All-Ireland SHC, August 9

WHO WILL JOIN KILKENNY IN ALL-IRELAND HURLING FINAL?
Kilkenny are safely through to the GAA Hurling All-Ireland senior championship final for a sixth successive year and now it’s the turn of Dublin and Tipperary to battle it out for the right to join them in the final on September 4.
They meet in Croke Park on Sunday (3.30pm) while the minor semi-final between Dublin and Waterford will open the action at 1.30pm.
Tipperary, the defending All-Ireland champions, are bidding to reach the final for a third successive year while Dublin last reached the final in 1961 where they lost to
Tipperary.
Kilkenny had six points to spare over Waterford (2-19 to 1-16) to book a place in a sixth successive final and their 12th in 14 seasons. Now, they await the clash between Tipperary, the defending All-Ireland champions and Dublin, who are attempting to reach the final for the first time since 1961.
Tipperary are seeking to reach the final for a third successive year.
Dublin’s last appearance in an All-Ireland semi-final was in 1948 (they advanced directly to the final as Leinster champions in 1961) when they beat Antrim.

Paths to the semi-final
Dublin 2-21 Offaly 1-20 (Leinster quarter-final)
Dublin 0-19 Galway 2-7 (Leinster semi-final)
Kilkenny 4-17 Dublin 1-15 (Leinster final)
Dublin 3-13 Limerick 0-18 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Average For: 2-16 Average Against: 1-18

Dublin’s Top Scorers
Paul Ryan……………2-38
Ryan O’Dwyer………3-4
Alan McCrabbe………0-6
David O’Callaghan….0-5

Tipperary 3-22 Cork 0-23 (Munster quarter-final)
Tipperary 4-19 Clare 1-19 (Munster semi-final)
Tipperary 7-19 Waterford 0-19 (Munster final)
Average For: 4-22; Average Against: 0-22

Tipperary’s Top Scorers
Eoin Kelly……….4-16
Lar Corbett………6-6
Seamus Callanan..2-10
Noel McGrath……0-9

Dublin in All-Ireland semi-finals
This will be Dublin’s 10th appearance in the semi-final and their first since 1948 when they beat Antrim. Their record from the previous nine is: Won 8, lost 1.
1948: Dublin 8-13 Antrim 2-6
1944: Dublin 6-12 Antrim 3-1
1941: Dublin 2-4 Galway 2-2
1928: Cork 5-3 Dublin 0-2
1924: Dublin 8-4 Antrim 3-1
1920: Dublin 6-3 Galway 1-4
1908: Dublin 4-12 Cavan 0-3
1906: Dublin 4-10 London 2-2
1902: Dublin 6-19 Derry 0-6

Tipperary in All-Ireland semi-finals
This will be Tipperary’s 31st appearance in the semi-final, having won 24 and lost six of their previous 30.
Last 10 semi-finals
2010: Tipperary 3-19 Waterford 1-18
2009: Tipperary 6-19 Limerick 2-7
2008: Waterford 1-20 Tipperary 1-18
2003: Kilkenny 3-18 Tipperary 0-15
2002: Kilkenny 1-20 Tipperary 1-16
2001: Tipperary 3-12 Wexford 0-10 (Replay)
2001: Tipperary 1-16 Wexford 3-10 (Draw)
1997: Tipperary 2-16 Wexford 0-15
1993: Galway 1-16 Tipperary 1-14
1991: Tipperary 3-13 Galway 1-9
Won 5, Lost 4, Drew 1

Last Championship Clash…
Tipperary 1-20 Dublin 1-11, Parnell Park (2007 All-Ireland qualifier)
Tipperary: Gerry Kennedy; Eamonn Buckley, Declan Fanning, Paul Curran; Eamonn Corcoran, Conor O’Mahony, Shane Maher; Hugh Maloney, Benny Dunne (0-1); Francis Devanney (0-1), Ryan O’Dwyer, Lar Corbett (1-1); Seamus Butler (0-2), Eoin Kelly (0-3), Willie Ryan (0-10). Subs: Darragh Egan for (0-1) for Kelly, Shane McGrath (0-1), Liam Cahill.
Dublin Gary Maguire; Philip Brennan, Stephen Hiney, Tomas Brady; Michael Carton, Ronan Fallon, Kevin Ryan; Joey Boland, Alan McCrabbe (0-2); Ross O’Carroll (0-1), Declan Qualter (0-1), Keith Dunne (0-3); John Kelly (0-1), David Curtin (0-1), Kevin Flynn. Subs: Peadar Carton (1-1) for Curtin; Ger O’Meara for Brennan; Liam Ryan for Kelly; Declan O’Dwyer for Flynn; Stuart Mullen (0-1) for Qualter.

