Inter-county provincial silverware up for grabs in the depths of November, rather than under the summer sun in 2020.
The Bob O’Keeffe Cup is on the line in Croke Park this evening, with Kilkenny and Galway doing battle. The Cats v the Tribe, Brian Cody v Shane O’Neill; this one is set up to be a cracker.
Throw-in is at 6.15pm, with the action live on RTÉ Two. We’ll keep you up to date here, though.
14 Nov 2020
5:59PM
Here are the teams that were named last night, but as always, there could be changes.
16. James Skehill (Cappataggle)
17. Aidan Harte (Gort)
18. Jack Fitzpatrick (Killimordaly)
19. TJ Brennan (Clarinbridge)
20. Adrian Tuohey (Beagh)
21. Sean Linnane (Turloughmore)
22. Darren Morrissey (Sarsfields)
23. David Burke (St. Thomas’)
24. Jason Flynn (Tommy Larkins)
25. Evan Niland (Clarinbridge)
26. Sean Bleahane (Ahascragh Fohenagh).
14 Nov 2020
6:07PM
Galway come into this one off the back of an impressive provincial semi-final victory over Wexford, while Kilkenny arrive after beating Dublin. While Cody’s Cats fell to the Slaneysiders in last year’s decider, they’re looking for their first Leinster title since 2016. Galway, meanwhile, were back-to-back champions in 2017 and 2018.
Who’ll take the silver in 2020?
Poll Results:
Kilkenny (168)
Galway (146)
14 Nov 2020
6:14PM
No late changes for either team, it appears. Amhrán na bhFiann is being played, and it’s nearly time for throw-in.
14 Nov 2020
6:15PM
THROW-IN - Fergal Horgan gets us underway on a wet, windy night in Croker.
14 Nov 2020
6:16PM
Kilkenny 0-0 Galway 0-0
1 min – Galway’s Fintan Burke has the first shot of the game and it goes wide.
14 Nov 2020
6:17PM
Galway 0-1 Kilkenny 0-0
2 mins – Johnny Coen gives Galway the lead with a massive score after another wide, that one from Whelan.
14 Nov 2020
6:18PM
Galway 0-2 Kilkenny 0-0
2 mins – Joe Canning makes no mistake with his first free of the day.
14 Nov 2020
6:19PM
Galway 0-2 Kilkenny 0-1
3 mins – TJ Reid nails his first free too, the Cats playing into the Hill 16 End.
14 Nov 2020
6:21PM
Galway 0-3 Kilkenny 0-1
5 mins – Cathal Mannion with a lovely score for the Tribe against the breeze, just after Kilkenny’s first wide of the night.
14 Nov 2020
6:22PM
Galway 0-4 Kilkenny 0-2
6 mins – Padraig Walsh hits Kilkenny’s latest offering after great work from Cillian Buckley in the build-up, before Conor Whelan responds at the other end.
14 Nov 2020
6:24PM
Galway 0-4 Kilkenny 0-3
8 mins – 2/2 from TJ Reid off the frees. What a strike from the middle of the pitch in testing conditions.
14 Nov 2020
6:25PM
Galway 0-4 Kilkenny 0-4
10 mins – TJ makes it three from placed ball. And four points a-piece.
14 Nov 2020
6:27PM
Kilkenny 0-5 Galway 0-4
11 mins – Kilkenny take the lead for the first time after Reid’s latest free, this one coming after Huw Lawlor’s hurley is held.
14 Nov 2020
6:28PM
Kilkenny 0-5 Galway 0-5
12 mins – Coen with a stunning effort from under the Hogan Stand to level matters. Two brilliant scores from him so far.
14 Nov 2020
6:29PM
Galway 0-7 Kilkenny 0-5
14 mins – Galway get their noses out in front once again after Canning’s latest free. The Portumna man adds another from play just after.
14 Nov 2020
6:31PM
Galway 0-7 Kilkenny 0-6
16 mins – Reid is keeping the Cats in the game here through his frees. His fifth of the night.
14 Nov 2020
6:34PM
Galway 0-7 Kilkenny 0-7
18 mins – Galway give away a needless free and Reid ties up matters. 6/6.
Kilkenny's Martin Keoghan and Gearoid McInerney of Galway. Ryan Byrne / INPHO
Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO
14 Nov 2020
6:37PM
Galway 0-8 Kilkenny 0-7
19 mins – What Reid does at one end, Canning does at the other… his fourth, and third from frees, edges Galway ahead.
