WHO WILL BOOK PLACES IN ALL-IRELAND HURLING FINAL?
It’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final weekend in what are crossover
pairings from the provincial finals.
Leinster winners, Kilkenny take on Munster runners-up, Clare in
Croke Park on Saturday (5.30), and that is followed by Munster
winners, Limerick facing Leinster runners-up, Galway on Sunday
(3.30).
CLARE v KILKENNY
They meet in the championship for the first time since the 2006 AllIreland semi-final which Kilkenny won by 8 points. Kilkenny last
reached the All-Ireland final in 2019 while Clare were last there in
2013.
While Kilkenny are Leinster champions, they have lost more games
than Clare, losing to Galway and Wexford in the Leinster ‘round
robin’, while Clare’s only defeat came after extra-time against
Limerick in the Munster final.
PATHS TO THE SEMI-FINAL – CLARE
Clare 3-21 Tipperary 2-16 (Munster SHC)
Clare 0-28 Cork 2-20 (Munster SHC)
Clare 0-24 Limerick 1-21 (Munster SHC)
Clare 3-31 Waterford 2-22 (Munster SHC)
Limerick 1-29 Clare 0-29 aet (Munster final)
Clare 1-24 Wexford 3-14 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Played 6, Won 4, Drew 1, Lost 1
TOP SCORERS – CLARE
Tony Kelly…………1-50 (0-24 frees, 1-0 pen, 0-1 s/l)
David Fitzgerald….2-15
Peter Duggan…….1-22 (0-11 frees, 0-2 ‘65s’, 0-2 s/l)
Ryan Taylor………..0-12
Shane O’Donnell……0-11
Ian Galvin……………..1-8
PATHS TO THE SEMI-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)
Played 6, Won 4, Lost 2
TOP SCORERS – KILKENNY
TJ Reid………………2-46 (0-35 frees, 0-3 ‘65s’)
Adrian Mullen…….0-20
Eoin Cody…………..2-11
Austin Murphy……..0-15 (0-10 frees)
Walter Walsh……….1-10
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2006: Kilkenny 2-21 Clare 1-16 (All-Ireland semi-final)
2004: Kilkenny 1-11 Clare 0-9 (All-Ireland quarter-final – replay)
2004: Kilkenny 1-13 Clare 1-13 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
2002: Kilkenny 2-20 Clare 0-19 (All-Ireland final)
1999: Kilkenny 2-14 Clare 1-13 (All-Ireland semi-final)
LAST FIVE ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS – KILKENNY
2021: Cork 1-37 Kilkenny 1-32 (aet)
2020: Waterford 2-27 Kilkenny 2-23
2019: Kilkenny 1-21 Limerick 2-17
2016: Kilkenny 2-19 Waterford 2-17 (replay)
2016: Kilkenny 1-21 Waterford 0-24 (draw)
LAST FIVE ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS – CLARE
2018: Galway 1-17 Clare 2-13 (replay)
2018: Galway 1-30 Clare 1-30 aet (draw)
2013: Clare 1-22 Limerick 0-18
2006: Kilkenny 2-21 Clare 1-16
2005: Cork 0-16 Clare 0-15
*This will be the 22nd time that Brian Cody has led Kilkenny into the
All-Ireland semi-final since taking over as manager for the 1999
season. They have won 16, drawn one and lost four of the previous
21. The four defeats were against Galway in 2001 and 2005,
Waterford in 2020 and Cork last year. The draw was against
Waterford in 2016. The only years Kilkenny didn’t qualify for semifinals in the Cody years were 2018-2017-2013.
*This will be the eighth championship meetings between Clare and
Kilkenny, with the Cats having won five to Clare’s one and one draw
from the previous seven. Clare’s only win came in the 1997 AllIreland semi-final.
*Their last competitive clash was in last year’s Allianz League when
Clare won by four points (4-20 to 1-25).
GALWAY v LIMERICK
Limerick are in the semi-final for a fifth successive year; Galway were
last there two years ago, when they lost to Limerick.
PATHS TO THE SEMI-FINAL – LIMERICK
Limerick 2-25 Cork 1-17 (Munster SHC)
Limerick 0-30 Waterford 2-21 (Munster SHC)
Limerick 3-21Tipperary 0-23 (Munster SHC)
Limerick 1-21Clare 0-24 (Munster SHC)
Limerick 1-29 Clare 0-29 aet (Munster final)
Played 5, Won 4, Drew 1.
