2005 Nicky Rackard Cup final

2005 Nicky Rackard Cup final
Event2005 Nicky Rackard Cup
Date21 August 2005
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeTiernan Mahon (Fermanagh)
Attendance39,975
2006

The 2005 Nicky Rackard Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 21 August 2005 to determine the winners of the 2005 Nicky Rackard Cup, the inaugural season of the Nicky Rackard Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the third tier hurling teams. The final was contested by London of Britain and Louth of Leinster, with London winning by 5-8 to 1-5.[1]

The Nicky Rackard Cup final between London and Louth was the very first championship meeting between the two teams.

The final was played as a curtain-raiser to the All-Ireland semi-final between Galway and Kilkenny.

While Louth scored the first two points of the game, the first of which came after 13 seconds, London soon recovered and had scored a point from a 65.[1] In the 14th minute, London scored two goals within one minute, to take a 2-2 to 0-2 lead. At half time, London went in at the break leading by 2-4 to 0-5.

In the second half, London scored several goals, with Louth only obtaining one score (a goal) in the half. The final score was London 5-8 to Louth's 1-5.[1]

By winning the Nicky Rackard Cup final, London became the first team to have won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and Rackard Cup titles. They remain the only winners of both championships.

  1. ^ a b c "London rock Louth with barrage of killer goals". Irish Independent. 22 August 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2015.