14 Nov 2020
6:39PM
Galway 0-9 Kilkenny 0-7
21 mins – Five-time All-Star Canning finds Joseph Cooney off a sideline cut, and Cooney slots over after an excellent catch. This comes just after Kilkenny ‘keeper Eoin Murphy put a long-range free wide.
14 Nov 2020
6:40PM
Galway 0-9 Kilkenny 0-8
22 mins – TJ Reid fires over another free, won by Eoin Cody who is having an excellent game.
14 Nov 2020
6:41PM
Galway 0-10 Kilkenny 0-8
23 mins – Whelan sticks another from play. Just beforehand, Conor Browne went up for a great catch but lost it shortly afterwards.
14 Nov 2020
6:42PM
Galway 0-11 Kilkenny 0-8
24 mins – Canning nails his latest free. It came after Niall Burke produced and outstanding catch and nearly got away with the goal on, but Kilkenny players held him back.
14 Nov 2020
6:42PM
Galway 0-11 Kilkenny 0-9
25 mins – Eoin Cody with Kilkenny’s latest point.
14 Nov 2020
6:44PM
Galway 0-11 Kilkenny 0-10
26 mins – Martin Keoghan gets in on the scoring act after more good work from Cody. The Cats are keeping the scoreboard ticking over nicely after TJ’s free-taking exhibition.
14 Nov 2020
6:45PM
Galway 0-12 Kilkenny 0-10
27 mins – Canning grabs his sixth of the game from a free.
14 Nov 2020
6:47PM
Galway 0-12 Kilkenny 0-11
30 mins – Padraig Walsh powers through and looks to be in on goals but he’s hooked – Horgan thinks illegally so and gives Kilkenny a free. Reid continues his 100% free-taking record.
14 Nov 2020
6:50PM
Galway 0-12 Kilkenny 0-12
32 mins – Mannion plays Concannon in but he’s kept out, the ball eventually landing to Cats ‘keeper Murphy. He’s adjudged to go over the line and concedes a ’65, but Canning misses.
John Donnelly equalises matters at the other end, the teams now level for the fourth time.
14 Nov 2020
6:51PM
Galway 0-13 Kilkenny 0-12
34 mins – Well, what about that from Canning? A stunning score from the sideline…
14 Nov 2020
6:51PM
Galway 0-13 Kilkenny 0-12
34 mins – Hawkeye rules that Whelan’s latest effort was wide and it remains a one-point game as half time nears.
14 Nov 2020
6:52PM
One minute added on.
14 Nov 2020
6:53PM
Kilkenny 0-13 Galway 0-12
35 mins + 1: The sides exchange wides before the half-time whistle sounds.
36 mins – TJ Reid picks up where he left off with another free to level matters.
14 Nov 2020
7:09PM
Just one half-time change to update you on: Aidan Harte replaces Sean Loftus for Galway.
14 Nov 2020
7:12PM
Galway 0-14 Kilkenny 0-13
29 mins – Canning edges Galway ahead from a placed-ball effort. Just after, Jason Flynn replaces Niall Burke.
14 Nov 2020
7:13PM
Galway 0-14 Kilkenny 0-14
40 mins – Level game once again.
14 Nov 2020
7:15PM
Galway 0-14 Kilkenny 0-14
42 mins – Conor Browne was the Kilkenny player who scored the equalising point. Joey Holden comes on for Cillian Buckley.
14 Nov 2020
7:16PM
Galway 0-15 Kilkenny 0-14
44 mins – Canning puts Galway one up once again. Huw Lawlor and Conor Whelan both got yellow cards just beforehand, the latter missing a chance from open play just after.
Richie Hogan comes in for Walter Walsh.
14 Nov 2020
7:20PM
Galway 0-15 Kilkenny 0-14
47 mins – Canning spurns the chance to put Galway two up, going for goal instead but Conor Fogarty clears it off the line. That all came after a goalmouth scramble… Cillian Buckley is back on after that injury attention, Joey Holden comes off
14 Nov 2020
7:21PM
Galway 0-16 Kilkenny 0-14
48 mins – Canning makes no mistake in putting the Tribe two up this time, an excellent effort from the sideline under the Hogan Stand.
14 Nov 2020
7:22PM
Galway 0-17 Kilkenny 0-14
50 mins – Another goal chance for Galway but Murphy produces a brilliant save. Canning nails the ’65.
