It is a match-up that has resulted in a string of All Ireland Hurling finals over the span of a century and a quarter, but you cannot get tired of the rivalry between Kilkenny and Tipperary.
They meet again on Sunday with the Liam McCarthy Cup at stake and with Off The Ball down in Kilkenny's Riverscourt Hotel tonight, the lads looked back at the epic contests between the two teams over the years.
And there were no better people to take us through some of the great moments than former captains Charlie Carter and Tommy Dunne of Kilkenny and Tipp respectively.
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Dunne spoke about the way in which he looked towards Cork as the big rival until Kilkenny became a scalp to take at Championship time.
"I grew up on the Tipp v Cork rivalry. I was born in 1974 and Tipp had a huge famine in that period. So when I was a young fella it was the Tipp v Cork rivalry. But Nicky English became manager in 1999 and I remember him referencing the Tipp Kilkenny rivalry an awful lot when he used to address us as a team," said Dunne, who explained just how English made sure that the Tipp players were well aware of what the rivalry meant going into 2002.
Growing up, Carter cited Offaly as the rivalry that Kilkenny looked towards rather than Tipperary.
"The rivalry I had growing up and coming through the hurling ranks was with Offaly and Wexford because at that time Offaly and Wexford had serious teams, especially Offaly," said Carter, who was surprised that the teams did not play very often in the Championship between 1991 and 2009.
On the 2010 final, he joked that Tipp beat 13 men, although he felt the Premier should have won this year's League final.
"There was a right battle in the league final and probably Tipp should have won the game. They probably played the best hurling but a little bit of cuteness from TJ Reid and Richie Hogan to get the last point," said Carter.
Carter also spoke about the background behind his exit from the Kilkenny senior setup in 2003, while both men discussed the nature of winning back-to-back All Irelands and why certain teams have managed to do so, while others have fallen short, from a Kilkenny and Tipp perspective.
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