Galway–Kilkenny hurling rivalry

The Galway-Kilkenny rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Galway and Kilkenny, who first played each other in 1898. Recently it has become one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games.[1][2][3] Kilkenny's home ground is Nowlan Park and Galway's home ground is Pearse Stadium, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues.

Galway-Kilkenny
LocaleCounty Galway
County Kilkenny
TeamsGalway
Kilkenny
First meetingKilk. 3-4 - 0-4 Galway
1897 All-Ireland semi-final
(30 October 1898)
Latest meetingKil. 1-22 - 1-18 Galway
2015 All-Ireland Final
(6 September 2015)
Next meetingTBD
Statistics
Meetings total41
Most player appearancesHenry Shefflin (12)
Top scorerHenry Shefflin (5-101)
All-time seriesGalway 9-30 Kilkenny
(2 draws)
Largest victoryKilk. 5-28 - 3-7 Galway
1972 All-Ireland semi-final
(6 August 1972)

While Kilkenny have the highest number of All-Ireland and Leinster titles, Galway were the standard bearers in Connacht before joining the Leinster championship in 2009, however, All-Ireland success for them has been sporadic. Between them the two teams have won 41 All-Ireland championships.

History

While Kilkenny is classed as one of the "Big Three", Galway is considered an in-between county, meaning it has some good years and some bad years. Galway have always had the capability to stop the Kilkenny forces.

Statistics

Team All-Ireland Provincial National League Total
Kilkenny 36 71 18 118
Galway 5 42 8 54
Combined 41 113 26 172

Notable Matches

  • Galway 5-18 : 4-18 Kilkenny (August 2005 Croke Park) - Lauded as the greatest game of the modern era, Galway went in as underdogs but managed to stun the hurling world by enialating Kilkenny in the opening 30 minutes leading 2-11:1-04 after 30 minutes. Kilkenny came back into it and trailed only by 2 points at the break 2-11:3-05. But 3 second-half goals by Niall Healy helped Galway to stay in front and bring them to a shocking win by 5-18:4-18.[4]
  • Kilkenny 1-19 : 1-12 Galway (July 2010 at Croke Park) - Galways first Leinster final pitted them against the mighty Kilkenny who were going for an infamous 5-In-A-Row All Irelands. Despite a strong start with Galway jumping to a 1-03:0-00 lead, Kilkenny soon got to grips and rallied to lead 0-14:1-05 at half time. Galway were unlucky not to win the second half (K 1-05:0-07 G), but never gave up and battled until the end.[5]
  • Galway 2-21 : 2-11 Kilkenny (July 2012 at Croke Park) - Kilkenny had become the Kings of hurling and were seen as unbeatable, that is until Anthony Cunninghams men took them on in the Leinster Final of 2012. Galway held Kilkeeny scoreless for 20 minutes and led at half time by 2-12:0-04. Kilkenny fought back in the second half, but it was never going to be enough as Galway finished strongly to win their first Leinster title by 2-21:2-11.[6]
  • Kilkenny 0-19 : 2-13 Galway (September 2012 at Croke Park) - The sides second meeting in the 2012 Trilogy was the All-Ireland final.[7] Again Galway jumped into a lead 1-04:0-02 and held on to lead by 5 at the break 1-09:0-07, but sloppy defending meant they conceded 10 second half frees all converted by Henry Shefflin. Galway finished with a last-gasp free from Joe Canning to force a replay, final score Galway 2-13, Kilkenny 0-19.[8]
  • Kilkenny 3-22: 3-11 Galway (September 2012 #2 at Croke Park) - For the third match in 2012 Galway jumped into a 2-02:0-02 lead but that was the last we heard of Galway until the dying moments as Kilkenny dominated the rest of the match scoring 3-22 to win by eleven points.[9]
  • Galway 5-16 : 3-22 Kilkenny (June 2014 at O'Connor Park) - Galway came back from 10 points down with six minutes to play to force a draw. Joe Canning scored the last point of the game with the last play from out on the left near the touch-line to level the game after Henry Shefflin appeared to have won it for Kilkenny with a similar point at the other end. Kilkenny went on to win the replay the week after.[10]

