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The weather is looking decent for the last weekend of November, with dry conditions, and an isolated chance of a shower. "We believe we're a better team that we were then, we're better equipped for what's ahead of us - we obviously have a plan in place. Home / Events / 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final Waterford 2-27 Kilkenny 2-23. At the opposite end of the field Concannon was prominent, while Joe Canning was delivering trademark sideline cuts from under the Cusack Stand. Kilkenny v Waterford, Croke Park, 6pm, All-Ireland SHC semi-final There will be. 78 & 18: The Joe McDonagh Cup final was the 78th time Antrims flagship hurlers experienced championship action in Croke Park (including six as Jones Road) while their victory over Kerry was the 18th enjoyed by the Northern county on the field of dreams. Limerick, V94 NW83, Caislean Nua, Caladh an Treoigh, But Limerick or Galway have been many people's "best team in the country" for the last few seasons. The opportunity was created by Jack Fagan who plucked a ball from the sky and would continue repeating this trick throughout the second half to give Waterford an invaluable beachhead in the Kilkenny half of the field. Watch live coverage on RT2 and RT Player with live radio commentary on RT Radio 1. semi-final stage in 2020, take on Galway outfit St Thomas in . It will be a third senior championship meeting in nine months for Limerick and Waterford. The Cats, it would be fair to say, are something of an enigma this season. Leo McGough looks through the record books after a year when Joe Canning extended his championship record for sideline cuts, Crunching the hurling numbers: 20 stats from 2020, Evans: McStay's Rossie reign should 'still sit very well', 'What do you want, a hug and a kiss?' Galway made a couple of tactical tweaks at the outset of the second period with Joseph Cooney moving from defence to attack. Derry move back top of Division Two in the Allianz Football League with a 2-15 to 0-7 dismissal of Kildare as Cavan win again in Division Three. In the junior championship, current All-Ireland title holders Armagh are to clash with Wexford on Sunday. 36: He may not have replicated his goal-a-game 2019 campaign when netting in eight consecutive games but Tipperarys Seamus Callanans green flag against Galway brought his goal tally to 36 in 58 outings, all from play. The poor record of Munster champions at All-Ireland level is well known at this stage, with the double being completed just once in the last decade. Clare are the team to ask the most questions of John Kiely's men but they've come up with most of the answers. Follow the All-Ireland Hurling Championship semi-finals this weekend, Kilkenny v Clare (5.30pm on Saturday) and Limerick v Galway (3.30pm on Sunday), via our live blog on rte.ie/sport. "I think the middle third - Ryan Taylor, Tony Kelly, David Fitzgerald and David Reidy - will eventually find a way to get in behind Kilkenny," former Waterford manager Derek McGrath told this week's RT GAA Podcast. To complement that graft they had the guile and at times outrageous skill of Bennett and Austin Gleeson who also thundered into the contest. All-Ireland SHC semi-final Kilkenny v Cork, Croke Park, 3.30pm Slaughtneil captain Cormac O'Doherty says the Ulster champions will face a "phenomenal" Ballygunner side in the All-Ireland club hurling semi-final. John Kiely's side then beat Leinster runners-up Galway in the semi-final to reach their second final in three seasons. 0 & 7: The fact that Wexford failed to raise a green flag in either of their 2020 SHC games meant it was the first time since 1998 and just the seventh time in all that the county did not score a goal in the championship. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. A lateDarragh O'Donovan sideline struck a Kilkenny hurl on the way through, but it wasn't noticedmeaning they missed out on the late 65, and a chance to draw the game. They were 0-3 to no-score ahead by the fifth minute thanks to two TJ Reid frees and a classy point by the lively Eoin Cody. Joe Canning of Galway scores a point from a sideline cut in the 33rd minute, during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final match between Limerick and Galway at Croke. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile. They had to watch as Wexford celebrated their Leinster title with some gustolast summer, before a really disappointing day in the All-Ireland final against Tipperary. The panel consisting of Donal g Cusack, Jackie Tyrell, Ursula Jacob, and Shane Dowling picked Gearid Hegarty as the Sunday game player of the year. The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 133rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association 's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. "I suppose it's really hit home just how big the challenge we face - they're a phenomenal team.". The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 133rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. Those two gave their team further impetus with two points in the space of a minute after jet-heeled solo-runs, with Bennett even popping the ball over Paddy Deegans head on the way for good measure. No surprise it was that man Bennett who scored it, and it was a sweet strike too as he showed great wristwork to double the ball to the net on the ground after his first attempted shot was hooked. Kilkenny were struggling to clear their lines now such was the intensity the Waterford forwards were exerting without the ball, and what ball clearances they did make were often hurried which made life tougher at the other end of the field for the Kilkenny forwards. 