History beckons in glamour final
August 31, 2010The answer will emerge in Croke Park on Sunday when Kilkenny and Tipperary line up in an eagerly-awaited hurling final (3.30pm). It will be preceded by the ESB GAA Hurling Minor All-Ireland Championship Final between Clare and Kilkenny at 1.15pm. Michael Wadding (Waterford) will referee the Senior final while Anthony Stapleton (Laois) will be in charge of the Minor final.
Kilkenny are bidding for their 22nd successive championship win and haven't lost a game since going down to Galway in the 2005 All-Ireland semi-final. Since then they have beaten the following: Wexford (4); Galway (4); Cork (3); Dublin (2); Offaly (2); Waterford (2); Tipperary (1), Westmeath (1); Limerick (1), Clare (1).
Last year, they became the first county since Cork in 1941-42-43-44 to win the four in a row and are now bidding for their 33rd title. Tipperary, who lost to Kilkenny by five points last year, are seeking their first All-Ireland title since 2001 and their 26th in all.
Paths to the final
Kilkenny
Kilkenny 4-19 Dublin 0-12 (Leinster semi-final)
Kilkenny 1-19 Galway 1-12 (Leinster final)
Kilkenny 3-22 Cork 0-19 (All-Ireland semi-final)
Average For: 2-22 Average Against: 0-16
Kilkenny Scorers
Henry Shefflin......................1-21 (0-14 frees, 0-2 '65s)
Richie Power.........................2-11 (0-6 frees)
Aidan Fogarty.......................3-3
Eddie Brennan......................2-3
TJ Reid...................................0-6
Michael Rice..........................0-4
Martin Comerford................0-3
Michael Fennelly...................0-2
James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick.......0-2
Richie Hogan.........................0-2
Eoin Larkin...........................0-2
T Walsh.................................0-1
Tipperary
Cork 3-15 Tipperary 0-14 (Munster quarter-final)
Tipperary 3-24 Wexford 0-19 (Qualifier Round 1)
Tipperary 0-21 Offaly 1-12 (Qualifier Round 3)
Tipperary 3-17 Galway 3-16 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Tipperary 3-19 Waterford 1-18 (All-Ireland semi-final)
Average For: 2-19 Average Against: 2-15
Tipperary scorers
Eoin Kelly....................3-36 (0-25 frees, 0-5 '65s')
Lar Corbett.................3-11
Ger Ryan.....................1-9
Noel McGrath.............0-12 (0-2 frees, 0-1 '65')
John O'Brien...............0-9
Seamus Callanan........1-2
Brendan Maher...........0-5
David Young................0-4
Darragh Egan..............1-0
Patrick Maher.............0-3
Shane McGrath...........0-2
Timmy Hammersley...0-1
Conor O'Mahony.......0-1
Last Championship Clash....
Kilkenny 2-22 Tipperary 0-23 (2009 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final)
Kilkenny: PJ Ryan; Michael Kavanagh, JJ Delaney, Jackie Tyrrell (0-1); Tommy Walsh (0-1), Brian Hogan, John Tennyson; Derek Lyng (0-1), Michael Rice; Eddie Brennan (0-3), Eoin Larkin (0-3), Richie Power (0-1); Richie Hogan (0-2), Henry Shefflin (1-8), Aidan Fogarty. Subs: TJ Reid (0-1) for Fogarty; Michael Fennelly (0-1) for Lyng; Martin Comerford (1-0) for Richie Hogan.
Tipperary: Brendan Cummins; Paddy Stapleton, Padraic Maher, Paul Curran; Declan Fanning, Conor O'Mahony, Brendan Maher; James Woodlock, Shane McGrath (0-1); Pat Kerwick, Lar Corbett (0-4), John O'Brien; Eoin Kelly (0-13), Seamus Callanan (0-3), Noel McGrath (0-2). Subs: Benny Dunne for O'Brien; Willie Ryan for Kerwick; Micheal Webster for Woodlock.
Last Competitive Clash....
