2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
Event2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Galway Waterford
0-26 2-17
Date3 September 2017
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Man of the MatchDavid Burke[1]
RefereeFergal Horgan (Tipperary)
Attendance82,300
Weather17 °C, partly sunny
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The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 130th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 3 September 2017.[2][3][4]

The final was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ2 as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Liam Sheedy, Henry Shefflin and Ger Loughnane. Match commentary was provided by Marty Morrissey with analysis by Michael Duignan. The game was also shown live on Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney.[5]

Galway won their fifth All-Ireland title, winning by three points, it was their first title since 1988.[6][7][8][9]

The match drew a peak audience of 1.1 million which made it the most watched RTÉ broadcast of 2017 up to then before being overtaken by the football final, it had an average audience of 901,500.[10]

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  8. ^ "Emotions run high as Tribe end agonising 29-year wait". Irish Examiner. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Analysis: Galway deserving All-Ireland winners as Waterford system buckles under intense heat". The 42. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Record numbers tune in to watch Galway triumph in hurling final". RTE Sport. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.