2018 All - Ireland senior hurling Championship final - wikipedia 2018 All - Ireland senior hurling Championship final 2018 All - Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final Event 2018 All - Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Galway Limerick 2 - 18 3 - 16 Date 19 August 2018 Venue Croke Park, Dublin Man of the Match Kyle Hayes Referee James Owens ( Wexford ) Attendance 82,300 Weather 22 ° C, cloudy ← 2017 2019 → The 2018 All - Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 131st event of its kind and the culmination of the 2018 All - Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 19 August 2018. The final was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ Two as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Liam Sheedy, Henry Shefflin and Ger Loughnane. Match commentary was provided by Marty Morrissey with analysis by Michael Duignan. The game was also shown live on Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney. Limerick won the final, ending a 45 - year wait for a title. The match drew a peak audience of more than a 1 million on RTÉ. The TV audience for the Sunday Game coverage peaked at 1,007,500 by the end of the final. Contents 1 Background 2 Paths to the final 2.1 Limerick 2.1. 1 Munster round - robin 2.1. 2 All - Ireland series 2.2 Galway 2.2. 1 Leinster round - robin 2.2. 2 All - Ireland series 3 Pre-match 3.1 Build - up 3.2 Hurling stars of the 90 's 3.3 Ticketing 3.4 Related events 4 Match 4.1 Officials 4.2 Team news 4.3 Summary 4.4 Details 4.5 Trophy presentation 4.6 Reaction 4.7 Celebrations 5 References Background Galway were the defending champions and were looking to win their sixth All - Ireland title after winning in 1923, 1980, 1987, 1988, and 2017. Limerick were appearing in their first final since 2007 and were looking for an eighth title after winning in 1897, 1918, 1921, 1934, 1936, 1940, and 1973. The two counties had played each other in the final twice prior to this : in 1923 and 1980 with Galway winning both. Paths to the final Limerick Munster round - robin Limerick v Tipperary 20 May 2018 Round 1 Limerick 1 - 23 ( 26 ) -- ( 20 ) 2 - 14 Tipperary show Limerick 14 : 00 ( HT : 0 - 12 -- 1 - 10 ) Venue : Gaelic Grounds Gls : B Murphy 1 Pts : A Gillane 8 ( 6f ), G Mulcahy 4, D Byrnes 3 ( 2 ' 65 ', 1f ), C Lynch 2, G Hegarty 2, T Morrissey 2, D O'Donovan 1, S Flanagan 1 Report Gls : D McCormack 1, J Forde 1 Pts : J Forde 9 ( 9f ), N McGrath 2, J McGrath 2, J O'Dwyer 1 Referee : James McGrath ( Westmeath ) Attendance : 20,403 TV : RTÉ Cork v Limerick 2 June 2018 Round 2 Cork 1 - 25 ( 28 ) -- ( 28 ) 0 - 28 Limerick show Cork 19 : 00 ( HT : 0 - 14 -- 0 - 12 ) Venue : Páirc Uí Chaoimh Gls : P Horgan 1 Pts : P Horgan 11 ( 8f, 3 ' 65 ' ), D Fitzgibbon 4, C Lehane 3, D Kearney 2, S Kingston 2, L Meade 1, M Coleman 1, C Spillane 1 Report Pts : T Morrissey 8 ( 5f ), S Flanagan 6, C Lynch 3, D O'Donovan 2, G Mulcahy 2, D Byrnes 2 ( 2f ), K Hayes 2, G Hegarty 1, D Morrissey 1, A Gillane 1 Referee : James Owens ( Wexford ) Attendance : 34,607 