Both sides recorded an early wide as Tipperary’s Lar Corbett and Galway’s Alan Kerins both failed to hit the target in the opening exchanges.
Tipperary forward Lar Corbett got the opening goal of the game when he shot low to beat Cork goalkeeper Donal Óg Cusack in the fourth minute.
Tipperary got off to a great start which was bolstered by an early Lar Corbett goal.
A hat-trick of goals by Lar Corbett and a fourth by Noel McGrath denied Kilkenny's drive-for-five and secured a remarkable 4-17 to 1-18 victory for Tipp.
The sides were level at half-time – 1-6 to 0-9 – as 2010 Hurler of the Year Lar Corbett struck for Tipp's goal before retiring with a hamstring injury.
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This compounded an already poor start, when Eoin Kelly had already swept over three frees when Tipp stunned "the Cats" with a Lar Corbett goal in the tenth minute.
2007 was also a write-off as far as Tipperary were concerned; however, Liam Sheedy took over as manager for 2008 and things began to change for the premier county.
Ronnie Corbett | James J. Corbett | Lar Corbett | Tom Corbett | Jim Corbett | Richard Corbett | John Corbett (actor) | John Corbett | Tom Corbett, Space Cadet | Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan | Lar Lubovitch | Chaddesley Corbett | Young Corbett III | Lynne Taylor-Corbett | Jim Corbett National Park | Corbett | AiT/Planet Lar | William 'Bill' Corbett | Henry W. Corbett | Harvey Wiley Corbett | "Gentleman Jim" Corbett | Denys Corbett Wilson | Corbett, Oregon | Boston Corbett | Archibald Corbett, 1st Baron Rowallan | Alan Corbett | William Corbett (poet) | William Corbett Jones | William Corbett | Walter Corbett |
In January 2014, it was reported that an investment group containing Tipperary hurler Lar Corbett, boxer Matthew Macklin and Kevin Coppinger were in talks to take-over the hotel.