Senior hurlers facing tricky trip to Tipp

Mon, 3rd July 2017

Galway are the first county to book into the 2017 GAA hurling All-Ireland semi-finals after winning the Leinster title last Sunday and will be joined by Clare or Cork, who meet in the Munster final in Semple Stadium next Sunday.

The losers will join Wexford in the quarter-finals, with the two other quarter-finalists to be decided next Saturday in Round 2 of the All-Ireland qualifiers.

Next weekend’s programme is as follows

SATURDAY

All-Ireland Qualifiers (Round 2)

Dublin v Tipperary, Semple Stadium, Thurles, 5.0

Kilkenny v Waterford, Semple Stadium, Thurles, 7.0

SUNDAY

Munster SH final

Clare v Cork, Semple Stadium, Thurles, 4.0

DUBLIN v TIPPERARY

This will be the 11th championship game between the counties, with Tipperary having won eight to Dublin’s one with one draw from the previous ten.

2017 CHAMPIONSHIP

Galway 2-28 Dublin 1-17 (Leinster quarter-final)

Dublin 2-28 Laois 1-15 (All-Ireland qualifiers)

Cork 2-27 Tipperary 1-26 (Munster quarter-final)

Tipperary 2-18 Westmeath 0-15 (All-Ireland qualifier)

LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASHES

2014: Tipperary 2-23 Dublin 0-16 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

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)

*Dublin are seeking their first championship win over Dublin for 100 years. In what was their only ever success over the Premier county, Dublin represented by Collegians, beat Tipperary, represented by Boherlahan, by 5-4 to 4-2 in the All-Ireland final in Croke Park on 28 October 1917.

*The last championship meeting between the counties was in 2014 when Tipperary won an All-Ireland quarter-final clash by 2-23 to 0-16 in Thurles.

*The counties met in the first round of this year’s Allianz League, when Tipperary won by 1-24 to 1-8 in Croke Park.

CLARE v CORK

They meet in the Munster final for the first time since 1999, when Cork won 1-15 to 0-14 in Thurles and later went on to win the All-Ireland title.

PATHS TO THE FINAL

Cork 2-27 Tipperary 1-26 (Munster quarter-final)

Cork 0-23 Waterford 1-15 (Munster semi-final)

Top Scorers

Conon Lehane.............0-14 (0-4 frees, 0-1 ‘65’)

Patrick Horgan............0-14 (0-7 frees, 0-1 ‘65’)

Shane Kingston...........1-4

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Clare 2-17 Limerick 1-16

Top Scorers

Shane O’Donnell..............2-2

Conor McGrath.................1-3

David Reidy......................0-5 (0-5 frees)

LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASHES

2015: Cork 0-20 Clare 0-17 (All-Ireland qualifier)

2014: Cork 2-23 Clare 2-18 (Munster semi-final)

2013: Clare 5-16 Cork 3-16 (All-Ireland final) Replay

2013: Clare 0-25 Cork 3-16 (All-Ireland final) Draw

2013: Cork 0-23 Clare 0-15 (Munster semi-final)

LAST FIVE MUNSTER FINAL APPEARANCES

CORK

2014: Cork 2-24 Limerick 0-24

2013: Limerick 0-24 Cork 0-15

2010: Waterford 1-16 Cork 1-13 (Replay) After extra-time

2010: Waterford 2-15 Cork 2-15 (Draw)

2006: Cork 2-14 Tipperary 1-14

CLARE

2008: Tipperary 2-21 Clare 0-19

1999: Cork 1-15 Clare 0-14

1998: Clare 2-16 Waterford 0-10 (Replay)

1998: Clare 1-16 Waterford 3-10 (Draw)

1997: Clare 1-18 Tipperary 0-18

LAST FIVE MUNSTER FINAL CLASHES

1999: Cork 1-15 Clare 0-14

1986: Cork 2-18 Clare 3-12

1978: Cork 0-13 Clare 0-11

1977: Cork4-15 Clare 4-10

1972: Cork 6-18 Clare 2-8

*This will be the 54th championship meeting between the counties, with Cork winning 36 to Clare’s 12 and five draws from the previous 53.

*This will be the 13th Munster final between the counties, with Cork having won nine to Clare’s two with one draw. Clare’s last win was in the 1932 final.

*Clare and Cork have met ten times in the championship in the new Millennium. Cork have won eight to Clare’s one (2013 All-Ireland final replay) with one draw (2013 All-Ireland final).

*Cork are seeking their 53rd Munster title while Clare are bidding for their seventh. Cork last won Munster in 2014 while Clare were last successful in 1998.

*The last championship game between the counties was in 2015 when Cork won an All-Ireland qualifier by 0-20 to 0-17 in Semple Stadium.

*The last Munster final to end level was in 2010 (Cork 2-15 Waterford 2-15). Prior to that, the last draw was in 1998 (Clare 1-16 Waterford 3-10).

*Clare last appeared in the Munster final in 2008.

*Cork beat Clare by 0-21 to 1-11 in the first round of this year’s Allianz hurling League (Pairc Ui Rinn, February 11).

