
23:24Whether it's a hook, a block, a bit of hard work.
23:26That's what changes the game for us.
23:28Yeah.
23:29This is where we look back.
23:30What, where we down six plus points at one stage
23:32and we turn around and we won by two, OK?
23:34That's where we look back on there.
23:35Half of it is organisations, you know what I mean?
23:37We're all working so fucking hard, but just being in the right place is key.
23:40Alright, so well done, that was fucking excellent.
23:42Well done, girls!
23:43Hands in!
23:44But with the championship just a week away, there's unwelcome news for Tip.
23:51As forward Clodagh McIntyre is struggling to be ready for their opening match against Cork.
23:58Exactly a week ago, I felt a really sharp discomfort
24:03and straight away my range of motion in my ankle was completely restricted.
24:09I was able to get a scan here in clinic.
24:11It was all really simple exercises.
24:13In the meantime, restoring the range, trying to rebuild the strength.
24:16I was not able to hop at all on it.
24:19My jump height overall is still down.
24:22Our first rep was 14, then I went to 12, then I went to 8.
24:25So I'm nowhere near where championship pace would require.
24:30Over here in the Rag in Tip, our home ground, and on Saturday we're going to be taking on Cork in our first round of the All-Ireland Championship.
24:42White, white and yellow, on both sides.
24:44So tight.
24:45It's huge for us and it'll be important to get a good start.
24:47Cork will be a challenge.
24:48They're All-Ireland Champions.
24:49They're an incredible team and they're playing exceptionally well at the moment.
24:52We've a lot to do to beat them here, but really, to be honest, we're just looking at a performance ourselves.
24:57We're going to turn into that little bit of a bastard now again for the next couple of days, right?
25:01No, no.
25:04Right, guards.
25:05Coming from behind now.
25:06Take that support.
25:07Run.
25:08Good work.
25:09That's sharp.
25:10That's sharp.
25:11Good.
25:12Good.
25:13While we have been training hard, you've kind of core members of the team missing, so it's a little bit disjointed at the moment.
25:19I kind of said to Michael, I thought it sounds like she wants to start, but we can't do that anymore.
25:24Next week.
25:25Next week.
25:26Yeah, next week.
25:27Growth mindset.
25:28Growth mindset.
25:29Growth mindset.
25:30Who's growing, Dennis?
25:31I'm not sure.
25:32It's all positive.
25:33It's all happening.
25:34And the shorts have arrived.
25:35Oh my goodness.
25:36Oh my goodness.
25:37Yeah.
25:38You're very welcome to the rag for the clash of Tipperary against Cork.
25:43After a bye in the first round, Tip's first match comes against champions and hot favourites Cork, who ruthlessly defeated Limerick in their opening match.
25:52It's an opportunity for Tip to test themselves against the best.
25:58We have to go for this bald header today.
26:01Let's take this to Cork now.
26:02Come on.
26:03First round of the championship in your home ground, this is what we train for.
26:06So while there's nerves, you have to look at the perspective too of how lucky you are to be going out there.
26:10Especially when you look at the injuries that we have and the girls who won't be able to take the field.
26:13So I'm buzzing for it and I'm really looking forward to putting in a hopefully a good performance.
26:17The ball is in the game and away we go.
26:19Roisin Howard! Roisin Howard!
26:20After Tip's score the first point, Cork take the initiative and score three goals.
26:25Baby O'Connor!
26:26Are you looking at it going?
26:27And the shell-shocked Tipperary team go into half-time with a mountain to climb.
26:32Soccer punch for Tipperary.
26:34We've just got a dressing, girls.
26:36Now the heads are down.
26:37We're all disappointed.
26:39We're all disgusted.
26:41And I'm asking each and every one of you now, are we going to accept that for the next half?
26:46That jersey that's on your back, girls.
26:48That crest on your chest.
26:49We know what it means to you.
26:50We know the passion it's in it.
26:51Whatever happens, girls.
26:53Think about what you have, girls.
26:54You have Wexford, Limerick and Clare.
26:56The whole championship structure that opens us up to get into an All-Ireland quarterfinal.
27:00This is what we're about, girls.
27:01Come on!
27:02We never give up.
27:03We never stop.
27:04Start our year.
