5 DAYS TO G0
Sunday 17th July
2022 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Páirc an Chrócaigh
At 3.30pm.
Cill Chainnigh v Luimneach
Referee: Colm Lyons (Corcaigh) (E.T. if Necessary)
Note: If level after extra time, the game will go to a replay, which will be played on Saturday 30th of July
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WHO WILL IT BE – KILKENNY OR LIMERICK?
Thirteen weeks and 33 games later, the 2022 GAA hurling All-Ireland championship has reached the final where Kilkenny take on Limerick in Croke Park on Sunday (3.30), with Colm Lyons (Cork) as referee in what will be his first time taking charge of the biggest game of the year.
Kilkenny are bidding for their 37th All-Ireland title while Limerick are seeking their 11th and their first three-in-a-row. Limerick are unbeaten in their six championship games to date (five wins and a draw), while Kilkenny have won five and lost two of their seven games. The defeats were against Galway and Wexford in the Leinster ‘round robin._
PATHS TO THE FINAL –
KILKENNY
Kilkenny 5-23 Westmeath 1-19 (Leinster SHC)
Kilkenny 2-34 Laois 1-14 (Leinster SHC)
Galway 1-24 Kilkenny 3-17 (Leinster SHC)
Kilkenny 3-25 Dublin 0-17 (Leinster SHC)
Wexford 1-22 Kilkenny 1-18 (Leinster SHC)
Kilkenny 0-22 Galway 0-17 (Leinster final)
Kilkenny 2-26 Clare 0-20 (All-Ireland semi-final)
Played 7, Won 5, Lost 2.
TOP SCORERS –
KILKENNY
TJ Reid…………………2-56 (0-42 frees, 0-3 ‘65s’)
Adrian Mullen…………..0-25
Eoin Cody……………….2-14
Martin Keoghan………. .4-03
Austin Murphy……….. . 0-15 (0-10 frees)
PATHS TO THE FINAL –
LIMERICK
Limerick 2-25 Cork 1-17 (Munster SHC)
Limerick 0-30 Waterford 2-21 (Munster SHC)
Limerick 3-21 Tipperary 0-23 (Munster SHC)
Limerick 1-21 Clare 0-24 (Munster SHC) Limerick 1-29 Clare 0-29 aet (Munster final)
Limerick 0-27 Galway 1-21 (All-Ireland semi-final)
Played 6, Won 5, Drew 1.
TOP SCORERS –
LIMERICK
Aaron Gillane…………..3-40 (0-22 frees)
Diarmaid Byrnes………0-31 (0-24 frees, 0-2 ‘65s’)
Gearóid Hegarty………1-11
Tom Morrissey………0-12
Seamus Flanagan…….0-11
David Reidy……………..0-11 (0-4 frees)
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