Allianz Division 1 hurling league final result
Galway 3-21 Tipperary 0-14
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Afternoon all, we’re getting set for the 2017 Allianz Division 1 hurling league final. Galway take on Tipperary at 3.30pm with Cork’s Colm Lyons the referee.
Here’s the team Michael Ryan has named to start.
Tipperary:
1. Darren Gleeson (Portroe)
2. Cathal Barrett (Holycross-Ballycahill)
3. James Barry (Upperchurch-Drombane)
4. Michael Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields)
5. Seamus Kennedy (St. Marys)
6. Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
7. Padraic Maher (captain) (Thurles Sarsfields)
8. Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh)
9. Jason Forde (Silvermines)
10. Dan McCormack (Borris-Ileigh)
11. Michael Breen (Ballina)
12. Steven O’Brien (Ballina)
13. Noel McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)
14. John O’Dwyer (Killenaule)
15. John McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)
And here’s the side Micheal Donoghue has selected.
Galway:
1. Colm Callanan (Kinvara)
2. Adrian Tuohy (Beagh)
3. Daithi Burke (Turloughmore)
4. Paul Killeen (Tynagh Abbey Duniry)
5. Padraig Mannion (Ahascragh-Fohenagh)
6. Gearoid McInerney (Oranmore-Maree)
7. Aidan Harte (Gort)
8. Johnny Coen (Loughrea)
9. David Burke (St Thomas)
10. Jason Flynn (Tommie Larkins)
11. Joe Canning (Portumna)
12. Joseph Cooney (Sarsfields)
13. Conor Whelan (Kinvara)
14. Cathal Mannion (Ahascragh-Fohenagh)
15. Conor Cooney (St Thomas)
We’ll let you know if there’s any late changes and whether Jason Forde starts for Tipperary after last week’s incident involving Davy Fitzgerald.
And here’s the substitutes for both sides:
Tipperary: Daragh Mooney, Kieran Bergin, Alan Flynn, Paul Flynn, Tomás Hamill, Barry Heffernan, Patrick Maher, Aidan McCormack, John O’Keeffe, Niall O’Meara, Daire Quinn.
Galway: James Skehill, John Hanbury, Ronan Burke, Sean Loftus, Martin Dolphin, Matthew Donohoe, Pádraig Brehony, Éanna Burke, Niall Burke, Thomas Monaghan, Shane Maloney.
Interesting pre-match change from Galway.
So who’s your tip to win this one – Tipperary to land first title since 2008 or Galway to claim their first crown since 2010?
Tipperary 0-1 Galway 0-0
3 mins – John McGrath knocks over an early free for Tipperary, Padraic Maher fouled after launching a long clearance.
Galway 0-2 Tipperary 0-1
4 mins – Galway quickly draw level, neatly struck score by Aidan Harte, and then go in front thanks to Conor Whelan.
Tipperary 0-2 Galway 0-2
6 mins – John McGrath is fouled, dusts himself down and points the resultant free. All square again.
A first wide from a free by McGrath for Tipperary, that was a tricky one on the left wing from about 70 yards.
Galway 0-3 Tipperary 0-2
9 mins – From the puckout, Jason Flynn snaps up a loose ball and fires over a point that pushes Galway in front.
Neither side hitting their stride fully just yet. Galway’s Johnny Coen and Tipperary’s Noel McGrath see points attempts drift wide.
Galway 0-3 Tipperary 0-3
15 mins – Lovely point by Noel McGrath but much of the credit goes to Jason Forde for a splendid crossfield delivery from a sideline cut.
Galway 0-4 Tipperary 0-3
18 mins – First point of the day for Joe Canning and it nudges Galway in front.
Galway 0-5 Tipperary 0-3
21 mins – Conor Whelan breaks a scoring impasse by smashing over a point for Galway after being set up by Niall Burke.
Goal Chance! Jason Flynn grabs a delivery and races clear for Galway, he gets ahead of Michael Cahill but shoots low from an angle with Darren Gleeson tipping the shot away for a ’65.
Galway 0-7 Tipperary 0-4
24 mins – Joe Canning clips over the ’65 but Brendan Maher pulls a point back for Tipperary. Then carelessness at the back from Tipperary is seized upon by Canning as he points.
A third wide of the day from a placed ball by John McGrath as he sees his shot from a ’65 go off target.
Galway 0-8 Tipperary 0-4
28 mins – And now it’s a double score game. Canning hits over a free after Conor Whelan was fouled.
Galway 0-10 Tipperary 0-4
31 mins – There’s only one team in this game so far. Canning from a ’65 and Whelan from play stretch Galway’s lead to six.
Sub: Michael Ryan moves to react to what he’s seeing with Niall O’Meara coming in to the Tipperary attack for Steven O’Brien.
