2003 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

2003 All-Ireland Hurling Final

Event	2003 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny Cork 1–14 1–11
Date	14 September 2003
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match	Noel Hickey [1]
Referee	Pat O'Connor (Limerick)
Attendance	79,383
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The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 116th All-Ireland Hurling Final and the culmination of the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, a tournament for the top hurling counties. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 14 September 2003, between Kilkenny and Cork. Kilkenny won on a score line of 1–14 to 1–11.

Match details

14 September 2003
15:30 UCT+1

Kilkenny	1–14 – 1–11	Cork
M. Comerford 1–4 H. Shefflin 0–6 (0–4 frees) T. Walsh 0–3 D. Lyng 0–1	(report)	J. Deane 0–5 (0–4 frees) S. Ó hAilpín 1–0 N. McCarthy 0–2 T. McCarthy 0–1 B. O'Connor 0–1 J. O'Connor 0–1 S. McGrath 0–1

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 79,383

Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)

KILKENNY: GK 1 James McGarry RCB 2 Michael Kavanagh FB 3 Noel Hickey LCB 4 James Ryall  60' RWB 5 Seán Dowling CB 6 Peter Barry LWB 7 J. J. Delaney MD 8 Derek Lyng MD 9 Paddy Mullally  60' RWF 10 Henry Shefflin CF 11 John Hoyne LWF 12 Tommy Walsh  45' RCF 13 D. J. Carey (c) FF 14 Martin Comerford LCF 15 Eddie Brennan  69' Substitutes: 16 P. J. Ryan 17 Phil Larkin 18 Richie Mullally  60' 20 Conor Phelan  45' 21 Andy Comerford  60' 22 Jimmy Coogan  69' 23 Aidan Cummins 24 Jackie Tyrrell 25 Ken Coogan 26 Brian Dowling 27 Aidan Fogarty 28 Stephen Grehan 29 Walter Burke

CORK: GK 1 Donal Óg Cusack RCB 2 Wayne Sherlock FB 3 Diarmuid O'Sullivan LCB 4 Pat Mulcahy RWB 5 Tom Kenny CB 6 Ronan Curran LWB 7 Seán Óg Ó hAilpín MD 8 John Gardiner MD 9 Mickey O'Connell  38' RWF 10 Ben O'Connor  66' CF 11 Niall McCarthy LWF 12 Timmy McCarthy RCF 13 Setanta Ó hAilpín FF 14 Joe Deane LCF 15 Alan Browne (c) Substitutes: 16 Paul Morrissey 17 Brian Murphy 18 Mark Prendergast 19 Derek Barrett 20 Kieran Murphy 21 Seánie McGrath  66' 22 Jerry O'Connor  38' 23 Brendan Lombard 24 Paul Tierney 25 Martin Coleman, Jnr 26 Michael Byrne 27 Adrian Coughlan 28 Aidan Fitzpatrick 29 John Anderson 30 Jason Barrett

MATCH RULES

• 70 minutes.
• Replay if scores level.
• Five substitutes allowed

References

1. O'Sullivan, Jim (15 September 2003). "Kilkenny stand firm under Cork onslaught". Irish Examiner . A win in which man-of-the-match Noel Hickey at full-back and Martin Comerford (mainly at full-forward) made key contributions, brought Kilkenny level with Cork in the roll of honour with their 28th title.