{"id":412143,"date":"2026-04-22T18:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/412143\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:15:09","slug":"tipp-v-cork-endgame-shows-thin-line-between-risk-and-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/412143\/","title":{"rendered":"Tipp v Cork endgame shows thin line between risk and reward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">\u201cWhere\u2019d ya go beforehand?\u201d The eternal preamble of the giddy fan. When it comes to Ennis, the wonder is its lack of a straight line even if all roads eventually converge. There are all kinds of fitting preludes before the only show in town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A crowd of 18,338 flocked to Zimmer Biomet P\u00e1irc Ch\u00edos\u00f3g, as it is now known, for the opening salvo of the Munster championship. They colonised the town first in a burst of colour and anticipation. When it comes to this matchday ritual, there are few places better equipped.<\/p>\n<p>This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/login\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IE Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4976285_1_org_Irish_Examiner_modal.png\" width=\"340\" height=\"41\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t    \tUnlimited access starts here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subheadline\">Try from only  \u20ac0.25 a day.<\/p>\n<p>Cancel anytime<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhere\u2019d ya go beforehand?\u201d The eternal preamble of the giddy fan. When it comes to Ennis, the wonder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[177329,30041,30883,1965,1964,61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-412143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-championship-2026","9":"tag-clare-gaa","10":"tag-galway-gaa","11":"tag-hurling","12":"tag-cork-gaa","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}