Dubs and Tipp to meet for tenth time in SHC action

Tue, 22nd July 2014

Kilkenny and Cork will discover next Sunday who their opponents will be in the GAA hurling All-Ireland senior championship semi-finals when Semple Stadium, Thurles stages the two quarter-finals.

The double-header features Limerick v Wexford at 2.0, followed at 4.0 by Dublin v Tipperary.

DUBLIN v TIPPERARY

This will be the 10th championship clash between them, with Tipperary having won seven to Dublin’s one while there was one draw from their previous nine meetings. Their most recent tie was in the 2011 All-Ireland semi-final when Tipperary won by 1-19 to 0-18. Dublin’s only win over Tipperary was in the 1917 All-Ireland final.

They clashed in Thurles in the final round of group games in this year’s Allianz League, a game Tipperary won by 1-19 to 0-19 in late March. Dublin led by 0-10 to 0-9 at half-time and by four points early in the third quarter before a goal from Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher in the 42nd minute launched a Tipperary revival. It was level after 50 minutes but Tipperary out-scored Dublin by 0-7 to 0-4 from there on.

Paths to the quarter-final

Dublin 0-22 Wexford 1-14 (Leinster semi-final)

Kilkenny 0-24 Dublin 1-9 (Leinster final)

Dublin scorers

Alan McCrabbe........0-12 (0-9 frees)

Conal Keaney............0-6 (0-1penalty)

Colm Cronin.............1-2

Paul Ryan...................0-4

Michael Carton..........0-2

David O’Callaghan....0-1

Danny Sutcliffe...........0-1

Conor McCormack....0-1

Joey Boland...............0-1

David Treacy.............0-1

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Limerick 2-18 Tipperary 2-16 (Munster semi-final)

Tipperary 3-25 Galway 4-13 (All-Ireland qualifier)

Tipperary 5-25 Offaly 1-20 (All-Ireland qualifier)

Tipperary scorers

Seamus Callanan....... 5-23 (0-17 frees)

John O’Dwyer........... 0-12

Lar Corbett.............. 2-5

Patrick Maher........... 2-2

Noel McGrath......... 0-7

Kieran Bergin.......... 0-5

Gearoid Ryan............1-2

Denis Maher............ 0-3

James Woodlock... ..0-2

Niall O’Meara..........0-1

Shane McGrath.........0-1

Eoin Kelly................. 0-1

Jason Forde..............0-1

Thomas Stapleton ....0-1

Last Five Championship Clashes

2011: Tipperary 1-19 Dublin 0-18 (All-Ireland semi-final)

2007: Tipperary 1-20 Dublin 1-11 (All-Ireland qualifier)

1961: Tipperary 0-16 Dublin 1-12 (All-Ireland final)

1930: Tipperary 2-7 Dublin 1-3 (All-Ireland final)

1917: Dublin 5-4 Tipperary 4-2 (All-Ireland final)

Previous All-Ireland quarter-finals

Dublin

2009: Limerick 2-18 Dublin 1-17

2011: Dublin 3-13 Limerick 0-18

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2010: Tipperary 3-17 Galway 3-16

2007: Wexford 3-10 Tipperary 1-14

2005: Galway 2-20 Tipperary 2-18

2003: Tipperary 2-16 Offaly 2-11

2002: Tipperary 1-25 Antrim 2-12

2000: Galway 1-14 Tipperary 0-15

1997: Tipperary 3-24 Down 3-8

Played 7, Won 4, Lost 3

LIMERICK v WEXFORD

They meet for the first time in the All-Ireland quarter-final since 2001 when a late goal from a free by Wexford goalkeeper, Damien Fitzhenry gave his side a dramatic victory one point win in Croke Park (4-10 to 2-15). Limerick won the last two championship clashes (All-Ireland qualifiers) with Wexford in 2009 and 2011.

Wexford last appeared in the quarter-final in 2008 when they lost by a point to Waterford while Limerick’s last appearance was in 2012 when they lost by nine points to Kilkenny.

Wexford have had a much busier campaign than Limerick in this year’s championship, having already played five games in Leinster and the All-Ireland qualifiers while Limerick had two games in the Munster championship.

The counties clashed in this year’s Allianz Hurling League (Division 1B), with Limerick winning by 1-14 to 2-8 in the Gaelic Grounds in March. Limerick led by six points after 20 minutes and by four points at half-time but Wexford were back level after 46 minutes before the home side pressed on for a three-point win.