14 Nov 2020
7:24PM
Galway 0-18 Kilkenny 0-14
51 mins – Canning extends Galway’s lead to four, the biggest margin so far. Liam Blanchfield replaces Colin Fennelly.
14 Nov 2020
7:25PM
Galway 0-18 Kilkenny 0-14
52 mins – Kilkenny are 12 minutes without a score here… Murphy’s long-range free goes off the upright and wide while Martin Keoghan fires across the face of the goal and wide. Huge opportunity missed.
Galway's Conor Whelan and Kilkenny's Conor Delaney. Ken Sutton / INPHO
Ken Sutton / INPHO / INPHO
14 Nov 2020
7:28PM
Galway 0-19 Kilkenny 0-15
54 mins – Concannon with his first score of the game, well deserved after his trojan work inside. Blanchfield keeps Kilkenny in the hunt at the Canal End.
14 Nov 2020
7:29PM
Galway 0-20 Kilkenny 0-15
55 mins – Jason Flynn extends Galway’s lead. Richie Reid comes in for Conor Fogarty.
14 Nov 2020
7:30PM
GOAL! Kilkenny 1-15 Galway 0-20 (Hogan, 57)
14 Nov 2020
7:31PM
GOAL! Kilkenny 2-15 Galway 0-20 (Reid, 57)
14 Nov 2020
7:32PM
By God, two quickfire goals from Kilkenny there – excellent skill from Richie Hogan before he finds the back of the net, while TJ Reid follows suit just seconds later.
Anyone’s game now… 2-15 to 0-20.
14 Nov 2020
7:33PM
Galway 0-21 Kilkenny 2-15
Canning levels matters after that period of excitement. All-Ireland winning captain David Burke comes in for Conor Cooney.
14 Nov 2020
7:34PM
Galway 0-22 Kilkenny 2-15
60 mins – Canning edges Galway ahead. Niall Brassil on for Richie Leahy, who limps off. Brassil comes in for his championship debut. Alan Murphy comes in just after.
14 Nov 2020
7:36PM
Galway 0-23 Kilkenny 2-16
62 mins – And what about that for impact off the bench from David Burke. His first point makes it a two-point game once again.
But Reid, whose tally is 1-10, brings it right back to the minimum deficit.
14 Nov 2020
7:38PM
Galway 0-24 Kilkenny 2-16
64 mins – CLOSE! Canning’s sideline cut comes off the post, Concannon is there to pull the trigger with a one-handed pull but his shot went wide…
David Burke notches his second shortly after.
14 Nov 2020
7:40PM
Galway 0-24 Kilkenny 2-17
66 mins – Richie Hogan blazes over, another goal chance there with Murphy well out. One-point game.
14 Nov 2020
7:41PM
Galway 2-18 Kilkenny 0-24
67 mins – Level game, Conor Browne tying matters from play.
14 Nov 2020
7:43PM
Kilkenny 2-19 Galway 0-24
68 mins – Keoghan pushes Kilkenny into the slimmest of leads.
Coen comes off, missed his replacement but there’s been another score…
14 Nov 2020
7:44PM
Kilkenny 2-20 Galway 0-24
69 mins – Hogan puts Kilkenny into a two-point lead. Sean Linnane in for Shane Cooney.
14 Nov 2020
7:44PM
Four minutes added on, the Cats with their tails up here…
14 Nov 2020
7:45PM
Kilkenny 2-20 Galway 0-24
71 mins – A missed Canning opportunity keeps Kilkenny two up. The Portumna man’s free from the middle comes off the post.
14 Nov 2020
7:47PM
Kilkenny 2-20 Galway 0-24
72 mins – Kilkenny holding up here as the clock runs down…
What a win for Kilkenny in Brian Cody’s 22nd campaign in charge. Goals win games, eh? Richie Hogan was certainly the difference in the end, it must be said.
14 Nov 2020
7:52PM
Galway will be absolutely gutted after that, as Colin Fennelly lifts the Bob O’Keeffe Cup.
14 Nov 2020
7:56PM
Kilkenny win their first Leinster title since 2016, and now head straight into the All-Ireland semi-final. Galway head for the quarters where they’ll face Galway will face Clare or Tipperary next week.
That’s the lot from me. Kevin O’Brien is in Croke Park for us so his report will be available on The42 shortly. Thanks for reading, enjoy the rest of the weekend.