TV : Sky Sports Limerick v Waterford 10 June 2018 Round 3 Limerick 2 - 26 ( 32 ) -- ( 19 ) 1 - 16 Waterford show Limerick ( HT : 2 - 14 -- 0 - 7 ) Venue : Gaelic Grounds Gls : G Hegarty 1, G Mulcahy 1 Pts : S Dowling 15 ( 13f ), C Lynch 3, T Morrissey 2, K Hayes 2, G Hegarty 1, S Flanagan 1, D O'Donovan 1, D Dempsey 1 Report Gls : T Ryan 1 Pts : Pauric Mahony 10 ( 9f ), DJ Foran 1, S Bennett 1, T Devine 1, M Shanahan 1, M Kearney 1, S O'Keeffe 1 Referee : Seán Cleere ( Kilkenny ) Attendance : 23,194 Clare v Limerick 17 June 2018 Round 4 Clare 0 - 26 ( 26 ) -- ( 15 ) 0 - 15 Limerick show Ennis ( HT : 0 - 13 -- 0 - 9 ) Venue : Cusack Park Pts : P Duggan 13 ( 10f, 1 ' 65 ' ), T Kelly 5 ( 1 ' 65 ' ), J Conlon 4, D Fitzgerald 2, J Shanahan 1, C Galvin 1 Report Pts : S Dowling 4 ( 4f ), T Morrissey 3, K Hayes 1, D O'Donovan 1 ( sl ), C Lynch 1, D Byrnes 1, G Hegarty 1, D Morrissey 1, S Flanagan 1, A Gillane 1 Referee : James Owens ( Westmeath ) Attendance : 18,803 TV : RTÉ Limerick finished third in the Munster Championship and so went into the All - Ireland preliminary quarter - finals. All - Ireland series Carlow v Limerick 7 July 2018 Preliminary quarter - final Carlow 0 - 13 ( 13 ) -- ( 37 ) 5 - 22 Limerick show Carlow 19 : 00 ( HT : 0 - 4 -- 3 - 9 ) Venue : Dr Cullen Park Pts : D Murphy 4 ( 3f, 1 ' 65 ' ), P Abbey 2, JM Nolan 2, J Kavanagh 1, D Byrne 1, E Byrne 1, C Nolan 1, S Murphy 1 Report Gls : D Byrnes 1, K Hayes 1, A Gillane 1, G Mulcahy 1, P Casey 1 Pts : A Gillane 6 ( 2f ), T Morrissey 5, P Casey 3, G Hegarty 2, D Byrnes 1 ( 1 ' 65 ' ), C Lynch 1, S Flanagan 1, G Mulcahy 1, B Nash 1, D O'Donovan 1 Referee : John Keenan ( Wicklow ) Kilkenny v Limerick 15 July 2018 Quarter - final Kilkenny 1 - 22 ( 25 ) -- ( 27 ) 0 - 27 Limerick show Thurles 14 : 00 ( HT : 0 - 12 -- 0 - 15 ) Venue : Semple Stadium Gls : R Hogan 1 Pts : TJ Reid 7 ( 5f ) ( 1 65 ), R Leahy 4, R Hogan 3, J Maher 3, C Fennelly 2, C Fogarty 1, L Blanchfield 1, J Donnolly 1 Report Pts : A Gillane 5 ( 2f ), T Morrissey 4, K Hayes 3, G Mulcahy 3, D O'Donnovan 3 ( 1 sl ), G Hegarty 3, P Casey 2, S Flanagan 1, D Byrnes 1, D Hannon 1, S Dowling 1 Referee : J McGrath ( Westmeath ) Attendance : 18,596 TV : RTÉ Cork v Limerick 29 July 2018 Semi-final Cork 2 - 31 ( 37 ) -- ( 41 ) 3 - 32 ( a.e.t. ) Limerick show Dublin 15 : 30 ( HT : 0 - 14 -- 1 - 12 ) ( FT : 1 - 27 -- 1 - 27 ) Venue : Croke Park Gls : P Horgan 1 ( 1f ), C Lehane 1 Pts : P Horgan 0 - 11 ( 9f ), D Fitzgibbon 4, C Lehane 3, D Kearney 3, S Kingston 3, S Harnedy 2, M Coleman 2 ( 1s / l ), C Joyce 1, L Meade 1, J O'Connor 1 Gls : S Dowling 1 ( 1p ), C Lynch 1, P Ryan 1 Pts : A Gillane 13 ( 7f ), S Dowling 4 ( 1f ), G Mulcahy 4, G Hegarty 3, C Lynch 1, D O'Donovan 1, D Byrnes 1 ( 1f ), S Flanagan 1, T Morrissey 1, K Hayes 1, B Nash 1, D Reidy 1 Referee : Paud O'Dwyer ( Carlow ) Attendance : 71,073 TV : RTÉ & Sky Sports Galway Leinster round - robin Offaly v Galway 12 May 2018 Round 1 Offaly 2 - 15 ( 21 ) -- ( 33 ) 5 - 18 Galway show Tullamore 19 : 00 ( HT : 1 - 7 -- 2 - 9 ) Venue : O'Connor Park