Tipperary 1-14 Kilkenny 0-13 (Allianz GAA Hurling National League, 7 March
2010, Thurles)
Tipperary: B Cummins; B Maher, P Maher, P Curran; D Fanning, C O'Mahony, S Maher; T Stapleton, S McGrath (0-2); N McGrath (0-1), B Dunne, J O'Brien (0-1); E Kelly (1-7), M Webster, L Corbett (0-2). Subs: H Maloney for Dunne, J Brennan (0-1) for Stapleton, S Callanan for O'Brien, P Kelly for Webster.
Kilkenny: PJ Ryan; C Hickey, B Hogan, J Dalton; T Walsh (0-1), J Tyrrell (0-1), JJ Delaney; PJ Delaney (0-1), J Tennyson (0-2); J Mulhall (0-3), M Rice (0-1), W O'Dwyer; R Hogan (0-3), E Larkin (0-1), A Fogarty. Subs: M Grace for Rice, P Hogan for R Hogan.
Previous Kilkenny-Tipperary All-Ireland final clashes
2009: Kilkenny 2-22 Tipperary 0-23
1991: Tipperary 1-16 Kilkenny 0-15
1971: Tipperary 5-17 Kilkenny 5-14
1967: Kilkenny 3-8 Tipperary 2-7
1964: Tipperary 5-13 Kilkenny 2-8
1950: Tipperary 1-9 Kilkenny 1-8
1945: Tipperary 5-6 Kilkenny 3-6
1937: Tipperary 3-11 Kilkenny 0-3
1922: Kilkenny 4-2 Tipperary 2-6
1916: Tipperary 5-4 Kilkenny 3-2
1913: Kilkenny 2-4 Tipperary 1-2
1911: Kilkenny 3-3 Tipperary 2-1*
1909: Kilkenny 4-6 Tipperary 0-12
1898: Tipperary 7-13 Kilkenny 3-10
1895: Tipperary 6-8 Kilkenny 1-0
*Munster champions, Limerick refused to play Kilkenny in the final due to a
dispute over the venue. Kilkenny were awarded the title. Tipperary were
nominated to replace Limerick and lost to Kilkenny in a substitute final.
ALL-IRELAND HONOURS TABLE
32: KILKENNY (1904-1905-1907-1909-1911-1912-1913-1922-1932-1933-
1935-1939-1947-1957-1963-1967-1969-1972-1974-1975-1979-1982-1983-
1992-1993-2000-2002-2003-2006-2007-2008-2009).
30: Cork (1890-1892-1893-1894-1902-1903-1919-1926-1928-1929-1931-
1941-1942-1943-1944-1946-1952-1953-1954-1966-1970-1976-1977-1978-
1984-1986-1990-1999-2004-2005).
25: TIPPERARY (1887-1895-1896-1898-1899-1900-1906-1908-1916-1925-
1930-1937-1945-1949-1950-1951-1958-1961-962-1964-1965-1971-1989-
1991-2001).
7: Limerick (1897-1918-1921-1934-1936-1940-1973).
6: Dublin (1889-1917-1920-1924-1927-1938).