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As it happened: Kilkenny v Galway, Leinster SHC final
Inter-county provincial silverware up for grabs in the depths of November, rather than under the summer sun in 2020.
The Bob O’Keeffe Cup is on the line in Croke Park this evening, with Kilkenny and Galway doing battle. The Cats v the Tribe, Brian Cody v Shane O’Neill; this one is set up to be a cracker.
Throw-in is at 6.15pm, with the action live on RTÉ Two. We’ll keep you up to date here, though.
Here are the teams that were named last night, but as always, there could be changes.
Kilkenny
1. Eoin Murphy (Glenmore)
2. Conor Delaney (Erin’s Own)
3. Huw Lawlor (O’Loughlin Gaels)
4. Tommy Walsh (Tullaroan)
5. Cillian Buckley (Dicksboro)
6. Padraig Walsh (Tullaroan)
7. Conor Fogarty (Erin’s Own)
8. Richie Leahy (Rower Inistioge)
9. Conor Browne (James Stephens)
10. John Donnelly (Thomastown)
11. Martin Keoghan (Tullaroan)
12. Walter Walsh (Tullogher Rosbercon)
13. TJ Reid (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
14. Eoin Cody (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
15. Colin Fennelly (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
Subs
16. Darren Brennan (St Lachtain’s)
17. Paul Murphy (Danesfort)
18. Joey Holden (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
19. Ciarán Wallace (Erin’s Own)
20. Darren Mullen (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
21. Alan Murphy (Glenmare)
22. Richie Reid (Ballyhale Shamrocks)
23. Richie Hogan (Danesfort)
24. Ger Aylward (Glenmare)
25. Liam Blanchfield (Bennettsbridge)
26. Niall Brassil (James Stephens)
Galway
1. Eanna Murphy (Tommy Larkins)
2. Sean Loftus (Turloughmore)
3. Daithi Burke (Turloughmore)
4. Shane Cooney (St Thomas’)
5. Fintan Burke (St Thomas’)
6. Gearoid McInerney (Oranmore Maree)
7. Joseph Cooney (Sarsfields)
8. Padraic Mannion (Ahascragh Fohenagh) — captain
9. Johnny Coen (Loughrea)
10. Conor Cooney (St Thomas’)
11. Cathal Mannion (Ahascragh Fohenagh)
12. Joe Canning (Portumna)
13. Conor Whelan (Kinvara)
14. Niall Burke (Oranmore Maree)
15. Brian Concannon (Killimordaly)
Subs
16. James Skehill (Cappataggle)
17. Aidan Harte (Gort)
18. Jack Fitzpatrick (Killimordaly)
19. TJ Brennan (Clarinbridge)
20. Adrian Tuohey (Beagh)
21. Sean Linnane (Turloughmore)
22. Darren Morrissey (Sarsfields)
23. David Burke (St. Thomas’)
24. Jason Flynn (Tommy Larkins)
25. Evan Niland (Clarinbridge)
26. Sean Bleahane (Ahascragh Fohenagh).
Galway come into this one off the back of an impressive provincial semi-final victory over Wexford, while Kilkenny arrive after beating Dublin. While Cody’s Cats fell to the Slaneysiders in last year’s decider, they’re looking for their first Leinster title since 2016. Galway, meanwhile, were back-to-back champions in 2017 and 2018.
Who’ll take the silver in 2020?
Poll Results:
THROW-IN - Fergal Horgan gets us underway on a wet, windy night in Croker.
Kilkenny 0-0 Galway 0-0
1 min – Galway’s Fintan Burke has the first shot of the game and it goes wide.
Galway 0-1 Kilkenny 0-0
2 mins – Johnny Coen gives Galway the lead with a massive score after another wide, that one from Whelan.
Galway 0-2 Kilkenny 0-0
2 mins – Joe Canning makes no mistake with his first free of the day.
Galway 0-2 Kilkenny 0-1
3 mins – TJ Reid nails his first free too, the Cats playing into the Hill 16 End.
Galway 0-3 Kilkenny 0-1
5 mins – Cathal Mannion with a lovely score for the Tribe against the breeze, just after Kilkenny’s first wide of the night.
Galway 0-4 Kilkenny 0-2
6 mins – Padraig Walsh hits Kilkenny’s latest offering after great work from Cillian Buckley in the build-up, before Conor Whelan responds at the other end.
