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Quiz: Can you recognise these former National Hurling League winning captains?

Galway and Tipperary face off in next Sunday’s final.

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GALWAY AND TIPPERARY cross paths next Sunday in the bid to lift the Allianz hurling league trophy.

David Burke and Padraic Maher will be the two captains hoping to lift silverware but can you recognise these former hurling league winning captains?

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First up, who's this Cork winning captain from 1998?
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John Browne
Fergal Ryan

Diarmuid O'Sullivan
Mark Landers
Can you name Galway's victorious skipper from 2004?
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Ollie Canning
Fergal Healy

Tony Óg Regan
Kevin Broderick
Do you know Tipperary's two-time winning captain from 1999 and 2001?
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Eamonn Corcoran
Eddie Enright

Tommy Dunne
Brian O'Meara
Which hurler captained Kilkenny to league glory in 2002?
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Derek Lyng
Andy Comerford

Michael Kavanagh
Philly Larkin
Who lifted the trophy when Limerick triumphed in 1997?
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Ciaran Carey
Stephen McDonagh

Ollie Moran
Gary Kirby
Do you know who was captain when Waterford ended a 44-year wait for a league title in 2007?
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Michael Walsh
Tony Browne

Eoin Murphy
Stephen Molumphy
Johnny McCaffrey lifted the trophy in 2011 when Dublin triumphed but who (pictured on the right here) was the captain that missed out due to injury?
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Peter Kelly
Stephen Hiney

Conal Keaney
David O'Callaghan
Cork and Wexford played out a three-game saga in 1993. Who was captain when Cork eventually won?
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Jim Cashman
Sean O'Gorman

Barry Egan
Brian Corcoran
Galway saw off Tipperary in the 2000 league final, who was their captain?
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Joe Rabbitte
Cathal Moore

Alan Kerins
Liam Hodgins
And finally, who was Kilkenny's victorious captain in the 2005 league final?
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James Ryall
Martin Comerford

Peter Barry
Noel Hickey
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