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“That was some way to win it?”

Every child who has ever picked up a hurl or football has played out the same fantasy. A late free. One last chance. A strike to win an All-Ireland final before climbing the Hogan Stand steps to the acclaim of thousands and lifting the trophy as team captain. Last August, Carrie Dolan lived that dream.

Galway and Cork have become the defining rivalry of modern camogie, repeatedly pushing one another to new standards on the sport’s biggest stage. Seven of the last nine All-Ireland senior titles have been shared between the west and Leeside. On Sunday, one of them will add another chapter to a rivalry that continues to shape the current era of the game.

Sunday will be the eleventh time that Cork and Galway have clashed in the headline match of the senior camogie season. While the Leesiders hold the upperhand in terms of wins, some of Galway's most notable victories have come against the women in red.nHere are two examples — the 1996 final which was Galway's first title. And the 2021 final, the first post-lockdown final played in sunshine in Croke Park.

A controversial goal awarded to Cork despite looking like it had been thrown over the line ultimately proved the difference between victors Cork and a determined Galway side in an enthralling decider at Croke Park on Sunday.

The Galway ladies' football team will need a victory against Laois next weekend to progress to an All-Ireland quarter-final.

Two Siobhán McGrath goals were not enough for Galway to overcome Cork who reached their fifth straight national final and a third Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-final by 0-15 to 2-6.

All-Ireland Senior champions Galway dominated the 2021 Camogie All-Stars team, with eight players taking home an All-Stars award. And Galway's Aoife Donohue won the Camogie Association/GPA Senior Players’ Player of the Year award.

A newfound ability to react positively to events in a game stood to Galway’s credit when Cork scored that crucial goal late on in Sunday’s All Ireland Senior Camogie Final, captain Sarah Dervan revealed in the aftermath of the county’s fourth senior title this evening.