Laois were outclassed. A score line of 5–1 to 1-0 gave Clare their very first All-Ireland title. It would be 1995 before the ‘banner men’ won the title for a second time. Laois made amends for their defeat the previous year be qualifying for a second championship decider in 1915. Cork provided the opposition and took a half-time lead of 3–0 to 2-2. A huge downpour resulted in the players donning their overcoats for the second half as Laois launched their comeback. With nine minutes to go Laois scored the winning goal, taking the title by 6–2 to 4–1. It was their first and their only All-Ireland title to date. Cork, on the other hand, had to wait until 2011 for the chance to avenge this defeat, which they did in great style beating Laois by a remarkable 10–20 to 1–13 in the 2011 All Ireland Qualifier 1916 to 1925 – A decade of change book ended by Tipperary In the ten years between 1916 and 1925 no team secured back-to-back All-Ireland titles. In fact, Kilkenny were the last team to achieve this feat in 1913 until Cork did likewise in 1929. In 1916 Tipperary broke back after nearly a decade in the All-Ireland wilderness. Fierce rivals Kilkenny were the opponents in what proved to be a swansong for some of the players from their great team of the previous decade. Both teams were reduced to fourteen players as Tipp trailed by five points; however, they came storming back to win by 5–4 to 3–2. Tipperary reached the championship decider again in 1917, this time with Dublin providing the opposition. The metropolitans, a team which contained some players who hailed from Tipperary, gave the reigning champions a lesson in hurling. Joe Phelan scored a hat trick of goals to give Dublin a 5–4 to 4–2 victory and their first All-Ireland title of the twentieth century. 1918 saw two new teams come through the provincial series as Limerick and Wexford did battle in the All-Ireland final. Limerick were completely on top for the entire game at had a comfortable 5–4 to 0–2 lead at the interval. Willie Gleeson scored a hat trick as Limerick romped to a huge 9–5 to 1–3 victory. Like Dublin the year before, this was Limerick's first All-Ireland title of the twentieth century. In 1919 the Cork and Dublin did battle for the championship. From a Cork