1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

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1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
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Event 1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Date1 September 1991
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match Pat Fox
Referee Willie Horgan (Cork)
Attendance64,500
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The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 104th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 1 September 1991, between Tipperary and Kilkenny. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 1–16 to 0-15. [1]

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All-Ireland final

Overview

The All-Ireland hurling final was the final match of the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The match was contested by Tipperary and Kilkenny on 1 September 1991 at Croke Park, Dublin, and had an attendance of 64,500. It was Tipperary's third appearance in the championship decider in four years, having lost and won the respective finals of 1988 and 1989. Kilkenny were lining out in their first final since losing the 1987 decider to Galway. Furthermore, it was the first championship meeting of these two great rivals since 1971, when Tipperary were the winners.

Tipperary were red-hot favourites and not just because of their traditional hoodoo over their nearest neighbours. The team's performances in the provincial championship and their comprehensive defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final resulted in the premier county being given the bookies nod. Kilkenny had struggles through each of their provincial games and only scraped past Antrim in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Match report

At 3:30pm match referee Willie Horgan of Cork threw in the sliotar and the game was on. Kilkenny took the game to Tipperary from the throw-in, with veteran hurler Christy Heffernan causing havoc for the Tipp defence, a group of players who had been lambasted for their earlier performance against Cork. On this occasion, however, they rescued the team from wave after wave of Kilkenny attack. Defensive grit kept Tipperary in the game in the first half and both sides left the field at half-time with 0-9 apiece.

The second-half saw Tipp get the breaks as the vital score of the match had more than a touch of luck about it. Michael Cleary, Tipp's ultra accurate free-taker, had been impressive all throughout the year. Ten minutes into the game he miss-hit a controversial twenty-metre free. The sliotar skewed into the Kilkenny net at the hill 16 end past a flat-footed Kilkenny defence. It was the score that gave Tipperary a lift and took the wind out of 'the Cats'’ sails. Tipperary always had a few points to spare over their rivals after that incident, with Pat Fox finishing off a wonderful championship campaign with an insurance point that gave his team a merited 1-16 to 0-15 victory. It was his fifth from play as he collected the man of the match award. Declan Carr had the honour of collecting the Liam MacCarthy Cup on the occasion of Tipperary’s twenty-fourth All-Ireland victory. [2]

Match details

Tipperary 1-16 – 0-15 Kilkenny
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 64,500
Referee: Willie Horgan (Cork)
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Tipperary
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Kilkenny
TIPPERARY:
GK1 Ken Hogan
RCB2 Paul Delaney
FB3 Noel Sheehy
LCB4 Michael Ryan
RWB5 Colm Bonnar
CB6 Bobby Ryan
LWB7 Conal Bonnar
M8 Declan Carr (c)
M9 Aidan Ryan
RWF10 Michael Cleary
CF11 Declan Ryan
LWF12 John Leahy
RCF13 Pat Fox
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Substitutes:
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KILKENNY:
GK1 Michael Walsh
RCB2 Bill Hennessy
FB3 John Henderson
LCB4 Liam Simpson
RWB5 Liam Walsh
CB6 Pat O'Neill
LWB7 Willie O'Connor
M8 Richie Power
M9 Michael Phelan
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CF11 Christy Heffernan (c)
LWF12 D. J. Carey
RCF13 Eamon Morrissey
FF14 Liam Fennelly
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Substitutes:
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MATCH RULES

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References

  1. "Flashback: 1991 All Ireland SHC Final - Tipperary v Kilkenny". GAA.ie. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  2. "Critics silenced as Premier heroes prove their worth". The Irish Times. 2 September 1991. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.