Gls : S Dooley 1, J Bergin 1 Pts : S Dooley 9 ( 8f ), D King 2, J Bergin 1, D Currams 1, E Cahill 1 ( f ), S Kinsella 1 Report Gls : B Concannon 2, J Cooney 1, C Whelan 1, J Flynn 1 Pts : J Canning 8 ( 6f, 1 ' 65 ' ), J Cooney 4, C Cooney 2, B Concannon 1, C Whelan 1, C Mannion 1, S Loftus 1 Referee : Johnny Murphy ( Limerick ) Attendance : 8,330 Galway v Kilkenny 27 May 2018 Round 2 Galway 1 - 22 ( 25 ) -- ( 17 ) 2 - 11 Kilkenny show Salthill 16 : 00 ( HT : 1 - 9 -- 1 - 5 ) Venue : Pearse Stadium Gls : J Canning 1 ( pen ) Pts : J Canning 12 ( 7f, 1 ' 65 ' ), C Cooney 4, C Mannion 2, B Concannon 1, David Burke 1, J Flynn 1, N Burke 1 Report Gls : TJ Reid 1 ( pen ), W Walsh 1 Pts : TJ Reid 9 ( 8f, 1 ' 65 ' ), W Walsh 1, L Scanlon 1 Referee : Fergal Horgan ( Tipperary ) Attendance : 18,775 TV : RTÉ Wexford v Galway 2 June 2018 Round 3 Wexford 0 - 17 ( 17 ) -- ( 26 ) 1 - 23 Galway show Wexford 17 : 00 ( HT : 0 - 9 -- 1 - 12 ) Venue : Wexford Park Pts : R O'Connor 12 ( 10f ), A Nolan 2, P Morris 2, P Foley 1 Report Gls : C Whelan 1 Pts : J Canning 12 ( 8f, 2 sl ), C Cooney 4, D Burke 2, C Whelan 2, J Cooney 1, J Flynn 1 ( 1f ), N Burke 1 Referee : Johnny Murphy ( Limerick ) Attendance : 14,500 TV : Sky Sports Galway v Dublin 9 June 2018 Round 4 Galway 0 - 26 ( 26 ) -- ( 25 ) 2 - 19 Dublin show Salthill 19 : 00 ( HT : 0 - 16 -- 0 - 9 ) Venue : Pearse Stadium Pts : J Flynn 11 ( 9f ), J Cooney 3, C Whelan 3, P Mannion 3, C Cooney 2, David Burke 2, S Loftus 1, C Mannion 1 Report Gls : P Winter 2 Pts : D Treacy 4 ( 3f ), R McBride 4 ( 1 sl ), P Ryan 3 ( 3f ), A Nolan 2 ( 2f ), D Sutcliffe 1, J Malone 1, S Moran 1, J Madden 1, C Boland 1, P Winters 1 Referee : Diarmuid Kirwan ( Cork ) Attendance : 9,957 Galway finished first in the Leinster Championship and so went into the Leinster Final. Galway v Kilkenny 1 July 2018 Leinster Final Galway 0 - 18 ( 18 ) -- ( 18 ) 0 - 18 Kilkenny show Dublin 16 : 00 ( HT : 0 - 7 -- 0 - 8 ) Venue : Croke Park Pts : J Canning 6, N Burke 4, C Whelan 3, C Mannion 3, C Cooney 1, J Cooney 1 Report Pts : TJ Reid 10, B Ryan 2, E Murphy 1 ( f ), E Morrissey 1, J Maher 1, G Aylward 1, J Donnelly 1, W Walsh 1 Referee : Fergal Horgan ( Tipperary ) Attendance : 40,703 TV : RTÉ Galway v Kilkenny 8 July 2018 Leinster Final Replay Galway 1 - 28 ( 31 ) -- ( 24 ) 3 - 15 Kilkenny show Thurles 15 : 00 ( HT : 1 - 16 -- 1 - 7 ) Venue : Semple Stadium Gls : J Glynn 1 Pts : J Canning 10 ( 6f ), C Mannion 6, C Whelan 4, N Burke 2, A Harte 2, J Cooney 1, J Glynn 1, C Cooney 1, J Flynn 1 Report Gls : G Aylward 1, R Hogan 1, C Fennelly 1 Pts : TJ Reid 9 ( 6f, 1 ' 65 ' ), J Holden 1, C Fogarty 1, J Maher 1, J Donnelly 1, R Hogan 1, C Fennelly 1 Referee : James Owens ( Wexford ) Attendance : 25,102 TV : RTÉ Galway won the Leinster Championship and so advanced to the All - Ireland semi-final. All - Ireland series Galway v Clare 28 July 2018 Semi-final Galway 1 - 30 ( 33 ) -- ( 33 ) 1 - 30 ( a.e.t. ) Clare show Dublin 17 : 00 ( HT : 1 - 10 -- 0 - 9 ) ( FT : 1 - 23 -- 0 - 26 ) Venue : Croke Park Gls : C Cooney 1 Pts : J