27:05Start our fucking year together now.
27:07Come on!
27:08Cork really put on an absolute show in that first half.
27:11Good start to the second half in Tipperary, but they have a long, long way to go.
27:14Tip begin to close the gap in the second half.
27:17But by the end of the game, Cork are convincing winners.
27:203-21 to 1-9.
27:23What a marker Cork have put down.
27:25Unbelievable scoring from this Cork machine.
27:28This is a fair kick in the hole, but we definitely have to do a bit of soul searching now.
27:31Wexford, they were beaten as well today.
27:34Means fuck all.
27:35We have to go to Wexford next weekend.
27:37There's never won handy down there.
27:38So it's knockout from here on in now.
27:40There's a position to finish in this group in second place.
27:43We can feel sorry for ourselves, we can have the heads down, or we can turn around
27:47and we can set the thing right now for Wexford next weekend, followed by Limerick, followed by Clare,
27:51and get ourselves into that All-Ireland quarter-final above in Cropark on the 7th of July.
28:01On the same weekend, another game between two serious championship hopefuls
28:06is taking place in the other qualifying group, where Waterford will travel to Kilkenny.
28:13For me at the moment, I have arthritis in my bobeys.
28:16I have tendonitis in my Achilles.
28:18I have a broken finger.
28:19If I could train every night of the week, I would.
28:22But then I know my performance or my energy levels or my body will not thank me on a Saturday
28:26when we're trying to play a match.
28:28I'm at that age now that it's in your head, but I'm trying to put it to the back of my head
28:33because I don't want to make my decision before the year ends.
28:37I want to make my decision when the year is over and decide from there.
28:42But it's upsetting because you don't ever really want it to end.
28:48For me, I'm just trying to enjoy what I have now
28:52because for the rest of my life, I'll never have this again.
28:55So just trying to make the best of it.
28:57While Katie Power approaches the end of her career,
29:00her clubmate Sophie Holden is making her first steps at championship level.
29:05For me, going into my first championship, it's a lot different to playing with your club.
29:10You have a lot more going on in the background, but like gym, nutrition, training, organising,
29:14like going straight from work to training, like people don't see that side of it either,
29:18that like you don't maybe get home till 10 at night.
29:20So like, there's huge commitment with it, so there is.
29:23Katie has been a huge influence on me.
29:26Kilkenny's opponent Waterford face a tough task.
29:34Never in history have they beaten Kilkenny in the championship.
29:37This is my niece, Leisha.
29:39She's always out fucking with me.
29:41You ready?
29:42Oh, more than that.
29:44You're not there.
29:46Give me the hurry, Leisha.
29:50That one, look at that one.
29:53That's my daughter now, all right?
29:55Where are we going? We're going outside.
30:01Sport is a big part of the family.
30:03It's a day out.
30:04On the drive home, we stop for something to eat.
30:06There's analysis.
30:07We meet all that night, there's analysis.
30:09If she had a good game, we can talk to her.
30:11She had a bad game, keep away from her tomorrow.
30:13I want to see Croke Park this year.
30:15I definitely want to see it.
30:16Yeah.
30:17You came back from Canada to play, so let's get there.
30:20Yeah.
30:21The plan must go for a year or two, but then I got sick.
30:24But I think they even said to me, they're like,
30:26we know you would have came back.
30:28I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,
30:30and they told me I'd be gone in September.
30:33I ain't going nowhere.
30:34I ain't going to Croke Park,
30:36because that's where I ain't going to be going to.
30:37I was delighted to see her come home.
30:39I was disappointed to see her come home because of me.
30:41I made the decision.
30:42I stick by it.
30:43And I'm glad I came home.
30:45To achieve something at that level, it's unbelievable.
30:48The commitment they're putting in since Christmas, like,
30:50these are all young girls in their 20s,
30:52and they're putting their whole life on hold.
30:54They're putting...
30:55There'll be a dieting or going to the gym or relationships.
30:57Everything is on hold for this one thing.
31:00It's that day in Croke Park,
31:02and that's what we're all aiming for.
31:04And the pros man in the world.
31:12Right.
31:13OK.
31:14Helmets.
31:15Yeah.
31:16Sharks.
31:17Yeah.
31:18Socks.