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 (draw), 2012 (replay), 2014 (draw), 2014 (replay), 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 (draw), 2012 (replay), 2014 (draw), 2014 (replay), 2015, 2016. Sky Sports also broadcast a number of matches and have exclusive rights to some games. Danny O'Connell was the main trainer for the Kilkenny Senior Hurling team in the early years of the G.A.A and managed to win twelve All-Ireland senior titles, in 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1922, 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1939.[2]. Galway, after going close in 2012 and 2015, finally reached the promised land in 2017. - 'Bubbles' O'Dwyer wasn't expecting call from Tipp boss Cahill, Taking stock: How things stand in the Allianz Football ad Hurling Leagues, Evan Ferguson is a unique talent, says Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi, FlyDubai announces record profit as Gulf air travel booms. Liam Cahill is doing something special with this Waterford team, and its easy to believe anything is possible now after a second half like that. Initially, the 2020 All-Ireland hurling championship format was to feature five-team groups in both Leinster and Munster and the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists in the format introduced in 2018 for an initial three-year period. All-Ireland SHC semi-final Limerick v Waterford, Croke Park, 5pm. The match will be broadcast on both RTE and Sky Sports. In that second half Waterford exemplified everything good about the game of hurling raw courage, abrasive physicality, sumptuous skill, and some audacious scores. Mein Nisinta Seirbhse Poibl na hireann, Full-back line pivotal if Galway are to shock Limerick. Irish Examiner Ltd, Linn Dubh, Assumption Road, Blackpool, Cork. The introduction of the qualifier system in 1997 has resulted in seven 'back-door' All-Ireland champions: On a number of occasions teams have been defeated twice but have remained in the championship: Only one county has appeared in the final once, being victorious on that occasion: When a county won its first All Ireland before losing a final at a later time. Last updated on 6 August 20216 August 2021.From the section Gaelic Games. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Waterford and Limerick will face off in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final at Croke Park. After that, teams are shaded green, blue, purple and grey in descending order of performance. Derry move back top of Division Two in the Allianz Football League with a 2-15 to 0-7 dismissal of Kildare as Cavan win again in Division Three. It promises to be an intriguing affair at the Jones Road venue. Saturday's game will tell us whether the best in Leinster can compete with the best of the rest in Munster. Watch the Full-Time Highlights of Limerick v Galway in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Semi-Final here on GAANOW!Full-Time Score:Limerick: 0-27Galway: 0-24 pic.twitter.com/GDSZgxx0Sw, The GAA (@officialgaa) November 29, 2020, REPORT: @LimerickCLG edge out @Galway_GAA in All Ireland SHC semi-final #GAA, All Ireland SHC semi-final: Limerick advance to decider, Report By Cian OConnell at Croke Park for GAA.ie. There have been some changes of provincial championship: Qpr All-Ireland qualifiers, preliminary round, Qrr3 All-Ireland qualifiers, round robin, 3rd place, Qrr4 All-Ireland qualifiers, round robin, 4th place, Lpqr Leinster preliminary quarter-final, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 21:48. London became the first overseas team to compete in the All-Ireland Championship in 1900. of 35 NEXT 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final Limerick 0-27 Galway 0-24. Brendan Cummins added: "There's nothing better than a cause, and being written off as much as they have been. The Deise then beat Clare in their All-Ireland quarter final tie, before sealing a sensational comeback against Kilkenny at Croke Park to reach the decider. Waterford summoned one of the great championship comebacks in the second half as they turned what had at one stage been a nine-point deficit into a four point victory. It'll feel cold, which one might expect at this time of the year! Live commentary of both games on Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport on RT Radio 1. Going that one step further is a big motivation for the Derry outfit as they try to emulate the club's camogie side, who have won three All-Ireland titles. This page details statistics of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final - Limerick 0-27 Galway 0-24 November 29, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Limerick defeated Galway by 0-27 to 0-24 in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final on Sunday November 29th at Croke Park. All-Ireland Senior Football and Hurling Championships. [1] [2] Games were initially scheduled to begin on 9 May 2020. If we are to take Kilkenny out of the equation, the last Leinster county (sorry Galway!) 