Recent results

Legend

Galway win
Kilkenny win
Drawn match

Senior championship

No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1.30 October 1898Kilkenny (1)3-4 - 0-4GalwayAthloneAll-Ireland semi-final
2.13 May 1906Kilkenny (2)2-8 - 1-7GalwayAthloneAll-Ireland semi-final
3.29 September 1912Kilkenny (3)8-3 - 2-2GalwayJones's RoadAll-Ireland semi-final
4.18 May 1924Galway (1)5-4 - 2-0KilkennyCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
5.9 August 1925Galway (2)9-4 - 6-0KilkennyCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
6.29 August 1926Kilkenny (4)6-2 - 5-1GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
7.11 August 1929Galway (3)7-7 - 7-1KilkennySt. Brendan's ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
8.16 August 1931Kilkenny (5)7-2 - 3-1GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
9.13 August 1933Kilkenny (5)5-10 - 3-8GalwaySt. Brendan's ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
10.4 August 1935Kilkenny (6)6-10 - 1-8GalwaySt. Brendan's ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
11.8 August 1937Kilkenny (7)0-8 - 0-6GalwaySt. Brendan's ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
12.6 August 1939Kilkenny (8)1-16 - 3-1GalwaySt. Cronan's ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
13.29 July 1945Kilkenny (9)5-3 - 2-11GalwaySt. Brendan's ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
14.27 July 1947Kilkenny (10)2-9 - 1-11GalwaySt. Brendan's ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
15.16 August 1953Galway (4)3-5 - 1-10KilkennyCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
16.6 August 1972Kilkenny (11)5-28 - 3-7GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
17.4 August 1974Kilkenny (13)2-32 - 3-17GalwaySt. Brendan's ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
18.7 September 1975Kilkenny (14)2-22 - 2-10GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland final
19.6 August 1978Kilkenny (15)4-20 - 4-13GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
20.2 September 1979Kilkenny (16)2-12 - 1-8GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland final
21.8 August 1982Kilkenny (17)2-20 - 2-10GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
22.10 August 1986Galway (5)4-12 - 0-13KilkennySemple StadiumAll-Ireland semi-final
23.6 September 1987Galway (6)1-12 - 0-9KilkennyCroke ParkAll-Ireland final
24.9 August 1992Kilkenny (18)2-13 - 1-12GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
25.5 September 1993Kilkenny (19)2-17 - 1-15GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland final
26.27 July 1997Kilkenny (20)4-15 - 3-16GalwaySemple StadiumAll-Ireland quarter-final
27.13 August 2000Kilkenny (21)2-19 - 0-17GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
28.19 August 2001Galway (7)2-15 - 1-13KilkennyCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
29.10 July 2004Kilkenny (22)4-20 - 1-10GalwaySemple StadiumAll-Ireland qualifier
30.21 August 2005Galway (8)5-18 - 4-18KilkennyCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
31.22 July 2006Kilkenny (23)2-22 - 3-14GalwaySemple StadiumAll-Ireland quarter-final
32.28 July 2007Kilkenny (24)1-19 - 1-12GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland quarter-final
33.20 June 2009Kilkenny (25)2-20 - 3-13GalwayO'Connor ParkLeinster semi-final
34.4 July 2010Kilkenny (26)1-19 - 1-12GalwayCroke ParkLeinster final
35.8 July 2012Galway (9)2-21 - 2-11KilkennyCroke ParkLeinster final
36.9 September 2012Galway2-13 - 0-19KilkennyCroke ParkAll-Ireland final
37.30 September 2012Kilkenny (27)3-22 - 3-11GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland final replay
38.22 June 2014Kilkenny3-22 - 5-16GalwayO'Connor ParkLeinster semi-final
39.28 June 2014Kilkenny (28)3-19 - 1-17GalwayO'Connor ParkLeinster semi-final replay
40.5 July 2015Kilkenny (29)1-25 - 2-15GalwayCroke ParkLeinster final
41.6 September 2015Kilkenny (30)1-22 - 1-18GalwayCroke ParkAll-Ireland final
42.3 July 2016Kilkenny (31)1-26 - 0-22GalwayCroke ParkLeinster final
style="background-color:#800000"43.27 May 2018Galway (10)1-22 - 2-11KilkennySalthillLeinster Round Robin
44.1 July 2018Galway0-18 - 0-18KilkennyCroke ParkLeinster final
45.8 July 2018Galway (11)1-28 - 3-15KilkennyCroke ParkLeinster final replay
46.9 June 2019Galway (12)2-22 - 3-20KilkennyNowlan ParkLeinster Round Robin
47.14 November 2020Kilkenny (32)2-20 - 0-24GalwayCroke ParkLeinster Final

National League

No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
28 March 2010Galway2-21 - 1-23KilkennyNowlan ParkRound 5
13 March 2011Galway4-14 - 3-11KilkennyPearse StadiumRound 4
1 April 2012Kilkenny3-26 - 0-10GalwayNowlan ParkRound 5
24 February 2013Galway3-11 - 0-17KilkennyPearse StadiumRound 1
21 April 2013Kilkenny1-24 - 1-17GalwaySemple StadiumLeague semi-final
9 March 2014Kilkenny2-16 - 1-16GalwayNowlan ParkRound 3
20 April 2014Kilkenny1-16 - 0-15GalwayGaelic GroundsLeague semi-final
8 March 2015Galway0-20 - 0-18KilkennyPearse StadiumRound 3
6 March 2016Kilkenny0-21 - 1-14KilkennyNowlan ParkRound 3

Records

Scorelines

Top scorers

Team Player Score Total
Galway Joe Canning 6-56 74
Kilkenny Henry Shefflin 5-110 125

References

  1. Breheny, Martin (19 June 2014). "Kilkenny wary of history against erratic Tribesmen". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  2. McEvoy, Enda (21 June 2014). "The itch Cody can't scratch". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. McEvoy, Enda (24 June 2014). "Galway the stone in his shoe Brian Cody can't get rid of". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  4. "Galway turn Cats' milk sour". RTE Sport. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. "Kilkenny 1-19 Galway 1-12". RTE Sport. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  6. "Galway 2-21 Kilkenny 2-11". RTE Sport. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  7. "Analysis: How good was Henry Shefflin's iconic display in the 2012 All-Ireland hurling final?". The 42. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  8. "Kilkenny 0-19 Galway 2-13". RTE Sport. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. "Kilkenny 3-22 Galway 3-11". RTE Sport. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  10. "Galway 5-16 Kilkenny 3-22". RTE Sport. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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