31:19No scores.
31:20No sparks.
31:21Yeah.
31:22Yeah.
31:23I've been working since December, January.
31:25And it all comes down to this.
31:26That's where you want to be.
31:27You want to be a non-arm and foil in the Croke Park.
31:28Yeah.
31:29The Kenny just never ever give up, they could be ahead by 7-8 points and they'll still go full throttle, like they just, they're the team that just never give up on anything.
31:45Some of the older girls, like they just bring so much experience, like there's Katie Powers, I think her presence alone just boosts the team in general.
31:53We've never seen them in a championship before, like the last few years we were there, thereabouts, there was a point or two where, you know, you go in half-time level and they come out in the second half and they just absolutely tear you apart.
32:10Hi! How are you going? Here's nice. Hi, are you all set? Yes. Do you have snacks? Not too much. Sorry, my legs and my arms are a different colour.
32:20Look, you washed them down, I think. It's all about the tan when it comes to championship. Yeah, it is, yeah.
32:29I think I over-packed. I don't really need four hurlies, but...
32:34Four?! Yeah, I'd better leave back.
32:38I'll be back.
32:39A lot of steps in the ladder this year. This is the first step, this is the one we're going to take, we're going to drive it on from the very off.
32:55Whatever happens, give a draw. Work your fucking socks off.
33:01Huge game for both teams. Everything is just so tight here. Both teams are really fighting for everything.
33:06A hotly contested and physical game sees Waterford start to edge ahead in the first half before pulling away in the second.
33:13But Carton puts it in and Waterford went through that Kilkenny defence like a hot knife through hard butter.
33:20And Waterford have beaten Kilkenny in their own backyard here. Waterford 17 points, Kilkenny 10 points.
33:26First time in Bettman Championship, so we're absolutely delighted, but the work doesn't end here.
33:30Absolutely super. Well done, well done. Well done, girls. Great stuff. Well done.
33:35Waterford's win takes them one step closer to the knockout phases, while Katie Powers' Kilkenny have an uncertain future.
33:45Back in Tip, defeat to Cork has been a bitter blow.
33:49And now they have to regroup for a must-win game in their quest to get to the knockout stages.
33:55Saturday was very disappointing.
33:57I think it's worse just watching it and seeing the team crumble a little bit, because Cork were just nearly winning every battle on the field.
34:10We need to really come together. There's literally no time to be playing like that anymore.
34:18It's hard to have a kind of a positive spin on it. You know, we lost considerably to Cork, and they were excellent on the day.
34:24They're nearly better than they were this time last year, which is hard to beat, considering they're the two-time all-earning champion.
34:30So, for ourselves, it's just, you win or you learn. We really need to take the learnings from it.
34:35This Saturday we're playing Wexford, so we're going in really craving a good performance. And sometimes, after a very crap performance, a very good one will follow, and that's what I'm really hoping.
34:48We're not where we want to be. We don't have that kind of confidence in ourselves at the moment. We're not playing extremely well. But we still have a couple of games to go, so it's going to be another tough task.
35:00It's going to be another tough task. I come up here most days a week. It's time by yourself. You can think things through. If you're thick, you know, usually you come out of here feeling a bit better. So, I find this kind of really therapeutic.
35:12It's nice sometimes, Clodagh and the girls will come up and we'll practice a few things together, which is lovely as well.
35:23That's it. Take it on. Take it on. That's it. Take it on. Good.
35:26So, we're in formerly known as St. Pat's College. It's nice to have a home, because we have St. Joseph's Bursalee, but it's a small astro, but you can't beat training on grass, and we haven't had that luxury for the last good number of years.
35:39So, it could probably be a home for Tip Camoggi for a good number of years to come. It's definitely disappointing. Cork performed at their peak. We probably didn't perform to where we wanted to be.
35:50We have ten weeks left, so it's about really now everyone digging in and putting the shoulder to the wheel and having the right good cut at it.
35:56There was a kickback tonight. This kick needs to go on to Wexford now on Saturday. Okay? Well done tonight.
36:00To secure a good quarter-final berth, Tip want to come second in their group, so they'll need to win the rest of their matches, and next up, they'll travel to Wexford.
