Kilkenny v Galway: Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final preview

THIS WEEKEND Kilkenny takes on Galway in the Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final.

Here's a full preview of the game

Leinster Final tickets on sale at https://t.co/yG58ew8Gw9 or selected Centra & Supervalu stores.

𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚! 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒕 1:15𝒑𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒖𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒔! pic.twitter.com/mSzLr5L72j

— Kilkenny GAA (@KilkennyCLG) June 6, 2023

When is it on?

Sun, Jun 11, 2023

What time is it on?

16.00

What TV station is it on?

RTE TWO

Where is it on?

Croke Park

What time does coverage start?

15.40pm

Can I listen to it on the radio?

You can listen to updates on RTE

Are there tickets still available

Tickets can be found here

What are the odds

Odds can be found here

Referee

Sean Stack

What happened the last time the sides played

April 2023: Kilkenny 0-28 - 1-25 Galway

Squads and scorers that day

Scorers for Kilkenny: TJ Reid 0-9 (8fs), Eoin Cody 0-6, Darragh Corcoran, Adrian Mullen, John Donnelly, Billy Ryan, and Martin Keoghan 0-2 each, Mikey Butler, Timmy Clifford, and David Blanchfield 0-1 each.

Scorers for Galway: Brian Concannon 1-5, Evan Niland 0-7 (6fs), Conor Whelan 0-2, Padraic Mannion, Daithi Burke, Joseph Cooney, Cianan Fahy, Ronan Glennon, Cathal Mannion, Kevin Cooney, Conor Cooney, Jason Flynn, Liam Collins, and Declan McLoughlin 0-1 each.

Kilkenny: Eoin Murphy; Mikey Butler, Huw Lawlor, Tommy Walsh; David Blanchfield, Richie Reid, Padraig Walsh; Darragh Corcoran, Conor Fogarty; Timmy Clifford, Adrian Mullen, John Donnelly; Billy Ryan, TJ Reid, Eoin Cody.

Subs: Martin Keoghan for Clifford (HT), Cian Kenny for P Walsh (46), Alan Murphy for Donnelly (65), Cillian Buckley for Fogarty (70+3).

Galway: Eanna Murphy; Jack Grealish, Gearoid McInerney, TJ Brennan; Padraic Mannion, Daithi Burke, Joseph Cooney; Cianan Fahy, Ronan Glennon; Cathal Mannion, Conor Cooney, Kevin Cooney; Conor Whelan, Brian Concannon, Evan Niland.

Subs: Jason Flynn for C Cooney (58), Fintan Burke for Glennon (60), Liam Collins for Fahy (65), Declan McLoughlin for Whelan (68).

How many Leinster titles has each side won

Kilkenny (74): 1888, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022

Galway (3): 2012, 2017, 2018