Canning 12 ( 6f, 2 sl ), C Mannion 4, David Burke 3, C Whelan 3, J Flynn 3 ( 1f ), J Coen 2, C Cooney 1, J Glynn 1, N Burke 1 Report Gls : A Shanagher 1 Pts : P Duggan 14 ( 11f ), J Conlon 4, S O'Donnell 3, T Kelly 3 ( 1 sl ), I Galvin 2, D Fitzgerald 1, D Reidy 1, J McCarthy 1, C Galvin 1 Referee : James Owens ( Wexford ) Attendance : 54,191 TV : RTÉ Sky Sports Clare v Galway 5 August 2018 Semi-final Replay Clare 2 - 13 ( 19 ) -- ( 20 ) 1 - 17 Galway show Thurles 14 : 00 ( HT : 0 - 6 -- 1 - 9 ) Venue : Semple Stadium Gls : P Duggan 1, S O'Donnell 1 Pts : P Duggan 6 ( 6f ), I Galvin 2, T Kelly, P Collins 1, J Conlon 1, A Shanagher 1, S O'Donnell 1 Report Gls : J Glynn 1 Pts : J Canning 8 ( 4f, 1 sl ), C Whelan 3, N Burke 2, D Burke 2, C Mannion 1, C Cooney 1 Referee : Fergal Horgan ( Tipperary ) Attendance : 44,246 TV : RTÉ Sky Sports Pre-match Build - up The final was shown on a giant screen at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick where an all ticket crowd of 20,000 watched the match. A big screen was also be in place in Eyre Square in Galway for the match. Hurling stars of the 90 's The Kilkenny team that won the 1992 All - Ireland Final were honoured in 2017 and as Kilkenny also won the 1993 All - Ireland Final the GAA decided instead to honour the star hurlers of the 1990s. A group of senior GAA correspondents under the chairmanship of GAA President John Horan selected the team. The team was presented to the crowd after the completion of the minor final. Damien Fitzhenry ( Wexford -- Duffry Rovers ) Brian Corcoran ( Cork -- Erin 's Own, Glounthaune ) Brian Lohan ( Clare -- Wolfe Tones na Sionna ) Martin Hanamy ( Offaly -- St. Rynagh 's ) Brian Whelahan ( Offaly -- Birr ) Seánie McMahon ( Clare -- St Josephs Doora - Barefield ) Liam Dunne ( Wexford -- Oulart the Ballagh ) Ciarán Carey ( Limerick -- Patrickswell ) Michael Coleman ( Galway -- Abbeyknockmoy ) Martin Storey ( Wexford -- Oulart the Ballagh ) Gary Kirby ( Limerick -- Patrickswell ) Jamesie O'Connor ( Clare -- St Josephs Doora - Barefield ) Michael Cleary ( Tipperary -- Nenagh Éire Óg ) D.J. Carey ( Kilkenny -- Young Irelands, Gowran ) Johnny Dooley ( Offaly -- Seir Kieran ) Ticketing With a stadium capacity of 82,300, the 32 individual county boards received 60,000 tickets. Schools and third level colleges got 2,500 tickets, while season ticket holders were entitled to 5,500 tickets. 1,000 tickets were given to overseas clubs. The Camogie, Ladies ' Football, Handball and Rounders Associations were each allocated about 200 tickets, as were the jubilee teams and mini-7s which play at half - time. Demand for tickets was very high in both counties with Galway and Limerick having receiving around 32,000 tickets between. Stand tickets were priced at € 80 with terrace at € 40. Related events The 2018 All - Ireland Minor Hurling Final was played between Galway and Kilkenny as a curtain - raiser to the senior final with Galway retaining their title by winning 0 - 21 to 0 - 14. Match Officials On 7 August 2018 the officials were chosen for