Last Competitive Clash…
Dublin 1-16 Tipperary 1-15, Croke Park (Allianz Hurling League 19 February 2011).
A goal by Declan O’Dwyer in the 14th minute gave Dublin an early advantage but John O’Neill countered with a Tipperary goal in the 28th minute. Dublin led by 1-10 to 1-9 at half-time. They pulled four points clear after 50 minutes but Tipperary scored four times to draw level. A point by Conal Keaney, who scored 0-14, in the 62nd minute put Dublin ahead, a lead they protected all the way to the finish.
Dublin: G Maguire; R Treanor, T Brady, P Kelly; S Hiney, J Boland (0-1), S Durkin; J McCaffrey, S Ryan; C Keaney (0-14), D O’Dwyer (1-0), C McCormack; D O’Callaghan, L Rushe (0-1), P Carton. Subs: R O’Dwyer for D Ryan; P Ryan for McCormack, D Plunkett for D O’Dwyer; L Ryan for Carton.
Tipperary: D Gleeson; P Stapleton, P Curran, M Cahill; D Young, Pádraic Maher, B Maher (0-1); M Gleeson (0-1), S McGrath (0-2); G Ryan, P Bourke (0-7), Patrick Maher; J O’Neill (1-2), P Fanning, S Carey. Subs: B O’Meara (0-1) for Fanning; E Kelly (0-1) for Carey; B Dunne for Gleeson; J Woodlock for Ryan.

Previous Championship Clashes…
This will be the ninth championship clash between Dublin and Tipperary. Tipperary have won six, Dublin one while there was one draw.

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)
1908: Tipperary 3-15 Dublin 1-5 (All-Ireland final) Replay
1908: Tipperary 2-5 Dublin 1-8 (All-Ireland final) Draw
1906: Tipperary 3-16 Dublin 3-8 (All-Ireland final)
1896: Tipperary 8-14 Dublin 0-4 (All-Ireland final)

GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011
FIXTURES & RESULTS
LEINSTER
First Round
May 14: Antrim 1-21 Laois 3-12, Portlaoise.
May 22: Westmeath 4-10 Carlow 1-14, Dr. Cullen Park.
Quarter-finals
May 29: Dublin 2-21 Offaly 1-20, Parnell Park; Wexford 3-16 Antrim 1-11, Wexford Park.
June 4: Galway 4-17 Westmeath 2-14, Mullingar.
Semi-finals
June 11: Kilkenny 1-26 Wexford 1-15; Wexford Park.
June 18: Dublin 0-19 Galway 2-7, Tullamore.
Final
July 3: Kilkenny 4-17 Dublin 1-15, Croke Park.

MUNSTER
Quarter-final
May 29: Tipperary 3-22 Cork 0-23, Thurles.
Semi-finals
June 12: Waterford 3-15 Limerick 3-14, Thurles.
June 19: Tipperary 4-19 Clare 1-19, Limerick.
Final
July 10: Tipperary 7-19 Waterford 0-19, Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

ULSTER
First round
May 14: Down 3-16 Donegal 1-13, Letterkenny; Derry 2-13 Tyrone 0-6, Omagh;
Armagh 5-19 Fermanagh 5-6, Enniskillen.
Quarter-finals
May 28: Down 3-19 Derry 1-9, Casement Park; Armagh 2-18 Monaghan 2-6, Newry
Semi-final
June 12: Armagh 0-14 Down 1-10, Casement Park.
Final
July 3: Antrim 2-20 Armagh 2-12, Casement Park.

ALL-IRELAND QUALIFIERS
Preliminary Round
June 18: Antrim v Westmeath; Cork 10-20 Laois 1-13.
Phase 1
June 25: Antrim 0-23 Carlow 1-12, Casement Park; Cork 2-17 Offaly 2-16, Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
Phase 2
July 2: Galway 4-25 Clare 0-20, Pearse Stadium; Limerick 1-22 Wexford 2-13, Gaelic Grounds
Phase 3
July 9: Limerick 3-22 Antrim 0-12, Parnell Park; Galway 2-23 Cork 1-14, Gaelic Grounds.
ALL-IRELAND QUARTER-FINALS
July 23: Dublin 3-13 Limerick 0-18, Thurles; Waterford 2-23 Galway 2-13, Thurles.
ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS
August 7: Kilkenny 2-19 Waterford 1-16, Croke Park.
Next Sunday: Tipperary v Dublin Croke Park
ALL-IRELAND FINAL
September 4: Kilkenny v Dublin/Tipperary, Croke Park.

 

 

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