Five of the 13 counties who took part in this year's All-Ireland SHC - Dublin, Galway, Waterford, Antrim and Laois - will be under new management in 2025.
The five-in-a-row remains elusive in hurling as Limerick finally relinquished their grip on the Liam MacCarthy Cup this year.
There is something of an oddity about their success however, in that while they deservedly beat Cork twice, they lost twice to Limerick and, indeed, were a distant second best to them in the Munster final. So it’s difficult to make a compelling argument as to whether they would have beaten them in the All-Ireland final if John Kiely’s side had come through, with Clare having only won one of the previous eight Championship meetings.
Pat Ryan said when he came into the job in 2022 that his reign would be a failure if he didn’t deliver an All-Ireland in his three years. Despite the undoubted progress that the team has made under him, that puts pressure on Ryan going into the final year of his current term. Some of the aura has been stripped from Limerick now and they may be in the early stages of decline. But it’s still hard to argue with their current status as favourites for the 2025 All-Ireland.After the most successful era in their, and indeed the game’s, history as they won 11 All-Irelands in 16 seasons, Kilkenny are now on the brink of their most barren spell ever.
The only county in Leinster to beat them in this year’s Championship was Kilkenny, though the nature of that defeat raised fresh doubts about Dublin’s ability to seriously challenge for top honours. Losing their final round robin game to already-eliminated Waterford in 2023 when a Munster final spot was at their mercy was a blow from which they have failed to recover, winning only one of six Championship games since, a preliminary quarter-final against a then tier two Offaly.
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