the final by the GAA, with Wexford 's James Owens being named as the referee in what was his second senior final after being the referee in 2015. Tipperary 's Fergal Horgan was the standby referee with Kilkenny 's Sean Cleere the linesman and Carlow 's Patrick Murphy the sideline official. Team News The Limerick team announced for the final was unchanged from the semi-final win over Cork. Galway made one change to the starting team with Gearóid McInerney recovering from a calf injury he picked up in the drawn game against Clare and coming in to replace Niall Burke. Summary Playing into the Davin end, Aaron Gillane opened the scoring for Limerick after 2 minutes. Joe Canning opened Galway 's account with a 65 after 7 minutes to make the score 3 points to 1. Canning got another point in the 15th minute to level the score at 5 points each. In the 16th minute Graeme Mulcahy scrambled the ball over the line on the ground from close range after dropping it for the opening goal to put Limerick into a 2 point lead. A Séamus Flanagan point in the last minute of the first half made the score 1 - 10 to 0 - 9 at half - time. Four minutes into the second - half Kyle Hayes got the opening score to increase the lead to 4 points. Kyle Hayes got the decision from Hawk - Eye with another point a minute later to increase the lead to 6 points. After 54 minutes, Limerick got their second goal when Tom Morrissey pounced on a mistake from Gearoid McInerney to run in on goal and finish low and powerful to the net off the Hurley from the middle of the goal to put 9 points between the sides. In the 68th minute, substitute Shane Dowling got another goal for Limerick when he picked the ball up and finished with a low shot to the right of the net from the left to increase the lead to 8 points. In the first of the 8 minutes of added time Galway scored a goal when Conor Whelan shot powerfully to the right of the net, four minutes later Joe Canning got another goal with a powerful shot to the top left corner of the net from a free to put 2 points between the sides. A minute later Niall Burke scored a point to put only one point between the sides. Graeme Mulcahy then scored a point for Limerick with a shot from the right to put 2 between them again before Joe Canning scored with a 65 to again make it a one point game. In the last minute of time added on, Galway were awarded a free form inside their own half on the right, Joe Canning took the free which dropped short and was eventually cleared before the final sounded with Limerick the winners by one point. Details Galway v Limerick RTÉ & Sky Sports 19 August 2018 15 : 30 All - Ireland Final Report Galway 2 - 18 ( 24 ) -- ( 25 ) 3 - 16 Limerick ( HT : 0 - 9 -- 1 - 10 ) Gls : C Whelan 1, J Canning 1 ( 1f ) Pts : J Canning 10 ( 5f, 2 ' 65 ' ), D Burke 3, J Cooney 3, P Mannion 1, N Burke 1 Gls : G Mulcahy 1, T Morrissey 1, S Dowling 1 Pts : K Hayes 4, A Gillane 3 ( 1f ), G Mulcahy 2, D Hannon 2, T Morrisey 1, D O'Donovan 1, C Lynch 1, D Byrnes 1 Croke Park, Dublin Referee : James Owens ( Wexford ) Attendance : 82,300 Galway Limerick GALWAY : 1 James Skehill Adrian Tuohy Daithí Burke John Hanbury 5 Pádraic Mannion 6 Gearóid McInerney 7 Aidan Harte 8 Johnny Coen 9 David Burke ( c ) 10 Joseph Cooney 11 Joe Canning 12 Jonathan Glynn 13 Conor Whelan 14 Conor Cooney 15 Cathal Mannion Substitutes : 22 Niall Burke for Cathal Mannion ( 45 mins ) 17 Paul Killeen for John Hanbury ( 57 mins ) 25 Jason Flynn for Conor Cooney ( 59 mins ) 18 Seán Loftus for Johnny Coen ( 60 mins ) 16 Fearghal Flannery for James Skehill ( 61 mins ) Manager : Micheál Donoghue LIMERICK : 1 Nicky Quaid Seán Finn Mike Casey Richie English 5 Diarmaid Byrnes 6 Declan Hannon ( c ) 7 Dan Morrissey 8 Darragh O'Donovan 9 Cian Lynch 10 Gearóid Hegarty 11 Kyle Hayes 12 Tom Morrissey 13 Aaron Gillane 14 Séamus Flanagan 15 Graeme Mulcahy Substitutes : 22 Richie McCarthy for Mike Casey ( 50 mins ) 19 Shane Dowling for Gearóid Hegarty ( 56 mins ) 17 Peter Casey for Séamus Flanagan ( 64 mins ) 24 William O'Donoghue for Darragh O'Donovan ( 67 mins ) 18 Tom Condon for Richie English ( 72 mins ) Manager : John Kiely Trophy presentation Limerick captain Declan Hannon accepted the Liam MacCarthy Cup from GAA president John Horan in the Hogan Stand. Reaction Speaking after the final whistle, Limerick manager John Kiely was happy that Limerick had held on in the final few minutes saying `` It 's huge, huge, huge relief, this group has phenomenal belief in its own abilities, its own resolve, that never - say - die attitude. We have worked so, so hard. Galway pushed us so hard in the last 10, 15 minutes. It was really difficult on the lads to hold their nerve to try and find those last few vital scores, but they did. '' Galway manager Micheál Donoghue accepted that his side were ' a tad off ' in the final but vowed that they will be back again next year saying `` We 're bitterly disappointed. I just felt we probably did n't get into the game but you have to give huge credit to Limerick. They started really well and were dominant for long periods. '' Highlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9 : 30pm that night on RTÉ Two and was presented by Des Cahill with match analysis from Brendan Cummins, Eddie Brennan, and Anthony Daly. On the man of the match award shortlist were Kyle Hayes, Declan Hannon and Joe Canning with Kyle Hayes winning the award which was presented by GAA president John Horan at the City West hotel in Dublin where the post match Limerick function was being held. Celebrations The Limerick team returned home the day after the final where the homecoming event was held at Gaelic Grounds, with the team arriving around 7 : 00pm, the MC was Marty Morrissey. An estimated 90,000 people turned out to see the team and fans lined a route from Colbert Rail Station where the team arrived at 5.40 pm through Mallow Street, O'Connell Street, Sarsfield Bridge and out to the Ennis Road to the Gaelic Grounds which was packed by 45,000. 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Question: who playing in the all ireland hurling final
Answer: Galway