TOP SCORERS – LIMERICK
Aaron Gillane……..3-32 (0-20 frees)
Diarmaid Byrnes….0-25 (0-18 frees, 0-2 ‘65s’)
Gearóid Hegarty….1-10
Tom Morrissey……….0-11
Cathal O’Neill………….0-9
Seamus Flanagan…… 0-9
PATHS TO THE SEMI-FINAL – GALWAY
Galway 1-19 Wexford 1-19 (Leinster SHC)
Galway 3-36 Westmeath 1-17 (Leinster SHC)
Galway 1-24 Kilkenny 3-17 (Leinster SHC)
Galway 2-37 Laois 0-21 (Leinster SHC)
Galway 0-27 Dublin 0-21 (Leinster SHC)
Kilkenny 0-22 Galway 0-17 (Leinster final final)
Galway 2-19 Cork 1-21 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Played 7, Won 5, Drew 1, Lost 1.
TOP SCORERS – GALWAY
Conor Cooney………..1-55 (0-41 frees, 1-0 pen, 0-4 ‘65s’, 0-1 s/l)
Joseph Cooney………2-17
Conor Whelan……….2-16
Cathal Mannion…….0-21
Tom Monaghan…….0-15
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2020: Limerick 0-27 Galway 0-24 (All-Ireland semi-final)
2018: Limerick 3-16 Galway 2-18 (All-Ireland final)
2005: Galway 1-18 Limerick 2-14 (All-Ireland qualifiers)
1981: Galway 4-16 Limerick 2-17 (All-Ireland semi-final) Replay
1980: Galway 1-8 Limerick 0-11 (All-Ireland semi-final) Draw
LAST FIVE ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS – LIMERICK
2021: Limerick 1-25 Waterford 0-17
2020: Limerick 0-27 Galway 0-24
2019: Kilkenny 1-21 Limerick 2-17
2018: Limerick 3-32 Cork 2-31 (aet)
2014: Kilkenny 2-13 Limerick 0-17
LAST FIVE ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS – GALWAY
2020: Limerick 0-27 Galway 0-24
2018: Galway 1-17 Clare 2-13 (replay)
2018: Galway1-30 Clare 1-30 aet (draw)
2017: Galway 0-22 Tipperary 1-18
2016: Tipperary 2-19 Galway 2-18
*Limerick are bidding to reach the All-Ireland final for a third
successive year, something they last achieved in 1935. They went on
to reach a fourth successive final in 1936.
*Galway and Limerick met in this year’s Allianz League when the
Tribesmen won by 0-27 to 1-18 in the TUS Gaelic Grounds in
February.
*John Kiely is in his sixth season as Limerick manager. Their
championship record in that period reads: Played 29, Won 22, Drew
2, Lost 5.
WHO DOES BEST: PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS OR QUARTER-FINAL
WINNERS?
It’s 28-22 in wins for provincial winners over All-Ireland quarter-final
winners in the semi-final since the hurling championship exited the
straight knock-out system in 1997. There were also two draws.
Leinster winners have fared much better in semi-finals than their
Munster counterparts. Leinster champions have won 17, lost eight
and drawn two; Munster champions have won 11, lost 14 and drawn
two.
Munster champions went through a particularly bad spell between
2012 and 2019 when they lost seven and won one of eight All-Ireland
semi-finals. Tipperary (2016) were the only winners. Tipperary (2012-
2015), Cork (2014-2017-2018), Limerick (2013-2019) all lost.
Limerick won their last two All-Ireland semi-finals (2020-2021) as
Munster winners. Kilkenny lost their last two semi-finals (2020-2021)
as Leinster winners.
GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 2022
LEINSTER
Round 1: Wexford 1-19 Galway 1-19; Kilkenny 5-23 Westmeath 1-19;
Dublin 1-20 Laois 2-15.
Round 2: Galway 3-36 Westmeath 1-17; Kilkenny 2-34 Laois 1-14;
Dublin 0-24 Wexford 0-23.
Round 3: Wexford 6-21 Laois 0-12; Galway 1-24 Kilkenny 3-17;
Dublin 0-27 Westmeath 1-16
Round 4: Kilkenny 3-25 Dublin 0-17; Galway 2-37 Laois 0-21;
Westmeath 2-15 Wexford 0-21.
Round 5: Wexford 1-22 Kilkenny 1-18; Galway 0-27 Dublin 0-21;
Westmeath 5-24 Laois 1-18.
