2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Galway Kerry
0–16 0–20
Date24 July 2022
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Man of the MatchDavid Clifford[1]
RefereeSean Hurson (Tyrone)
Attendance82,300[2][3]
WeatherBreezy with sunny spells and scattered showers
22 °C (72 °F)[4]
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The 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 135th final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in Gaelic football, the culmination of the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The match was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 24 July 2022.[5] This was the earliest in the year that the final has ever taken place.[6]

Munster champions Kerry took on Connacht champions Galway. It was the eighth time the teams had met in the final; Galway won the first encounter in a final replay in 1938.[7]

Kerry won the final by a margin of four points, on a scoreline of 0–20 to 0–16 to claim their 38th title.[8][9][10]

The final was played before a capacity attendance of 82,300 people.[2] An average of 862,000 people watched the game, with a peak figure of 1.09 million as the match reached its climax. The game received a 75% audience share.[11][12][13]

The game was televised nationally on RTÉ2 as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Joanne Cantwell from the Croke Park studio, with analysis from Ciarán Whelan, Seán Cavanagh and Pat Spillane.[14] Match commentary was provided by Darragh Maloney, assisted by Kevin McStay.[15] This was Spillane's last appearance as a pundit on The Sunday Game after three decades, having decided to retire at the end of the 2022 GAA season.[16] The game was also televised internationally by Sky Sports, this being their final GAA broadcast after announcing a mutual agreement to end their broadcast partnership in October.[17]

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