36:13Keep going. Keep going. It's every ball, every position. Now is the time to kick on. No mercy. No mercy. Keep driving it down. Let's go.
36:19Very different feeling to last weekend, isn't it? We needed that now big time. I think we just needed to remind ourselves, it's first round of the Championship.
36:35You're not going to be firing on all cylinders, and you know, Cork are a team that you need to beat them once in a year, and you know, you want that once to really, really count, I suppose.
36:44It's great. We can build on that now.
36:53Kilkelly's first-ever championship loss to Waterford has left their hopes in jeopardy.
37:00It was our first home game, and we thought we'd prepared extremely well.
37:05Obviously, everyone's disappointed when you lose a game, but the manner that we lost, like, it just wasn't us.
37:12And that was the most disappointing thing.
37:15So, after that game, like, there was a lot of soul-searching now. Like, it was a tough week put down, like, sleepless nights.
37:22For myself, I was questioning, like, where are we going? Like, you know, you're really setting out your stall in the Championship against one of the top teams, and they wipe the board with you.
37:32And you're like, where's the season going to go first? Like, so, look, Dublin are probably one, if not the most physical team in Camoggi at the moment.
37:40We lose the weekend, our championship's over, like, either go hiding, or you come out fighting.
37:45After losing to Waterford, Kilkenny must bounce back with a win against Dublin, or risk their championship dreams ending early.
37:57Like, I know we'd be giving out about Dublin and all that, but you have to admire them, they haven't won a match all fucking year.
38:02So, you'd be wondering where to get this cockiness from. But in fairness to them, like, they're able to back it up.
38:07They're very committed, and they're very competitive as well.
38:10We have a great chance here. Absolutely, you can go to town on these all the weekend. Are you finished here with some shooting, Tommy, as that is?
38:16Oh, jeez, we'll fucking docks on them, please.
38:19We'll fucking shoot on Saturday. That's all that matters.
38:24You know the drill, we're going to start with the ball along the ground, let's attack it up here, fire it back.
38:29Dublin, having lost already to Galway, are in a similar position to Kilkenny, so the upcoming game between them is crucial.
38:36This is probably the biggest game of our season. Kilkenny last year, we managed to get the better of them in Croke Park,
38:44and, you know, they'll have the bit between their teeth trying to rectify that, and they have done the two times we've played them this year already,
38:50in the league, in Leinster, they got the better of us, so we know we have to improve, and that improvement needs to be a big step forward
38:59if we're going to get the better of what is a very good Kilkenny team, so that's the aim.
39:02Katie, power, centre back. We want to take power out again.
39:06Yep.
39:07So, obviously, knees are all that anchor when we're attacking, and we can recycle the ball to it.
39:11The hamstring injury that I had, I'm fully cleared now, so I'm delighted that I'm actually able to start on Saturday.
39:17We haven't had, obviously, the most ideal season. We actually haven't won a match yet.
39:21That belief is there because we know, even in the matches that we lost, they were tight. We know that it was within our control.
39:27Dublin's injury-ravage season continues, with vice-captain Astley Marr in doubt for the game against Kilkenny.
39:35I can feel it there.
39:37It's just trying to balance pushing it so you have a little bit of tolerance and load, but then also just not being silly and wasting risk.
39:45Yeah, that's what's frustrating about this, I think. More so than anything else, it's really not that bad an injury.
39:51Like, if we had, you know, four to six weeks to do this now, it'd be no problem at all. It's just the worst possible timing.
39:57We're all too nice to each other. Happened to fall on each other.
40:01For the pivotal game against Dublin, Kilkenny make changes, and Sophie Holden gets her first championship start for the county.
40:08With the team, there is, like, huge competition and training, with positions.
40:12The good times are over. Swathing, swathing. That's the pace.
40:16What's up?
40:18Over. Over.
40:20This is a big game for us. We do need to win it. I'm going to go out and make my mark.
40:25You're going there. You keep going to another.
40:27Let's just say, right, Astley Marr, see the red cone there? Right, that's Astley Marr. She goes straight through for goal, right?
40:33When you cross that 21, you've got to nail Astley Marr.
40:37In any run, like, she can't go past three or four.
40:40So you have to realise where the danger is and go for it.
40:43This is a must-win game. So, like, if you feel that pressure, use it as fuel.