Galway 0-10 Tipperary 0-5
33 mins – Tipperary try to stem the tide before the interval with Ronan Maher slamming over a long range free.
Galway 0-11 Tipperary 0-5
34 mins – A fifth point of the day for Canning. Galway are cleaning up around the middle but 11 wides so far.
Half-Time: Galway 0-11 Tipperary 0-5
Galway back out on the pitch, we’re still waiting for the return of a Tipperary team who trail by six points at the interval.
Goal for Galway from Jason Flynn!
Galway 1-11 Tipperary 0-6
37 mins – Cracking finish to the roof of the net by Jason Flynn provides Galway with the ideal boost at the start of the second half. A long Adrian Tuohy clearance fell kindly for Flynn after a flick from Joseph Cooney. Superb strike then by the Tommie Larkins man. Noel McGrath countered with a point for Tipperary.
Galway 1-12 Tipperary 0-6
40 mins – It’s Johnny Coen who points for Galway but huge credit goes to Joseph Cooney for a great run along the sideline and a well-timed offload.
Galway 1-12 Tipperary 0-7
43 mins – Bubbles O’Dwyer takes over the freetaking duties for Tipperary and he despatches a shot between the posts. Gap is back to eight.
Galway 1-14 Tipperary 0-7
44 mins – Galway look to have so much space and time in possession. Padraic Mannion cleverly switches the play and Aidan Harte has plenty room to pick off his point. Then Galway put Seamus Kennedy under huge pressure, forcing him to over-carry and Canning slots the free. The gap is out to ten points now and it’s going to take something special from Tipperary to retrieve this.
Sub: Tipperary spring Patrick Bonner Maher from the bench, John O’Dwyer makes way.
Galway 1-14 Tipperary 0-9
49 mins – Better from Tipperary. Two quick points, Michael Breen from play and then a long-range Ronan Maher free.
Galway 1-15 Tipperary 0-9
50 mins – What a game Conor Whelan is having. He lofts over a superb point, his fourth of the day.
Galway 1-16 Tipperary 0-9
51 mins – Joe Canning brings his personal tally for the day to 0-8 and he’s on course to pick up a league medal it seems.
Galway 1-17 Tipperary 0-9
54 mins – Canning smashes a long-range free over the bar.
Galway 1-17 Tipperary 0-11
56 mins – Tipperary hit back with a pair of points courtesy of a John McGrath free and a Michael Breen effort from play.
Goal for Galway from Jason Flynn again!
Galway 2-18 Tipperary 0-11
58 mins – A second goal for Galway’s Jason Flynn, superb individual effort as he cut in from the left wing. David Burke follows it up with a point and Galway look certain of claiming the honours here.
Galway 2-18 Tipperary 0-12
62 mins – A John McGrath free for Tipperary but looks a consolation effort.
Sub: And now Galway pitch Johnny Glynn into action as Joe Canning is called ashore.
Galway 2-20 Tipperary 0-13
65 mins – The match is petering out now, Whelan and McGrath trade points.
Goal for Galway from Cathal Mannion!
Galway 3-20 Tipperary 0-13
67 mins – Mass exodus of Tipperary fans now as Cathal Mannion shoots home Galway’s third goal, gathering a David Burke delivery and surging clear.
Galway 3-20 Tipperary 0-14
72 mins – Late chance for a Tipperary goal but Bonner Maher’s shot hits the bar and then John McGrath’s rebound is deflected over.
Full-Time: Galway 3-21 Tipperary 0-14
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Kevin Mc should feel very very hard done by.
Kevin McManamon that is.
@Aideen Thornton: Yeah, he had a great year.
John Small was another player who deserves a mention, half back line was very competitive area.
overall decent selection. always one or two debatable picks. Really puts Clarke’s non selection on replay into question. Unlucky were cian o Sullivan, Peter acheson, Kevin mc, Gary Brennan. Then again hard to get everyone in.
@clumley: Cluxton conceded 6, Clarke conceded 6. Cluxton was never dropped and had superior kickouts and Dublin played tougher opposition. Worth noting which teams the goals were conceded against. Comerford conceded 6 in Munster alone and a further 5 in the 4th round, quarters and semi which ruled him out. Kerry goalie only conceded 2 and kept a clean sheet against Dublin. If kickouts were the deciding factor, anyone have the stats?
Tougher opposition!? Have you SEEN Leinster football in the last 10 years???
@Jack Strong: the all-stars are decided on the last couple of games, sad but true. Dublin played Donegal, Kerry and Mayo twice and thats were most goals were conceded out of the six for Cluxton. Mayo did well to pass the mighty Londoners! Leinster is not a great standard at the moment but neither is Munster or Connacht. A semi final against Kerry tends to be a little tougher than meeting Tipp.