Paths to the quarter-final

Limerick 2-18 Tipperary 2-16 (Munster semi-final)

Cork 2-24 Limerick 0-24 (Munster final)

Limerick scorers

Shane Dowling...........2-21 (1-18 frees)

Donal O’Grady...........0-4

Graeme Mulcahy.........0-4

Kevin Downes.............0-3

Paul Browne................0-2

Declan Hannon............0-2

Seamus Hickey.............0-1

Thomas Ryan..............0-1

James Ryan..................0-1

Paudie O’Brien............0-1

David Breen................0-1

Wayne McNamara.....0-1

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Wexford 5-19 Antrim 0-21 (Leinster quarter-final)

Dublin 0-22 Wexford 1-14 (Leinster semi-final)

Wexford 2-25 Clare 2-25 after extra-time (All-Ireland qualifier Round 1)

Wexford 2-25 Clare 2-22 after extra-time (All-Ireland qualifier Round 1) Replay

Wexford 3-15 Waterford 2-15 (All-Ireland qualifier Round 2)

Wexford scorers

Paul Morris...................1-36 (0-21 frees, 0-2 ‘65s)

Ciaran McDonald.........5-8

Liam Og McGovern.....2-10

Jack Guiney...................0-13 (0-8 frees)

Rory Jacob.....................2-4

Podge Doran..............1-6

Lee Chin.....................0-7 (0-1 free)

David Redmond..........1-3

Ian Byrne...................0-4

Diarmuid O’Keeffe....0-4

Harry Kehoe................1-0

Liam Ryan.................0-1

Eoin Moore................0-1 (0-1 free)

Andrew Shore.............0-1

Last Five Championship Clashes

2011: Limerick 1-22 Wexford 2-13 (All-Ireland qualifier)

2009: Limerick 1-13 Wexford 0-14 (All-Ireland qualifier)

2001: Wexford 4-10 Limerick 2-15 (2001 All-Ireland quarter-final)

1996: Wexford 1-13 Limerick 0-14 (All-Ireland final)

1955: Wexford 2-12 Limerick 2-3 (All-Ireland semi-final)

Previous All-Ireland quarter-finals

Limerick

2012: Kilkenny 4-16 Limerick 1-16

2011: Dublin 3-13 Limerick 0-18

2009: Limerick 2-18 Dublin 1-17

2007: Limerick 1-23 Clare 1-16

2006: Cork 0-19 Limerick 0-18

2005: Kilkenny 0-18 Limerick 0-13

2001: Wexford 4-10 Limerick 2-15

Played 7, Won 2, Lost 5

Wexford

2001: Wexford 4-10 Limerick 2-15

2003: Wexford 2-15 Antrim 2-12

2007: Wexford 3-10 Tipperary 1-14

2008: Waterford 2-19 Wexford 3-17

Played 4, Won 3, Lost 1

GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014

LEINSTER

Group Qualifiers: April 27: London 2-17 Carlow 2-17; Antrim 0-23 Westmeath 2-11; May 4: Antrim 2-18 Carlow 1-17 Laois 1-15 Westmeath 1-9; May 11: Laois 1-22 Carlow 0-14; Antrim 1-17 London 2-7; May 18: Carlow 0-14 Westmeath 1-9; Laois 2-13 London 0-16; May 25: Antrim 0-22 Laois 0-20; Westmeath 2-12 Laois 1-12.

Quarter-finals: June 1: Wexford 5-19 Antrim 0-21; Galway 1-22 Laois 0-23; June 7: Kilkenny 5-32 Offaly 1-18, Nowlan Park.

Semi-finals: June 14: Dublin 0-22 Wexford 1-14, Wexford Park; June 22: Galway 5-16 Kilkenny 3-22, Tullamore; June 28: Replay: Kilkenny 3-19 Galway 1-17, Tullamore.

Final: July 6: 0-24 Dublin 1-9, Croke Park.

MUNSTER

Quarter-final: May 25: Cork 1-21 Waterford 1-21; June 8 (replay): Cork 0-28 Waterford 0-14, Thurles.

Semi-finals: June 1: Limerick 2-18 Tipperary 2-16, Thurles; June 15: Cork 2-23 Clare 2-18, Semple Stadium.

Final: July 13: Cork 2-24 Limerick 0-24, Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

ALL-IRELAND QUALIFIERS

Round 1: June 28: Waterford 2-22 Laois 1-15, Walsh Park; June 29: Offaly 2-19 Antrim 1-20, Ballycastle.

July 5: Clare 2-25 Wexford 2-25 (after extra-time), Ennis; Tipperary 3-25 Galway 4-13, Thurles.

July 12: Replay: Wexford 2-25 Clare 2-22, Wexford Park.

Round 2: July 12: Tipperary 5-25 Offaly 1-20, Portlaoise; July 19: Wexford 3-15 Waterford 2-15, Nowlan Park.

ALL-IRELAND QUARTER-FINALS

July 27: Dublin v Tipperary, Thurles; Limerick v Wexford. Thurles.

ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS

August 10: Kilkenny v quarter-final winners, Croke Park.

August 17: Cork v quarter-finals winners, Croke Park.

ALL-IRELAND FINAL

September 7, Croke Park.

TWELVE REMAIN IN CONTENTION FOR SAM MAGUIRE CUP

Twelve counties remain in the race for the 2014 GAA football All-Ireland senior championship, providing eleven knock-out games over the next two months.

Donegal, Dublin, Kerry and Mayo are through to the All-Ireland quarter-finals as provincial winners and will be joined in the last eight by the winners of Galway v Tipperary, Cork v Sligo, Armagh v Meath and Kildare v Monaghan.

The Cork v Sligo and Galway v Tipperary games will take place in Tullamore next Saturday (5pm & 7pm respectively), followed on Saturday week by Meath v Armagh and Kildare v Monaghan in Croke Park at 5pm and 7pm respectively.

Dublin, Kerry and Mayo all retained their respective provincial titles while Monaghan, last year’s Ulster winners, were replaced by Donegal, who also won the titles in 2011-12.

GALWAY v TIPPERARY

Having gone over 100 years without meeting the championship, they clash for a second successive year. Galway won a Round 1 qualifier tie by 1-12 to 0-11 in Pearse Stadium last year. Galway beat London and Sligo in this year’s Connacht semi-final before being well beaten by Mayo in the final.

Galway are bidding to reach the All-Ireland quarter-finals for the first time since 2008.

Tipperary will be having their fifth championship outing of the year, having beaten Limerick, Longford and Laois while losing to Cork. They are bidding to reach the All-Ireland quarter-final for the first time.

2014 Championship

Galway 3-17 London 0-7 (Connacht quarter-final)

Galway 0-16 Sligo 0-11 (Connacht semi-final)

Mayo 3-14 Galway 0-16 (Connacht final

Tipperary 2-14 Limerick 1-11 (Munster quarter-final)

Cork 0-16 Tipperary 1-11 (Munster semi-final)

Tipperary 2-17 Longford 0-16 (All-Ireland qualifier Round 2)

Tipperary 3-17 Laois 4-9 (All-Ireland qualifier Round 3)

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How they have fared in Round 4

This will be Galway’s sixth game in the final qualifying round. They won their first in 2001 but have

since lost four times. Tipperary have lost their previous two Round 4 games.

Galway

2001: Galway 1-14 Cork 1-10

2006: Westmeath 1-8 Galway 0-10

2007: Meath 2-14 Galway 1-14*

2008: Donegal 0-14 Galway 0-13*

2013: Cork 1-17 Galway 1-16

*Division 4 teams were excluded from the qualifiers so there were only three rounds. Results in 2007

and 2007 are for Round 3, which was the last qualifying round.

Tipperary

2002: Mayo 0-21 Tipperary 1-14

2012: Down 1-13 Tipperary 0-11

CORK V SLIGO

They meet for the third time in the championship, with Cork having won the previous two clashes in 2005 and 2007. Cork won a Round 4 qualifier tie by 3-13 to 0-11 in Portlaoise in 2005 and the 2007 All-Ireland quarter-final by 1-11 to 0-8 in Croke Park

Cork are bidding to reach the All-Ireland quarter-finals for the 11th time while Sligo are chasing a

third appearance in the last eight.

2014 Championship

Cork 0-16 Tipperary 1-11 (Munster semi-final)

Kerry 0-24 Cork 0-12 (Munster final)

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Galway 0-16 Sligo 0-11 (Connacht semi-final)

Sligo 0-12 Wicklow 0-10 (All-Ireland qualifier Round 2)

Sligo 0-12 Limerick 0-10 (All-Ireland qualifier Round 3)

How they have fared in Round 4

Cork

Cork have lost only once in the final qualifying round, going down to Galway in 2001. Since then, they have won five times. Sligo have won one and lost four of five last round qualifiers.

2001: Galway 1-14 Cork 1-10

2005: Cork 3-13 Sligo 0-11

2007: Cork 0-16 Louth 0-14*

2010: Cork 0-16 Limerick 1-11 (after extra-time)

2011: Cork 2-20 Down 0-14

2013: Cork 1-17 Galway 1-16

*Division 4 teams were excluded from the qualifiers so there were only three rounds. Result in 2007 is for Round 3, which was the last qualifying round.

Sligo

2001: Dublin 3-17 Sligo 0-12

2002: Sligo 1-14 Tyrone 0-12

2005: Cork 3-13 Sligo 0-11

2010: Down 3-20 Sligo 0-10

2012: Kildare 0-13 Sligo 0-4

GAA FOOTBALL ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014

CONNACHT

Quarter-finals: May 4: Mayo 4-18 New York 0-8, Gaelic Park; May 18: Roscommon 1-18 Leitrim 0-13, Dr. Hyde Park; May 25: Galway 3-17 London 0-7, Ruislip.