Galway 0-4 Kilkenny 0-3
8 mins – 2/2 from TJ Reid off the frees. What a strike from the middle of the pitch in testing conditions.
Galway 0-4 Kilkenny 0-4
10 mins – TJ makes it three from placed ball. And four points a-piece.
Kilkenny 0-5 Galway 0-4
11 mins – Kilkenny take the lead for the first time after Reid’s latest free, this one coming after Huw Lawlor’s hurley is held.
Kilkenny 0-5 Galway 0-5
12 mins – Coen with a stunning effort from under the Hogan Stand to level matters. Two brilliant scores from him so far.
Galway 0-7 Kilkenny 0-5
14 mins – Galway get their noses out in front once again after Canning’s latest free. The Portumna man adds another from play just after.
Galway 0-7 Kilkenny 0-6
16 mins – Reid is keeping the Cats in the game here through his frees. His fifth of the night.
Galway 0-7 Kilkenny 0-7
18 mins – Galway give away a needless free and Reid ties up matters. 6/6.
Waterbreak time…
Kilkenny's Martin Keoghan and Gearoid McInerney of Galway. Ryan Byrne / INPHO Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO
Galway 0-8 Kilkenny 0-7
19 mins – What Reid does at one end, Canning does at the other… his fourth, and third from frees, edges Galway ahead.
Galway 0-9 Kilkenny 0-7
21 mins – Five-time All-Star Canning finds Joseph Cooney off a sideline cut, and Cooney slots over after an excellent catch. This comes just after Kilkenny ‘keeper Eoin Murphy put a long-range free wide.
Galway 0-9 Kilkenny 0-8
22 mins – TJ Reid fires over another free, won by Eoin Cody who is having an excellent game.
Galway 0-10 Kilkenny 0-8
23 mins – Whelan sticks another from play. Just beforehand, Conor Browne went up for a great catch but lost it shortly afterwards.
Galway 0-11 Kilkenny 0-8
24 mins – Canning nails his latest free. It came after Niall Burke produced and outstanding catch and nearly got away with the goal on, but Kilkenny players held him back.
Galway 0-11 Kilkenny 0-9
25 mins – Eoin Cody with Kilkenny’s latest point.
Galway 0-11 Kilkenny 0-10
26 mins – Martin Keoghan gets in on the scoring act after more good work from Cody. The Cats are keeping the scoreboard ticking over nicely after TJ’s free-taking exhibition.
Galway 0-12 Kilkenny 0-10
27 mins – Canning grabs his sixth of the game from a free.
Galway 0-12 Kilkenny 0-11
30 mins – Padraig Walsh powers through and looks to be in on goals but he’s hooked – Horgan thinks illegally so and gives Kilkenny a free. Reid continues his 100% free-taking record.
Galway 0-12 Kilkenny 0-12
32 mins – Mannion plays Concannon in but he’s kept out, the ball eventually landing to Cats ‘keeper Murphy. He’s adjudged to go over the line and concedes a ’65, but Canning misses.
John Donnelly equalises matters at the other end, the teams now level for the fourth time.
Galway 0-13 Kilkenny 0-12
34 mins – Well, what about that from Canning? A stunning score from the sideline…
Galway 0-13 Kilkenny 0-12
34 mins – Hawkeye rules that Whelan’s latest effort was wide and it remains a one-point game as half time nears.
One minute added on.
Kilkenny 0-13 Galway 0-12
35 mins + 1: The sides exchange wides before the half-time whistle sounds.
HALF TIME: Galway 0-13 Kilkenny 0-12
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SECOND-HALF: We go again…
Galway 0-13 Kilkenny 0-13
36 mins – TJ Reid picks up where he left off with another free to level matters.
Just one half-time change to update you on: Aidan Harte replaces Sean Loftus for Galway.
Galway 0-14 Kilkenny 0-13
29 mins – Canning edges Galway ahead from a placed-ball effort. Just after, Jason Flynn replaces Niall Burke.
Galway 0-14 Kilkenny 0-14
40 mins – Level game once again.
Galway 0-14 Kilkenny 0-14
42 mins – Conor Browne was the Kilkenny player who scored the equalising point. Joey Holden comes on for Cillian Buckley.
Galway 0-15 Kilkenny 0-14
44 mins – Canning puts Galway one up once again. Huw Lawlor and Conor Whelan both got yellow cards just beforehand, the latter missing a chance from open play just after.
