2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
Event2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny Galway
0–19
3–22		 2–13
3–11
Date9 September 2012 (first game)
30 September 2012 (replay)
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Man of the MatchIarla Tannian (first game)[1] Walter Walsh (second game)[2]
RefereeBarry Kelly (Westmeath) (first game)[3]
James McGrath (Westmeath) (replay)
Attendance81,932 (first game) 82,274 (Second game)
WeatherSunny (first game)
20 °C (68 °F)[4]
Cloudy (replay)
16 °C (61 °F)[4]
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The 2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the deciding game of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played on 9 September 2012 at Croke Park, Dublin. The final was contested by first-time Leinster Champions Galway and Kilkenny, the defeated Leinster finalists and defending All-Ireland champions.

This was Galway's first appearance at this stage since 2005, when they lost to Cork.[5] The match ended level, the first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final at the end of which the teams finished level since 1959. Kilkenny won the replay, with Henry Shefflin becoming the first Gaelic athlete to win nine All-Ireland Senior Championship medals on the field of play.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Star profile – Iarla Tannian". Galway Independent. 26 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. ^ McCoy, Niall (1 October 2012). "Walt a debut!". Gaelic Life. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference rte_referee was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Monthly Data – Met Éireann – The Irish Meteorological Service". www.met.ie. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Galway 0–22 Cork 0–17". RTÉ Sport. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Henry Shefflin pays tribute to Kilkenny team after record ninth All-Ireland medal". RTÉ Sport. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Flashback: 2012 All Ireland SHC Final – Kilkenny v Galway". GAA.ie. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.