Galway–Kilkenny hurling rivalry

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Galway-Kilkenny
Location County Galway
County Kilkenny
Teams Colours of Galway.svg Galway
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny
First meetingKilk. 3-4 - 0-4 Galway
1897 All-Ireland semi-final
(30 October 1898)
Latest meetingGalway 2-23 - 0-29 Kilk.
2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
(28 April 2024)
Next meetingTBD
Statistics
Meetings total51
Most player appearances Colours of Kilkenny.svg Henry Shefflin (12)
Top scorer Colours of Kilkenny.svg Henry Shefflin (5-101)
All-time series Championship: Galway 13-33 Kilkenny
(5 draws)
Largest victoryKilkenny 5-28 - 3-7 Galway
1972 All-Ireland semi-final
(6 August 1972)

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.

Contents

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

Up to date as of 2023 season

TeamAll-IrelandProvincialNational LeagueTotal
Kilkenny 367519130
Galway 5281144
Combined4110330174

Notable Matches

Recent results

Legend

Galway win
Kilkenny win
Drawn match

Senior championship

No.DateWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueStage
1.30 October 1898Kilkenny (1)3-4 - 0-4Galway Athlone All-Ireland semi-final
2.13 May 1906Kilkenny (2)2-8 - 1-7Galway Athlone All-Ireland semi-final
3.29 September 1912Kilkenny (3)8-3 - 2-2Galway Jones's Road All-Ireland semi-final
4.18 May 1924Galway (1)5-4 - 2-0Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
5.9 August 1925Galway (2)9-4 - 6-0Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
6.29 August 1926Kilkenny (4)6-2 - 5-1Galway Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
7.11 August 1929Galway (3)7-7 - 7-1Kilkenny St. Brendan's Park All-Ireland semi-final
8.16 August 1931Kilkenny (5)7-2 - 3-1Galway Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
9.13 August 1933Kilkenny (5)5-10 - 3-8Galway St. Brendan's Park All-Ireland semi-final
10.4 August 1935Kilkenny (6)6-10 - 1-8Galway St. Brendan's Park All-Ireland semi-final
11.8 August 1937Kilkenny (7)0-8 - 0-6Galway St. Brendan's Park All-Ireland semi-final
12.6 August 1939Kilkenny (8)1-16 - 3-1Galway St. Cronan's Park All-Ireland semi-final
13.29 July 1945Kilkenny (9)5-3 - 2-11Galway St. Brendan's Park All-Ireland semi-final
14.27 July 1947Kilkenny (10)2-9 - 1-11Galway St. Brendan's Park All-Ireland semi-final
15.16 August 1953Galway (4)3-5 - 1-10Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
16.6 August 1972Kilkenny (11)5-28 - 3-7Galway Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
17.4 August 1974Kilkenny (13)2-32 - 3-17Galway St. Brendan's Park All-Ireland semi-final
18.7 September 1975Kilkenny (14)2-22 - 2-10Galway Croke Park All-Ireland final
19.6 August 1978Kilkenny (15)4-20 - 4-13Galway Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
20.2 September 1979Kilkenny (16)2-12 - 1-8Galway Croke Park All-Ireland final
21.8 August 1982Kilkenny (17)2-20 - 2-10Galway Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
22.10 August 1986Galway (5)4-12 - 0-13Kilkenny Semple Stadium All-Ireland semi-final
23.6 September 1987Galway (6)1-12 - 0-9Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland final
24.9 August 1992Kilkenny (18)2-13 - 1-12Galway Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
25.5 September 1993Kilkenny (19)2-17 - 1-15Galway Croke Park All-Ireland final
26.27 July 1997Kilkenny (20)4-15 - 3-16Galway Semple Stadium All-Ireland quarter-final
27.13 August 2000Kilkenny (21)2-19 - 0-17Galway Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
28.19 August 2001Galway (7)2-15 - 1-13Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
29.10 July 2004Kilkenny (22)4-20 - 1-10Galway Semple Stadium All-Ireland qualifier
30.21 August 2005Galway (8)5-18 - 4-18Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
31.22 July 2006Kilkenny (23)2-22 - 3-14Galway Semple Stadium All-Ireland quarter-final
32.28 July 2007Kilkenny (24)3-22 - 1-18Galway Croke Park All-Ireland quarter-final
33.20 June 2009Kilkenny (25)2-20 - 3-13Galway O'Connor Park Leinster semi-final
34.4 July 2010Kilkenny (26)1-19 - 1-12Galway Croke Park Leinster final
35.8 July 2012Galway (9)2-21 - 2-11Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster final
36.9 September 2012Galway2-13 - 0-19Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland final
37.30 September 2012Kilkenny (27)3-22 - 3-11Galway Croke Park All-Ireland final replay
38.22 June 2014Kilkenny3-22 - 5-16Galway O'Connor Park Leinster semi-final
39.28 June 2014Kilkenny (28)3-19 - 1-17Galway O'Connor Park Leinster semi-final replay
40.5 July 2015Kilkenny (29)1-25 - 2-15Galway Croke Park Leinster final
41.6 September 2015Kilkenny (30)1-22 - 1-18Galway Croke Park All-Ireland final
42.3 July 2016Kilkenny (31)1-26 - 0-22Galway Croke Park Leinster final
43.27 May 2018Galway (10)1-22 - 2-11Kilkenny Salthill Leinster Round Robin
44.1 July 2018Galway0-18 - 0-18Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster final
45.8 July 2018Galway (11)1-28 - 3-15Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster final replay
46.9 June 2019Galway (12)2-22 - 3-20Kilkenny Nowlan Park Leinster Round Robin
47.14 November 2020Kilkenny (32)2-20 - 0-24Galway Croke Park Leinster Final
48.1 May 2022Galway (13)1-24 - 3-17Kilkenny Pearse Stadium Leinster Round Robin
49.30 April 2023Kilkenny0-28 - 1-25Galway Nowlan Park Leinster Round Robin
50.11 June 2023Kilkenny (33)4-21 - 2-26Galway Croke Park Leinster Final
51.28 April 2024 [11] Galway2-23 - 0-29Kilkenny Pearse Stadium Leinster Round Robin

National League

No.DateWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueStage
28 March 2010Galway2-21 - 1-23Kilkenny Nowlan Park Round 5
13 March 2011Galway4-14 - 3-11Kilkenny Pearse Stadium Round 4
1 April 2012Kilkenny3-26 - 0-10Galway Nowlan Park Round 5
24 February 2013Galway3-11 - 0-17Kilkenny Pearse Stadium Round 1
21 April 2013Kilkenny1-24 - 1-17Galway Semple Stadium League semi-final
9 March 2014Kilkenny2-16 - 1-16Galway Nowlan Park Round 3
20 April 2014Kilkenny1-16 - 0-15Galway Gaelic Grounds League semi-final
8 March 2015Galway0-20 - 0-18Kilkenny Pearse Stadium Round 3
6 March 2016Kilkenny0-21 - 1-14Kilkenny Nowlan Park Round 3

Records

Scorelines

Top scorers

TeamPlayerScoreTotal
Galway Joe Canning 6-5674
Kilkenny Henry Shefflin 5-110125

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