6: Wexford (1910-1955-1956-1960-1968-1996)
4: Galway (1923-1980-1987-1988)
4: Offaly (1981-1985-1994-1998)
3: Clare (1914-1995-1997)
2: Waterford (1948-1959)
1: Kerry (1891)
1: Laois (1915)
1: London (1901)
HOW KILKENNY WON THEIR 32 ALL-IRELAND TITLES
1904 - Kilkenny 1-9 Cork 1-8
1905 - Kilkenny 7-7 Cork 2-9
1907 - Kilkenny 3-12 Cork 4-8
1909 - Kilkenny 4-6 Tipperary 0-12
1911 - Kilkenny 3-3 Tipperary 2-1
1912 - Kilkenny 2-1 Cork 1-3
1913 - Kilkenny 2-4 Tipperary 1-2
1922 - Kilkenny 4-2 Tipperary 2-6
1932 - Kilkenny 3-3 Clare 2-3
1933 - Kilkenny 1-7 Limerick 0-6
1935 - Kilkenny 2-5 Limerick 2-4
1939 - Kilkenny 2-7 Cork 3-3
1947 - Kilkenny 0-14 Cork 2-7
1957 - Kilkenny 4-10 Waterford 3-12
1963 - Kilkenny 4-17 Waterford 6-8
1967 - Kilkenny 3-8 Tipperary 2-7
1969 - Kilkenny 2-15 Cork 2-9
1972 - Kilkenny 3-24 Cork 5-11
1974 - Kilkenny 3-19 Limerick 1-13
1975 - Kilkenny 2-22 Galway 2-10
1979 - Kilkenny 2-12 Galway 1-8
1982 - Kilkenny 3-18 Cork 1-13
1983 - Kilkenny 2-14 Cork 2-12
1992 - Kilkenny 3-10 Cork 1-12
1993 - Kilkenny 2-17 Galway 1-15
2000 - Kilkenny 5-15 Offaly 1-14
2002 - Kilkenny 2-20 Clare 0-19
2003 - Kilkenny 1-14 Cork 1-11
2006 - Kilkenny 1-16 Cork 1-13
2007 - Kilkenny 2-19 Limerick 1-15
2008 - Kilkenny 3-30 Waterford 1-13
2009 - Kilkenny 2-22 Tipperary 0-23
HOW TIPPERARY WON THEIR 25 ALL-IRELAND TITLES
1887 - Tipperary 1-1 Galway 0-0
1895 - Tipperary 6-8 Kilkenny 1-0
1896 - Tipperary 8-14 Dublin 0-4
1898 - Tipperary 7-13 Kilkenny 3-10
1899 - Tipperary 3-12 Wexford 1-4
1900 - Tipperary 2-5 London 0-6
1906 - Tipperary 3-16 Dublin 3-8
1908 - Tipperary 3-15 Dublin 1-5 (replay)
1908 - Tipperary 2-5 Dublin 1-8 (draw)
1916 - Tipperary 5-4 Kilkenny 3-2
1925 - Tipperary 5-6 Galway 1-5
1930 - Tipperary 2-7 Dublin 1-3
1937 - Tipperary 3-11 Kilkenny 0-3
1945 - Tipperary 5-6 Kilkenny 3-6
1949 - Tipperary 3-11 Laois 0-3
1950 - Tipperary 1-9 Kilkenny 1-8
1951 - Tipperary 7-7 Wexford 3-9
1958 - Tipperary 4-9 Galway 2-5
1961 - Tipperary 0-16 Dublin 1-12
1962 - Tipperary 3-10 Wexford 2-11
1964 - Tipperary 5-13 Kilkenny 2-8
1965 - Tipperary 2-16 Wexford 0-10
1971 - Tipperary 5-17 Kilkenny 5-14
1989 - Tipperary 4-24 Antrim 3-9
1991 - Tipperary 1-16 Kilkenny 0-15
2001 - Tipperary 2-18 Galway 2-15
Five-in-a-row….never previously achieved
Three counties, Wexford, Cork and Kerry have attempted to win the five in a row without success in hurling and football. Wexford footballers won the football title in 1915-16-17-18 but lost the 1919 Leinster semi-final to Dublin. Cork hurlers were seeking a fifth successive title in 1945 but were beaten by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final. Kerry footballers have twice tried to win the five in a row. In 1933, they won the Munster title but lost the All-Ireland semifinal to Kerry. In 1982, they were again on the five-in-a-row trail but lost the All- Ireland final to Offaly for whom Seamus Darby scored a late match-winning goal.