Final: Kilkenny 0-22 Galway 0-17
MUNSTER
Round 1: April 17: Waterford 2-24 Tipperary 2-20; Limerick 2-25 Cork
1-17.
Round 2: Limerick 0-30 Waterford 2-21; Clare 3-21 Tipperary 2-16
Round 3: Clare 0-28 Cork 2-20; Limerick 3-21Tipperary 0-23.
Round 4: Clare 0-24 Limerick 1-21; Cork 2-22 Waterford 1-19
Round 5: Clare 3-31 Waterford 2-22; Cork 3-30 Tipperary 1-24
Final: Limerick 1-29 Clare 0-29 (aet)
JOE McDONAGH CUP
Round 1: Antrim 3-22 Offaly 2-24; Down 1-19 Kerry 0-18; Carlow 4-
30 Meath 0-17.
Round 2: Kerry 3-21 Carlow 0-15; Offaly 2-22 Meath 0-19; Antrim 6-
22 Down 3-16.
Round 3: Kerry 6-25 Meath 0-13; Antrim 2-22 Carlow 1-22; Offaly 1-
26 Down 2-18
Round 4: Carlow 2-25 Down 1-19; Offaly 4-23 Kerry 2-28 Antrim 7-29
Meath 3-14.
Round 5: Kerry 0-29 Antrim 2-21; Carlow 0-22 Offaly 0-17; Down 2-
28 Meath 2-19.
Final: Antrim 5-22 Kerry 4-24
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
Preliminary quarter-finals: Cork 3-27 Antrim 2-19; Wexford 3-30
Kerry 0-18.
Quarter-finals: Clare 1-24 Wexford 3-14; Galway 2-19 Cork 1-21
July 2: Semi-final: Kilkenny v Clare, Croke Park
July 3: Semi-final: Galway v Limerick, Croke Park
July 17: Final
CHRISTY RING CUP
Round 1: London 0-26 Sligo 0-21; Derry 1-21 Wicklow 1-8; Kildare 5-
26 Mayo 0-11
Round 2: Derry 2-20 Sligo 0-11; Mayo 0-26 Wicklow 2-10; Kildare 3-
35 London 3-14.
Round 3: Mayo 1-22 London 2-13; Kildare 1-24 Derry 0-12; Sligo 4-24
Wicklow 1-14.
Round 4: Kildare 5-25 Wicklow 3-10; Mayo 2-25 Sligo 1-20; Derry 3-
14 London 1-14.
Round 5: Kildare 2-23 Sligo 2-14; London 1-29 Wicklow 2-16; Mayo
2-23 Derry 1-18.
Final: Kildare 2-29 Mayo 0-19
NICKEY RACKARD CUP
Round 1: Tyrone 7-18 Warwickshire 2-11; Roscommon 5-19 Armagh
2-7; Donegal 1-21 Fermanagh 2-13
Round 2: Donegal 1-22 Armagh 2-14; Roscommon 3-26
Warwickshire 1-14; Tyrone 1-18 Fermanagh 1-14.
Round 3: Donegal 1-22 Roscommon 3-16; Tyrone 3-17 Armagh 1-15;
Fermanagh 2-31 Warwickshire 2-5.
Round 4: Donegal 0-35 Warwickshire 0-10; Roscommon 3-24 Tyrone
0-21; Armagh 3-18 Fermanagh 2-19.
Round 5: Tyrone 1-23 Donegal 1-19; Roscommon 3-25 Fermanagh 2-
15; Armagh 5-27 Warwickshire 5-16
Final: Tyrone 1-27 Roscommon 0-19
LORY MEAGHER CUP
Round 1: Louth 2-27 Lancashire 1-10; Leitrim 4-9 Longford 0-20;
Monaghan 3-9 Cavan 2-9
Round 2: Monaghan 5-12 Louth 3-11; Leitrim 4-16 Cavan 1-10;
Longford 0-17 Lancashire 1-12.
Round 3: Monaghan 2-18 Leitrim 1-16; Lancashire 0-17 Cavan 1-13;
Longford 1-16 Louth 1-15.
Round 4: Longford 2-15 Monaghan 1-16; Louth 2-26 Cavan 1-8;
Leitrim 2-20 Lancashire 1-8.
Round 5: May 14: Cavan v Longford; Louth 2-18 Leitrim 2-16;
Monaghan 0-17 Lancashire 0-16
Final: Louth 3-27 Longford 3-14