So the All Stars are decided in the last 3 games but you just had to throw in your remark about having to play London against London? Good man. Cluxton conceded 3 against Laois who aren’t exactly world beaters.
A Quarter final (where we went in as underdogs) against Tyrone is every bit as tough as Kerry.
By your own logic Cluxton’s meltdown in the semi final is the reason he didn’t win one as that’s far more important than any other game in the season.
Laois scored 2
Reading dubs comments on a lot of these threads makes me cringe. Be a bit more gracious there lads , don’t give them any more reason to dislike us. Congrats to all all star winners
@Cormac O’Gara: It’s not being ungracious, debate about commissions is fairly routine and any fan will focus on their own. Six is a great haul but its not about the number, individual players had a good case for selection and whats being said is just people trying to recognise their input.
@Frainc Ó Broin: *Omissions not commissions
No cluxton what the f¥ck is going on. Clarke wouldn’t lace his boots
@The metropolitans: Ah Cluxton has plenty and 3 Celtic Crosses so far on his mantel piece with Sam tucked up safely in the captial for the winter will help soften the blow for us Dubs too :)
Mantle*
4 Celtic crosses
@The metropolitans: All Stars are for the best players this year, not the best players in general. Going by your logic, should Bernard Brogan, Colm Cooper and Sean Cavanagh win All Stars every year?
@The metropolitans: Clarke is a top goalkeeper, both conceded the same number of goals, I think he was unlucky.
Kev mc deserved an all star , cluxton had 8 mins of a meltdown and they give it to Clarke who his own manager didn’t even have faith in him haha . Just shows how high cluxton has set his standards that a few mins cost him over a keeper who was dropped .
Cluxton is running out of room on the mantle piece so they gave it to a lad dropped for the replay and made no difference when brought on. When you think about it long and hard it makes perfect sense.
Harsh Ned. Clarke should never have been dropped for the replay, that’s a known fact at this stage.
What about Cluxton in the semi final against Kerry? His misplaced kick outs and indecisiveness simply invited Kerry back into that game.
As mentioned above Gavin it was short spell in the first half of a match. He didnt miss one kick out after. In the replay he had a fantastic game. He was the only keeper to have a good game that day.
Thought Evan Comerford was very unlucky
Future looks bright for Mayo. 2 of the young additions to Mayo this year, one got an All Star and one will feel hard done by who didn’t get one in Durcan. Add that’s with DOC who will likely get young player of the year and the general age profile of the team Mayo are well placed to put in a big championship next season. Former all star Caff coming back from injury also for next season. Rochford needs get the most of a talented forward line who were generally average this year and it could be a strong year next year. Just to add re Durcan- it was an excellent season of performances from him especially taking his Mitchels performances into consideration. He was unbelievable against Crossmaglen in club semi final. A definite all star in my book.
Yeah all that is true, but you seem to be forgetting about the curse……
Cluxton has had two spells now of ten minutes each where he lost his way a little, that’s 20 minutes in 15 years. One player, 15 years, 20 minutes. It’s cringeworthy that he’s not in the team.
This is not some sort of life time achievement Award. It’s based on this year and this year alone. Cluxton has been below his own high standards and made som big mistakes in crucial games
Because of ten minutes ? And your point that he was below his own high standards is vacuous, the only standard that matters is that set by his peers.
@gary sheehan: He is not rated on his own high standards, is rated against the others in contention. Fair play to Clarke, he is a top goalie, which be interesting to find out why one player was selected over another.
You clearly didn’t see him play early in his career if you think that
@Stíofán Mac Piarais: are you referring to Clarke or Cluxton?
Clarke ahead of Cluxton. Holy god where do they get this stuff from.
A complete and utter sympathy selection. If Clarke hadn’t been dropped for the replay, he wouldn’t be getting an All Star. Crazy.
It’s funny that the player who most pundits say has changed the game most in the past decade and most others keepers try copy but can’t match,not forgetting he has four all Ireland winners medals. Two are back to back. Doesn’t get an all star in the last two years. He is the one players dublin have not been able to replace. Take a bow me cluxton
On the Button ! Every team that takes on Dublin looks at Cluxtons kick outs to try and stop his delivery’s ! The reason Fenton is so good is his mobility and Cluxtons ability to hit him with balls 50 yards from Goal ! The reason why Clarke was dropped in the 1st place was to get a better delivery ala Cluxton like to Mayos midfield etc ! I think it’s fair to say that if anyone was picking a team to win a game Cluxton would be No 1 ! He had a fantastic season and although kerry picked his pockets for a few minutes he had the balls to regroup and deliver pin point delivery’s thereafter !
So with the exception of a few tokens to pretend its not all a farce they really just wanted the rest of the Dublin and mayo teams….. Its the reason 90% of the country could give a rats a$$ about Allstars. Usually you can tell by and large who they will be once squads are announced at the beginning of the campaign…..