7, 4: Gearoid Hegartys 0-7 from play, though not an All-Ireland white flag record thats held by Seamie Callanans nine for Tipp in 2016 was some performance of accurate shooting from the St Patricks clubman, who obviously is equally adept at finding greens as he is goalposts: his golf handicap just 4! These are: The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 21 games held by Kilkenny. Cooney drilled a nice point immediately after the restart, but Limerick remained in the ascendancy hitting six of the next eight points in the build up to the three quarter mark. For four consecutive years they were given a bye to the All-Ireland final where they played the "home" champions in the final proper. RT2 and the RT Player will have live coverage of both of this weekend's semi-finals, as will Sky Sports. Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter says his side are probably out of Irish Premiership title contention and leaders Larne are "in the box seat". , Best of luck to Liam Cahill, his management team and all of the panel! "No Derry team has ever done it before and it's just keeping that hunger. The All-Ireland hurling championship is down to six after Clare and Galway were eliminated over the weekend. Unfortunately Canning, who decorated the match remarkably scoring four sideline cuts, was forced off injured in the closing stages. It helped too, of course, that they scored a goal just three minutes into the second-half that gave the entire team an electric shock of self-belief they so badly needed. The prolific Portumna clubman nailed three of those sweet efforts in the first half, but Limerick, who repeatedly gathered Galway puck outs, went in at the interval armed with a 0-15 to 0-13 lead. Scorers for Galway: Joe Canning 0-12 (8fs, 4 sidelines), Brian Concannon and Conor Whelan 0-3 each, Evan Niland 0-2 (1f), Joseph Cooney, Cathal Mannion, Adrian Tuohey, Fintan Burke (sideline) 0-1 each. Slaughtneil's dual star Shane McGuigan also insists the hurling ability of the Ulster kingpins shouldn't be underestimated. 17 x 2: On the same championship weekend Dublins Donal Burke and Clares Tony Kelly scored 17 times, Burke accumulating 1-16 (0-11f, 0-2 65) in Croke Park v Laois on the Saturday night, Kelly shot 0-17 (0-9f) in Thurles v Limerick the following afternoon. Dublin , Ireland - 28 November 2020; Jake Dillon of Waterford watches on from the stand after being substituted during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final match between. 132: Both Joe Canning and Patrick Horgan brought their points tally from play (white flags) to 132 during the 2020 championship, one shy of the record which is jointly held by Kilkenny duo Henry Shefflin and Eddie Keher both in the clubhouse on 133. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, the competition was delayed before beginning on 24 October 2020 and ending on 13 December 2020.[3][4]. This is always asking for trouble against a team as adept at swarm tackling and tenacious tracking as Kilkenny, and the sight of a Waterford runner being dispossessed became a familiar one as the first half wore on. The draws for the Munster and Leinster Senior Hurling Championships took place live on RT's Six One news on Friday 26 June. Brian Cody will be well aware of the talk of the winner of the other semi being the favourite for the final, and this is way he would want it to be heading into this critical phase of the championship. Limerick, Clare and Galway (3 each), Tipperary, Waterford, and Dublin (1 each) have also enjoyed the treble-10. When they met in the round-robin stages, UL shaded a 2-22 to 1-24 contest but UG still won the group, before the Galway college beat UCC 1-20 to 1-15 in the semi-final. By. They couldn't hold on against Wexford, but it ended up mattering little as the point gained on the first day was ultimately enough to see them into the provincial decider. Tipperary-native Cahill deserves a huge amount of credit for that in his first season in charge. You have accepted push notifications for this content. The opening period illustrated Limericks patience and purpose as John Kielys team absorbed a defiant Galway start to seize the initiative. "Killian Doyle actually, his mother is a Tipperary woman, he played against Tipperary in the National Hurling League two weeks ago. While Waterford were seen at the start of the campaign as the biggest threat to Limerick's three-in-a-row bid, Clare have now taken up that mantle, and if they can perform like they did in the last ten minutes against Wexford they will be hard to stop on Saturday evening. Five players have won nine All-Ireland medals through a combination of being on the field and as non-playing substitutes: Just two managers have reached the All-Ireland final with two different teams: Fourteen individuals have won the All-Ireland as a player then later as a manager: The All-Ireland championship has used many different competition structures since 1997, and it is not always obvious how to rank teams. 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