2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final Waterford 2-27 Kilkenny 2-23. The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows: Between 1887 and 1996 the championship was played on a straight knock out format whereby the All-Ireland champions were the only undefeated team of the competition. If you commit two or three bodies to the tackle - which Kilkenny do by instinct, they can't step back from that - the speed of hand and the way Clare can release the ball, with the runners coming off the shoulder, will be enough to break the line and get in for the couple of goals they'll need to get over the line.". Waterford might be the story of the championship so far. There will be full highlights of both games on The Sunday Game on Sunday, RT2,at 9.30. An added incentive for Waterford is that they will be attempting to reach back-to-back finals for the first time ever. Sharp stickwork, willing runners from deep, and an ability to break through tackles enabled Limerick clip scores from a variety of distances and angles. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. In a physical game that was sprinkled with sub plots, Galway were determined until the bitter end, but Limerick still fended off the Tribe challenge. The format reverted to knockout provincial championships, along with qualifiers, similar to the 2017 format. Level with nine minutes of additional time to be played, Limerick were under duress, but they answered the stern questions being posed by Galway. Old foes Antrim and Derry could battle on the pitch yet again in the All-Ireland junior semi-finals, if they manage to earn wins over Wicklow and Carlow respectively, on Sunday. Conor Lavertys side will meet the Connacht champions following Downs emotionally charged Ulster final win over Monaghan, which came just a fortnight after the Farneys captain, Brendan g Dufaigh, died in a car crash. This meant there would be no relegation from the Leinster Hurling Championship in 2020 and that the winners of the Joe McDonagh Cup would be promoted.[11]. They hockeyed Wexford in the Leinster semi-final, and recovered well after that reversal in the provincial decider, stopping the Tipp march towards two-in-a-row. [1] [2] Games were initially scheduled to begin on 9 May 2020. In general, the colouring code for champions (red), runners-up (orange) and semi-finalists (yellow) holds true. 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. In that second half Waterford exemplified everything good about the game of hurling raw courage, abrasive physicality, sumptuous skill, and some audacious scores. The draws for the Munster and Leinster Senior Hurling Championships took place live on RT's Six One news on Friday 26 June. Limerick, Clare and Galway (3 each), Tipperary, Waterford, and Dublin (1 each) have also enjoyed the treble-10. 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. In total, 33-year-old Mulcahy has racked up 10-77 (107). The 2020 fixtures were announced in October 2019. So if Kilkenny swarm defence on Shane O'Donnell, he'll have the ball out of his hands while they're wondering if they got a hit on him. Their All-Ireland semi-final record of late is hit and miss, progressing in 2015, 2017 and 2018 (after a replay) but missing out in 2016 and in their most recent last-four appearance two years ago. The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. "In most of their games this year they've been the far, far better team in all aspects," said O'Doherty. We played Ballyhale two years ago and for me they're the top dogs - we went toe-to-toe with them for 64 minutes and fell short at the end. RT is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Henry Shefflin has made a solid start to his time in charge in the west, taking Galway into the last four for the sixth time in eight seasons. to compete in an All-Ireland final was Offaly in 2000 - 20 years ago. And when Waterford did manage to engineer good scoring chances, they just werent clinical enough. Live blogs on RTE.ie/sport and the RT News app, video highlightson social media. Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter says his side are probably out of Irish Premiership title contention and leaders Larne are "in the box seat". 19: 19 years separate Conal Keaneys first SHC appearance for Dublin May 2001 v Laois and last, November 2020 v Cork. The 2020 Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship semi-final between Limerick and Galway will take place on Friday, July 2. All-Ireland Club Hurling semi-final: Dunloy v St Thomas'. Watch the Full-Time Highlights of Waterford v Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Semi-Final here on GAANOW!Full-Time Score:Waterford: 2-27Kilkenny: 2-23 pic.twitter.com/Y9qSeS5QUT, The GAA (@officialgaa) November 28, 2020, REPORT: @WaterfordGAA produced an epic comeback to turn a nine-point deficit into a four-point win over @KilkennyCLG in today's All-Ireland SHC semi-final at Croke Park. 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. Sky Sports also broadcast a number of matches and have exclusive rights to some games. The All-Ireland Hurling Championship semi-finals are live on Sky Sports Mix. Coincidentally, on both occasions, 24 of the 30 came from play. The competition is entirely knock-out. . Ireland remain on track for a Grand Slam despite a patchy and unconvincing performance in a 34-20 win over Italy in Rome. Eanna Murphy made a good stop to thwart Limerick substitute David Reidy and Galway were beginning to believe that a daring comeback mission could be launched. 15 & 8: Austin Gleesons point from a lineball in the All-Ireland final wrote the Waterford marksmans name in the record books as the 15th man to successfully cut a ball over the bar in the final, while that stroke also brought the Mount Sion clubmans sideline tally to eight, joining Clares Mick Moroney in joint-second behind Joe Canning. The most one sided All-Ireland semi-finals: The most one sided All-Ireland quarter-finals: Longest gaps between successive All-Ireland titles: Longest gaps between successive All-Ireland final appearances: Only on six occasions has the All-Ireland final involved two teams from the same province: The province providing the highest number of different winning teams is. Wet weather is due to clear Dublin on Saturday morning. 