40:48The only people that understand our journey that we've been on so far is us.
40:53And we know we were dealing with a load of shit in here. We hadn't got our management stuff right.
40:57We hadn't got anywhere near a best first 15 on the pitch.
40:59We were trying to get people fit, and it wasn't a Dublin team that's representative of the talent that's in this room now.
41:05It's the now and ever now. Just have a great going, okay?
41:08And that's all you want. As I said, you don't mind getting bet once you go down, shouting, bawling, and fucking screaming.
41:14That's all you want for each and every one of you, okay?
41:16Yeah, we do have to win. That's why you fucking play. You play because you want to win.
41:20Not only do we have to win, we will win. And that's the end of it.
41:31Dublin's bad luck continues as Astley Marr doesn't make it back in time for the match.
41:36She's a leader on and off the field. She's going to be sorely missed, but we have to drive on.
41:40Massive, massive fucking game. Think about all that preparation that went into getting here. That's the pressure of today.
41:47Welcome to the biggest humdinger game that we've had of the championship.
41:53Dublin have the opening score here.
41:55And now here's the chance. It's going to be Prendergast. One and one.
41:58Getting in, and knocks it to the back of the net. Having a shot at the pause. It's over the bar.
42:02Sophie Hollis hits a bar called. Lovely score. Kick any sniff blood, and win. Kick any sniff blood, they go for it.
42:09Kilkelly might be ahead in the second half, but Dublin have other ideas.
42:14Both teams wanting to take that step closer to the knockout stages.
42:18O'Neill still going. Good for a low shot. Back in and in. Exactly what the doctor ordered.
42:24We have a game on now. Good to see. That's what we came for.
42:27Yeah, now it's the closest we've had. 118 to 114.
42:31Referee decides if that's it. 119, 114.
42:35His job done for Kilkenny, and you know, in fairness to Dublin, they took it after him.
42:38They'll be hoping Astley Marr is back fifth. They will need her against Waterford.
42:42That is a sickening fucking loss there. We have a big game coming up in two weeks' time.
42:45Delighted with the win. We have two weeks now to Galway, and you know, they're a different animal altogether.
42:50We'll just put the heads down, focus, and see what we can do.
42:55Good. We're setting that corner now, Niamh. We're live.
42:58And get there, Shebaile. You're turning ready. Turning ready.
43:02Having lost to Kilkenny, Dublin now need a win against high-flying Waterford,
43:07plus some luck, to make it to the quarterfinals this season.
43:11I'm just hoping nothing snaps.
43:13Next match is bubbling, and that'll be a tough game.
43:16They're not going to fear anything against us.
43:18They have to win this one.
43:19They have to win, that's what I'm saying. We have a target on our backs now, because they have to win.
43:22They're coming out to win, that's it, mate.
43:23And I think whatever's put in front of you, you're going to rally around as a team.
43:26It's not over until it's over.
43:27I definitely think we're going to win Kloppel.
43:28Booked already.
43:29I think Kenny was such a big monkey off our backs.
43:30It's like, you know, you've got one of the tough teams.
43:31So it's like, why not go on and keep doing it?
43:32Dublin are a tough team, like, you know.
43:33You never know what they're going to throw at you.
43:34You just never know what way it's going to go.
43:35Obviously if we don't beat Waterford, we don't have a chance of progressing to quarterfinals.
43:37So the injury has to take the backseat a little bit.
43:42So we're going to try and do a return to play on the game.
43:43All the players are going to be game, right?
43:44And we're going to be playing for the first time.
43:45It's going to be a football team.
43:46I think Kenny was such a big monkey off our backs.
43:47It's like, you know, you've got one of the tough teams.
43:48So it's like, why not go on and keep doing it?
43:49Dublin are a tough team.
43:50Like, you know, you never know what they're going to throw at you.
43:51You just never know what way it's going to go.
43:56Obviously if we don't beat Waterford, we don't have a chance of progressing to quarterfinals.
43:59So the injury has to take the back seat a little bit.
44:03So we're going to try and do a return to play over the next eight days at this stage, give
44:07yourself the best chance, trying to balance, not being stupid by going back and doing too
44:11much too quick, but also just trying to move that little bit faster through return to play.
