2012 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship final

June 2020 June 2020 2012 Leinster Senior Hurling final 2012 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Galway 40px 2-21 Kilkenny 40px 2-11 8 July 2012 Croke Park Dublin J. McGrath (Westmeath) 22,171http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/gaa/2012/0708/1224319632345.html Galway make history to take Leinster crown The Irish Times 8 July 2012 8 July 2012 Dry 2011 2013 The 2012 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship final, the deciding game of the 2012 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, was a hurling match played on 8 July 2012 at Croke Park, Dublin. Contested by Galway and Kilkenny, most experts gave the former little chance against the latter. Pre-match Galway were 11/2 outsiders going into this game. On the day of the game RTÉ delivered a verdict favouring Kilkenny, saying "Kilkenny's vice-like grip on the Leinster title is set to remain as tight as ever, unless Galway can produce something extraordinary at Croke Park today".Séamus Leonard http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/2012/0706/328073-sx-dsa/ Preview: Galway v Kilkenny - Leinster SHC final RTÉ Sport 8 July 2012 8 July 2012 Match summary Galway managed by Anthony Cunningham, secured a historic first ever Leinster title, after unexpectedly defeating the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions, Kilkenny.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/2012/0708/328320-galway-kilkenny/ Galway land historic Leinster win RTÉ Sport 8 July 2012 8 July 2012 In doing so they held Kilkenny scoreless for the first twenty minutes, had 1-6 to 0-0 lead after 18 minutes, and led at half-time by 2-12 to 0-4, the full-time score of was 2-21 to 2-11.http://www.thejournal.ie/live-galway-v-kilkenny-leinster-shc-final-514035-Jul2012/ LIVE: Galway v Kilkenny, Leinster SHC Final The Journal 8 July 2012 8 July 2012 The result sent the Bob O'Keeffe Cup across the Shannon for the first time in the GAA's 128-year history.http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/into-the-west-galway-win-leinster-final-in-stunning-display-3161989.html Into the West: Galway win Leinster final in stunning display Irish Independent 9 July 2012 9 July 2012 8 July 2012 16:00 IST Galway 2–21 – 2–11 Kilkenny Report J Canning (1-10, 7fs), C Donnellan (0-05), D Burke (1-02), N Burke (0-02), D Collins (0-01), D Hayes (0-01). H Shefflin (1-08, 7fs), R Hogan (1-00), R Power (0-02), M Rice (0-01). Croke Park, Dublin 22,171 J. McGrath (Westmeath) 800000 800000 800000 FFFFFF 800000 Galway _borderonblack _blackstripes _borderonblack FFC125 FFC125 FFC125 FFFFFF FFC125 Kilkenny Post-match Kilkenny manager Brian Cody said afterwards that his team were "wiped out" by Galway.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/2012/0708/328324-cody-we-were-wiped-out/ Kilkenny manager Brian Cody admitted his side were overwhelmed by Galway RTÉ Sport 8 July 2012 8 July 2012 The Irish Examiner reported on "a historic day in Croke Park [...] a day that may also go down in history for another reason, however, the day an empire began to crumble".Diarmuid O'Flynn http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/kilkenny-empire-rocked-by-king-canning-200123.html Kilkenny empire rocked by king Canning Irish Examiner 9 July 2012 9 July 2012 Martin Breheny, writing in the Irish Independent, called it "one of the most remarkable shut-outs of modern-day hurling" and reported that Galway had moved to the top of the selection of teams to have beaten the Cats "after subjecting Kilkenny to a systematic beating which nobody thought remotely possible".Martin Breheny http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/shock-and-awe-in-leinster-3161826.html Shock and awe in Leinster Irish Independent 9 July 2012 9 July 2012 The teams would meet again in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final to decide the destination of the Liam MacCarthy Cup, with Kilkenny winning that game after a replay. Sale of medal A 2012 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship winners' medal was later sold on eBay for €570.http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/2013/0212/367501-galway-board-to-investigate-sale-of-medal/ Galway Board to investigate sale of Leinster winner's medal on eBay RTÉ Sport 12 February 2013 12 February 2013 References Leinster Category:Leinster Senior Hurling Championship finals Category:Galway county hurling team matches Category:Kilkenny county hurling team matches Category:July 2012 sports events in Ireland Category:2010s in Dublin (city) Category:GAA finals at Croke Park