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. 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. of Waterford in action against Cillian Buckley, left, and Paddy Deegan of Kilkenny during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final match between Kilkenny and Waterford at Croke Park in Dublin . The draw for the 2021 All-Ireland senior hurling championship quarter-finals were made this morning with Limerick and Kilkenny waiting in the semi-finals. You have accepted push notifications for this content. 37 of their appearances were in the All-Ireland SHC, 13 in the All-Ireland B SHC, 14 Junior, 9 Intermediate, 4 Christy Ring and 1 Joe McDonagh. 46 & 20 & 3-34: Graeme Mulcahy, Limericks longest-serving player he made his debut in 2009 brought his SHC appearances to 46 in the All-Ireland final when he was replaced for the 20th time. Limerick, V94 NW83, Caislean Nua, Caladh an Treoigh, Kilkenny's semi-final record under Brian Cody is exceptional, with 16 wins, and a draw, from 21 games. [1][2] Games were initially scheduled to begin on 9 May 2020. Watch Waterford v Kilkenny (6pm Saturday) and Limerick v Galway (4pm Sunday) live on RT2, listen to live commentary on RT Radio 1 or follow our live blog on RT Sport Online and the RT News app. After their 2021 campaign, which saw them lose to Dublin and Waterford, the progress is clear. #deiseab #support pic.twitter.com/H4w8fsrwGU, Waterford GAA (@WaterfordGAA) November 27, 2020, Newcastle, Castletroy, Kilkenny v Waterford, Croke Park, 6pm, All-Ireland SHC semi-final Luimneach, V94 NW83. AIB All-Ireland Club Hurling Semi-Final: Slaughtneil v Ballygunner, Slaughtneil overcome Ballycran to retain Ulster title, Ballyhale defeat Slaughtneil in semi-final epic, Na Pairsaigh end Slaughtneil's All-Ireland hopes. Last updated on 6 August 20216 August 2021.From the section Gaelic Games. 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final Limerick 0-27 Galway 0-24. Watch live coverage on RT2 and RT Player with live radio commentary on RT Radio 1. "It'll be tight but they have too much running ability in Croke Park, with [Shane] Meehan and [Mark] Rogers to make an impact late off the bench.". Live coverage of both All-Ireland semi-finals on RT2 and RT Player. Clubs . 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. semi-final stage in 2020, take on Galway outfit St Thomas in . Get the latest news from the world of sport along with the best opinion from our outstanding team of sport writers, direct to your inbox every Friday. 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 or on the RT News app. In terms of potential injury worries, Gearid McInerney was being monitored this week having taken a blow to the knee in the quarter-final win over Cork. Concannon guided Galway four in front when the action recommenced, but then Limerick reeled off five without reply. Cork have won seven of their last 25 league and championship matches against Kilkenny. In fairness to Lyons, he was Waterfords best player in the first half, scoring two really good points, but hell be really disappointed to have given away a free like that. Waterford defeated Kilkenny by 2-27 to 2-23 in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final on Saturday November 28th at Croke Park. 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. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. The first half had been poor enough fare and at half-time it very much looked like Kilkenny were going to win this game and probably win it well. You'll see a really aggressive Galway approach and it'll be successful enough to not win the match!". He said: "We can beat them but we know the task ahead of us - there are a serious outfit. LIMERICK: Nickie Quaid; Sean Finn, Dan Morrissey, Barry Nash; Diarmaid Byrnes, Declan Hannon, Kyle Hayes; Darragh ODonovan, William ODonoghue; Gearoid Hegarty, Cian Lynch, Tom Morrissey; Aaron Gillane, Seamus Flanagan, Graeme Mulcahy. 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. The 2020 fixtures were announced in October 2019. And, although they lost the Munster final to a much fancied Limerick side, Henry Shefflin told the Sunday Game that weekend that Waterford had displayed the "manic aggression" needed to rattle the top teams. Kilkenny hit some poor ones too, but overall their more direct brand of hurling was paying much more dividend. At the opposite end of the field Concannon was prominent, while Joe Canning was delivering trademark sideline cuts from under the Cusack Stand. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . They murdered Kilkenny under the high ball and dominated the vast majority of rucks for possession on the deck too. Limerick v Galway, Croke Park, 4pm. 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The match was televised live on RT2 as part of The Sunday Game, presented by Joanne Cantwell from the outside studio at Croke Park, with analysis by Anthony Daly, Donal g Cusack . RT2 and the RT Player will have live coverage of both of this weekend's semi-finals, as will Sky Sports. Watch Kilkenny vs Waterford from 5pm Saturday, and Limerick vs Galway from 3pm Sunday, as All-Ireland final spots are . But the eastern province is now undoubtedly the weaker one, with Wexford's loss to Clare the latest All-Ireland quarter-final turnover to be suffered by one of the traditional challengers to the Cats' hold on the Bob O'Keefe Cup. Mein Nisinta Seirbhse Poibl na hireann, We need your consent to load this SoundCloud content. 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. [18], The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 13 December the night of the final. Tickets for the All-Ireland Hurling semi-final between Galway and Limerick will go on sale on Monday afternoon. 40:James Owens took charge of his 40th SHC game during the 2020 campaign, just the third referee to reach the 40 milestone, the Wexford man now third in the all-time list, inching ahead of Brian Gavin (39), behind Barry Kelly (52) and Dickie Murphy (48). 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. 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