44:15You know, you get to this point of championship and you're playing a knockout game and if
44:19you're not willing to take a chance on that, then sure, what's the point of putting in
44:23the months and the years before that?
44:26But this is a massive game for both Dublin and Waterford.
44:29If they lose that, their championship is over.
44:31We have to play two matches and get no respect.
44:33We've got any Kikini newspaper that's saying, Kikini, if you don't have anything there.
44:36So we're back to where we are.
44:37Now is the time to go out and prove yourself again.
44:40Need to get the ball past our 65 in our hand, in our possession.
44:44I don't care how you do it, but that's what we need to do.
44:48I'm not trying to be overly stupid about it, but I think realistically, we need to win this
44:52game to have a chance of keeping the championship alive.
44:56I'll let Gifra update you properly anyway and give you your perspective and my intention
45:00is to take a chance, make myself available, see how we go.
45:04Do you think 60 minutes?
45:05Like a 40% chance she makes it through 60 minutes?
45:07Yeah.
45:08I think we're accelerating a 60-degree in three weeks and it's like a zip and a jumper.
45:12Like, it can go further.
45:13She knows what she is.
45:14She knows the risk.
45:15I think it's too big a game for us to either play and break down and feel you've tried than
45:20look back and think, you know, what if?
45:23It's do or die and we know that.
45:26We've been in situations like that in the past and it's always brought out the best in
45:30us.
45:31You know, of every faith in the team, I think we know ourselves that we're probably being viewed
45:35as underdogs and we'll just actually use that to our advantage on Saturday.
45:55From the get-go, we attack this, we make our time.
46:03There's moments in your life, you've got to take that opportunity.
46:07Come on, todaysha, come on.
46:10Dublin's season comes down to this.
46:13If they don't win, their championship is over.
46:16With three points in the first 90 seconds, Dublin get off to a blistering start.
46:26But it isn't long until Waterford come back.
46:33The goal from Annie Fitzgerald on ten minutes, I really turned the toy in Waterford's favour.
46:41It was a tight game for a lot of us.
46:46I don't think I ever thought throughout that game we were going to lose it, to be honest.
46:50At the start of the second half, Waterford are five points ahead.
46:54The biggest unanswered points have pushed Waterford now into a nine-point game.
46:59Yes!
47:00Dublin fight to the bitter end, but it's Waterford who go on to the knockout stages.
47:04That's curtains for our hopes of going forward.
47:31We've had to learn the same lesson three times, that when we're not added for the full 60, we don't get the result.
47:37So, it's just massively disappointing for all of us in this circle.
47:41I can see it in faces.
47:43The work, the commitment that went into this year, it just shows you how cruel the sport can be.
47:50We have to learn, we have to improve.
47:52Throughout the season, there was constantly another chance.
47:55We're going to turn this around.
47:56Then when you get to the end of that Waterford match, there's no other opportunity.
47:59And now you actually have to reflect and think back.
48:02And there's a massive finality in it all.
48:05Part of sport is that sometimes things break your way and sometimes they don't.
48:09I'm proud of the effort the girls put up.
48:10I'm proud of the fact we didn't lie down that we put up a good fight.
48:14Kimogi has given so much to me at every level.
48:17I just feel really privileged to be part of it.
48:24And while Dublin waved goodbye to the championship and Waterford march on, elsewhere Galway defeat Kilkenny, meaning Kilkenny head to the quarterfinals.
48:34Great Katie, you have no time to feel sorry for yourself.
48:38You've not earned quarterfinal in two weeks in Crow Park.
48:41Get yourself ready for this now.
48:43And for Galway, it sets up a winner-takes-all encounter with Waterford to see who wins the group and heads directly to the semifinals.
48:51Yeah, look, it's great to be in the knockout stages now at the championship again.
48:55Listen, Waterford are a huge stretch. They're a savage team.
48:57The last two or three times we've played them, there's only been a pint or two in it.
49:00And it could have gone either way.
49:01So we have to perform really, really high level next week.
49:03We're happy where we are, but it counts for not knowing if you don't finish the job next week.
49:06We'll finish the job next week.
49:07We'll finish the job next week.
49:08We'll finish the job next week.
49:09Bye.
49:10Bye.
49:39Bye.
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