The teams were level on six occasions during the final. Cork’s superior fitness won them the final, with a late quartet of points.
Fiona O'Driscoll contributed a personal total of 2-5. Tipperary did not have a single wide during the hour. Cork had five, four of them in the first half. Tipperary reversed the result in the All-Ireland final, the third time they had done so in a four-year period. ==Division 2==