ESB GAA Hurling Minor All-Ireland Championship Final
Kilkenny and Clare will open the proceedings in Croke Park on Sunday when they clash in the minor hurling final at 1.15. Kilkenny will be bidding to extend their lead at the top of the honours table by winning the title for the 20th time while Clare will be bidding to win the crown for only the second time, having previously won in 1997
Paths to the final
Clare
Waterford 1-21 Clare 0-16
Clare 1-21 Kerry 2-7
Clare 0-17 Tipperary 1-13
Clare 1-17 Limerick 2-12
Clare 1-16 Waterford 1-11 (Munster final)
Clare 0-20 Dublin 2-13 (All-Ireland semi-final)
Kilkenny
Kilkenny 2-13 Dublin 0-9
Kilkenny 2-22 Offaly 1-13
Kilkenny 1-20 Dublin 0-10 (Leinster final)
Kilkenny 5-19 Galway 0-15 (All-Ireland semi-final)
All-Ireland Minor Hurling - Roll of Honour
19 - KILKENNY (1931-35-36-50-60-61-62-72-73-75-77-81-88-90-91-93-2002-2003-2008)
18 - Cork (1928-37-38-39-41-51-64-67-69-70-71-74-78-79-85-95-98-2001)
18 - Tipperary (1930-32-33-34-47-49-52-53-55-56-57-59-76-80-82-96-2006-2007)
8 - Galway (1983-92-94-99-2000-2004-2005-2009)
4 - Dublin (1945-46-54-65)
3 - Wexford (1963-66-68)
3 - Limerick (1940-58-84)
3 - Offaly (1986-87-89)
2 - Waterford (1929-48)
1 - CLARE (1997)
GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
Leinster
May 22: First round: Laois 1-13 Carlow 0-10, Portlaoise.
May 29: Quarter-final: Galway 2-22 Wexford 1-14, Nowlan Park.
May 30: Quarter-final: Offaly 2-26 Antrim 3-16 (After extra-time), Parnell Park.
June 6: Quarter-final: Dublin 0-25 Laois 0-16, Nowlan Park.
June 20: Semi-finals: Kilkenny 4-19 Dublin 0-12; Galway 2-19 Offaly 3-16,
Croke Park.
June 26: Semi-final replay: Galway 3-17 Offaly 2-18 Portlaoise.
July 4: Final: Kilkenny 1-19 Galway 1-12, Croke Park.
Munster
May 30: First round: Cork 3-15 Tipperary 0-14, Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
June 7: Semi-final: Waterford 0-22 Clare 1-15, Thurles.
June 20: Semi-final: Cork 2-19 Limerick 0-12, Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
July 11: Final: Cork 2-15 Waterford 2-15, Thurles.
July 17: Replay: Waterford 1-16 Cork 1-13, Thurles (After extra-time)
Ulster
May 8: Monaghan 1-15 Fermanagh 2-10, Enniskillen; Armagh 3-23 Donegal 1-12, Letterkenny; Tyrone 6-24 Cavan 1-14, Omagh.
May 15: London 3-16 Monaghan 1-15, Casement Park; Armagh 3-20 Tyrone 2-9, Casement Park.
May 29: Quarter-finals: Down 4-24 Armagh 0-9, Casement Park; London 2-12
Derry 0-15, Casement Park.
June 13: Semi-final. Down v London - Not played
June 27: Final: Antrim 4-22 Down 1-12, Casement Park.
All-Ireland Senior Championship
June 26: All-Ireland qualifier - preliminary round: Carlow 1-19 Laois 3-12, Dr. Cullen Park.
July 3: Qualifiers - Phase 1: Antrim 2-18 Carlow 3-12, Casement Park;
Tipperary 3-24 Wexford 0-19, Thurles.
July 10: Qualifiers - Phase 2: Offaly 1-19 Limerick 1-13, Tullamore; Dublin 2-22 Clare 0-15, Croke Park.
July 17: Qualifiers - Phase 3: Antrim 1-17 Dublin 0-19, Croke Park
July 18: Qualifiers - Phase 3: Tipperary 0-21 Offaly 1-12, Portlaoise.
July 25: All-Ireland quarter-finals: Tipperary 3-17 Galway 3-16, Croke Park; Cork 1-25 Antrim 0-19, Croke Park.
August 8: Semi-final: Kilkenny 3-22 Cork 0-19 Cork, Croke Park.
August 15: Semi-final: Tipperary 3-19 Waterford 1-18, Croke Park.
Next Sunday: Final: Kilkenny v Tipperary, Croke Park.
September 26: Replay if required. Tweet