KILKENNY v WATERFORD

They met twice in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final with Kilkenny edging to victory in a replay (2-19 to 2-17) in a game where TJ Reid (0-7), Colin Fennelly (2-0) and Richie Hogan (0-4) scored a total of 2-11 for Brian Cody’s men.

This will be the 14th championship meeting between the counties. Kilkenny won ten of the previous 13 to Waterford’s one while there were two draws.

2016: Kilkenny 2-19 Waterford 2-17 (All-Ireland semi-final) Replay

2016: Kilkenny 1-21 Waterford 0-24 (All-Ireland semi-final) Draw

2015: Kilkenny 1-21 Waterford 0-18 (All-Ireland semi-final)

2013: Kilkenny 1-22 Waterford 2-16 after extra-time (Round 3 Qualifiers)

2011: Kilkenny 2-19 Waterford 1-16 (All-Ireland semi-final)

2009: Kilkenny 2-23 Waterford 3-15 (All-Ireland semi-final)

2008: Kilkenny 3-30 Waterford 1-13 (All-Ireland final)

2004: Kilkenny 3-12 Waterford 0-18 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1998: Kilkenny 1-11 Waterford 1-10 (All-Ireland semi-final)

1963: Kilkenny 4-17 Waterford 6-8 (All-Ireland final)

1959: Waterford 3-12 Kilkenny 1-10 (All-Ireland final replay)

1959: Waterford 1-17 Kilkenny 5-5 (All-Ireland final draw)

1957: Kilkenny 4-10 Waterford 3-12 (All-Ireland final)

2017 CHAMPIONSHIP

Wexford 1-20 Kilkenny 3-11 (Leinster semi-final)

Kilkenny 0-20 Limerick 0-17 (All-Ireland qualifier)

Cork 0-23 Waterford 1-15 (Munster semi-final)

Waterford 1-35 Offaly 0-14 (All-Ireland qualifier)

*Waterford’s only championship win over Kilkenny came in the 1959 All-Ireland final replay.

*This will be the ninth time that Brian Cody has managed Kilkenny in a championship clash with Waterford. They have won seven and drawn one of the previous eight.

*The counties met at the same stage of the 2013 All-Ireland qualifiers when it took extra-time to separate them. Kilkenny won by 1-22 to 2-16.

*If Kilkenny lose on Saturday, it will be the first time they failed to reach the All-Ireland quarter finals or semi-finals since the championship system was changed to allow beaten Leinster and Munster finalists re-enter the All-Ireland race in 1997.

*Waterford beat Kilkenny by 1-15 to 0-17 in the first round of this year’s Allianz League. Played in front of a crowd of 8,793, it was Waterford’s first League win over Kilkenny in Nowlan Park since 2004. Pauric Mahony (Waterford) and TJ Reid (Kilkenny) each scored 0-10.

2017 ALL-IRELAND HURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

MUNSTER

May 21: First round: Cork 2-27 Tipperary 1-26, Semple Stadium.

June 4: Semi-final: Clare 3-17 Limerick 2-16, Semple Stadium.

June 18: Semi-final: Cork 0-23 Waterford 1-15, Semple Stadium.

July 9: Final: Clare v Cork, Semple Stadium.

LEINSTER

April 23: Round Robin: Meath 3-20 Kerry 2-17, Pairc Tailteann; Laois 1-23 Westmeath 2-17, O’Moore Park.

April 30: Round Robin: Kerry 0-20 Westmeath 2-12, TEG Cusack Park; Laois 3-25 Meath 2-13, Pairc Tailteann.

May 14: Round Robin: Westmeath 1-18 Meath 0-19, TEG Cusack Park; Laois 2-21 Kerry 3-15, Tralee.

May 27: Quarter-final: Offaly 4-15 Westmeath 1-20, TEG Cusack Park.

May 28: Quarter-finals: Wexford 3-25 Laois 1-17 O’Moore Park; Galway 2-28 Dublin 1-17, Bord na Móna O’Connor Park, Tullamore.

June 10: Semi-final: Wexford 1-20 Kilkenny 3-11, Innovate Wexford Park.

June 18: Semi-final: Galway 0-33 Offaly 1-11, Portlaoise

July 2: Final: Galway 0-29 Wexford 1-17, Croke Park

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

June 25: Preliminary Round Qualifier: Laois 2-14 Carlow 1-16, O’Moore Park.

July 1: Round 1Qualifiers: Kilkenny 0-20 Limerick 0-17, Nowlan Park; Dublin 2-28 Laois 1-15, Parnell Park; Tipperary 2-18 Westmeath 0-15, Semple Stadium; Waterford 1-35 Offaly 0-14, Bord na Móna O’Connor Park, Tullamore.

July 8: Round 2 Qualifiers: Kilkenny v Waterford, Semple Stadium; Dublin v Tipperary, Semple Stadium.

July 23: Quarter-finals: Wexford and Clare or Cork losers v Round 2 Qualifier winners.