Richie Hogan comes in for Walter Walsh.
Galway 0-15 Kilkenny 0-14
47 mins – Canning spurns the chance to put Galway two up, going for goal instead but Conor Fogarty clears it off the line. That all came after a goalmouth scramble… Cillian Buckley is back on after that injury attention, Joey Holden comes off
Galway 0-16 Kilkenny 0-14
48 mins – Canning makes no mistake in putting the Tribe two up this time, an excellent effort from the sideline under the Hogan Stand.
Galway 0-17 Kilkenny 0-14
50 mins – Another goal chance for Galway but Murphy produces a brilliant save. Canning nails the ’65.
Galway 0-18 Kilkenny 0-14
51 mins – Canning extends Galway’s lead to four, the biggest margin so far. Liam Blanchfield replaces Colin Fennelly.
Galway 0-18 Kilkenny 0-14
52 mins – Kilkenny are 12 minutes without a score here… Murphy’s long-range free goes off the upright and wide while Martin Keoghan fires across the face of the goal and wide. Huge opportunity missed.
Waterbreak time…
Galway's Conor Whelan and Kilkenny's Conor Delaney. Ken Sutton / INPHO Ken Sutton / INPHO / INPHO
Galway 0-19 Kilkenny 0-15
54 mins – Concannon with his first score of the game, well deserved after his trojan work inside. Blanchfield keeps Kilkenny in the hunt at the Canal End.
Galway 0-20 Kilkenny 0-15
55 mins – Jason Flynn extends Galway’s lead. Richie Reid comes in for Conor Fogarty.
GOAL! Kilkenny 1-15 Galway 0-20 (Hogan, 57)
GOAL! Kilkenny 2-15 Galway 0-20 (Reid, 57)
By God, two quickfire goals from Kilkenny there – excellent skill from Richie Hogan before he finds the back of the net, while TJ Reid follows suit just seconds later.
Anyone’s game now… 2-15 to 0-20.
Galway 0-21 Kilkenny 2-15
Canning levels matters after that period of excitement. All-Ireland winning captain David Burke comes in for Conor Cooney.
Galway 0-22 Kilkenny 2-15
60 mins – Canning edges Galway ahead. Niall Brassil on for Richie Leahy, who limps off. Brassil comes in for his championship debut. Alan Murphy comes in just after.
Galway 0-23 Kilkenny 2-16
62 mins – And what about that for impact off the bench from David Burke. His first point makes it a two-point game once again.
But Reid, whose tally is 1-10, brings it right back to the minimum deficit.
Galway 0-24 Kilkenny 2-16
64 mins – CLOSE! Canning’s sideline cut comes off the post, Concannon is there to pull the trigger with a one-handed pull but his shot went wide…
David Burke notches his second shortly after.
Galway 0-24 Kilkenny 2-17
66 mins – Richie Hogan blazes over, another goal chance there with Murphy well out. One-point game.
Galway 2-18 Kilkenny 0-24
67 mins – Level game, Conor Browne tying matters from play.
Kilkenny 2-19 Galway 0-24
68 mins – Keoghan pushes Kilkenny into the slimmest of leads.
Coen comes off, missed his replacement but there’s been another score…
Kilkenny 2-20 Galway 0-24
69 mins – Hogan puts Kilkenny into a two-point lead. Sean Linnane in for Shane Cooney.
Four minutes added on, the Cats with their tails up here…
Kilkenny 2-20 Galway 0-24
71 mins – A missed Canning opportunity keeps Kilkenny two up. The Portumna man’s free from the middle comes off the post.
Kilkenny 2-20 Galway 0-24
72 mins – Kilkenny holding up here as the clock runs down…
Full-time: Kilkenny 2-20 Galway 0-24
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What a win for Kilkenny in Brian Cody’s 22nd campaign in charge. Goals win games, eh? Richie Hogan was certainly the difference in the end, it must be said.
Galway will be absolutely gutted after that, as Colin Fennelly lifts the Bob O’Keeffe Cup.
Kilkenny win their first Leinster title since 2016, and now head straight into the All-Ireland semi-final. Galway head for the quarters where they’ll face Galway will face Clare or Tipperary next week.
That’s the lot from me. Kevin O’Brien is in Croke Park for us so his report will be available on The42 shortly. Thanks for reading, enjoy the rest of the weekend.
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