Semi-finals: June 8: Mayo 0-13 Roscommon 1-9, Dr. Hyde Park; June 21: Galway 0-16 Sligo 0-11, Markievicz Park.

Final: July 13: Mayo 3-14 Galway 0-16, Castlebar.

LEINSTER

1st round: May 17: Louth 1-14 Westmeath 1-9, Cusack Park; May 18: Longford 0-19 Offaly 0-15, Glennon Brothers, Pearse Park; Laois 0-21 Wicklow 1-11, Aughrim.

Quarter-finals: June 7: Wexford 1-15 Longford 1-13, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park; June 8: Kildare 1-22 Louth 1-7, Croke Park; Dublin 2-21 Laois 0-16, Croke Park; June 15: Meath 7-13 Carlow 0-6, Dr. Cullen Park.

Semi-finals: June 29: Dublin2-25 Wexford 1-12, Croke Park; Meath 2-16 Kildare 0-17, Croke Park.

Final: July 20: Dublin 3-20 Meath 1-10, Croke Park.

MUNSTER

Quarter-finals: May 31: Tipperary 2-14 Limerick 1-11 Gaelic Grounds; June 7: Clare 2-8 Waterford 2-8, Ennis; June 14: Clare 3-11 Waterford 0-12, Fraher Field (replay).

Semi-finals: June 21: Cork 0-16 Tipperary 1-11, Pairc Ui Chaoimh; June 22: Kerry 1-17 Clare 1-13, Ennis.

Final: July 6: Kerry 0-24 Cork 0-12 Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

ULSTER

1st round: May 18: Tyrone 2-11 Down 3-8, Omagh; May 24: Tyrone 3-11 Down 0-12 (replay), Newry

Quarter-finals: May 25: Donegal 1-11 Derry 0-11, Celtic Park; June 1: Antrim 2-18 Fermanagh 3-13, Brewster Park; June 8: Armagh 1-12 Cavan 0-9, Athletic Grounds; June 15: Monaghan 1-12 Tyrone 0-14, Clones.

Semi-finals: June 22: Donegal 3-16 Antrim 0-12, Clones; June 28: Monaghan 0-14 Armagh 0-14, Clones; July 6: Monaghan 1-18 Armagh 1-13, Clones.

July 20: Final: Donegal 0-15 Monaghan 1-9, Clones.

ALL-IRELAND QUALIFIERS

Round 1: June 21: 1A: Limerick 1-16 London 1-13, Gaelic Grounds; Longford 2-16 Derry 2-14, Celtic Park; Laois1-19 Fermanagh 2-15, Portlaoise; Wicklow 3-12 Offaly 0-17, Aughrim; June 28: IB: Cavan 1-15 Westmeath 1-14, Kingspan Breffni Park; Tyrone 2-21 Louth 0-10; Omagh; Carlow 0-17 Waterford 1-13, Dr. Cullen Park; June 29: Down 4-18 Leitrim 0-9, Newry.

Round 2: July 5: 2A: Tipperary 2-17 Longford 0-6, Thurles; Sligo 0-12 Wicklow 0-10, Aughrim; Limerick 3-11Antrim 0-15, Gaelic Grounds; July 6: Laois 0-18 Wexford 0-17, Wexford Park.

July 12: 2B: Roscommon 0-16 Cavan 0-5, Kingspan Breffni Park; 3A: Sligo 0-12 Limerick 0-10, Markievicz Park; Tipperary 3-17 Laois 4-9, Portlaoise.

July 13: 2B: Kildare 1-18 Down 0-11, Newry; Clare 4-26 Carlow 2-13, Dr. Cullen Park; Armagh 0-13 Tyrone 0-10, Omagh.

July 19: 3B: Armagh 1-17 Roscommon 1-12, Dr. Hyde Park; Kildare 0-13 Clare 0-12, Ennis.

Round 4: July 26: 4A: Galway v Tipperary, Tullamore; Cork v Sligo, Tullamore

August 2: 4B: Armagh v Meath, Croke Park; Monaghan v Kildare, Croke Park.

ALL-IRELAND QUARTER-FINALS

August 3: Kerry v 4A qualifiers; Mayo v 4A qualifiers; August 9: Dublin v 4B Qualifiers.

Donegal v 4B Qualifiers.

ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS

August 24: Connacht (or qualifier) v Munster (or qualifier), Croke Park.

August 31: Leinster (or qualifier) v Munster (or qualifier), Croke Park.

ALL-IRELAND FINAL