2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

none August 2020 2000 All-Ireland Hurling Final 2000 All Ireland Hurling.jpg 250 2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Kilkenny 40px 5-15 Offaly 40px 1-14 10 September 2000 Croke Park Dublin D. J. Careyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2000/0911/151376-carey/ GAA: Goal-hero Carey named man of the match 11 September 2000 Willie Barrett (Tipperary)http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2000/0831/00083100131.html Barrett will referee final 2000-08-08 Irish Times 2009-11-16 61,493 1999 2001 The 2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the culmination of the 2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. It was played on 10 September 2000 between Kilkenny and Offaly. Kilkenny was appearing in their third consecutive All-Ireland final after losing to Offaly in 1998 and to Cork in 1999. They aimed to win their first championship since 1993. In their first championship game since winning the championship in 1998, Offaly lined up. The team's most recent championship encounter had taken place in the Leinster final earlier that year, where Kilkenny defeated Offaly. Match report At 3:30 PM, match referee Willie Barrett threw in the sliotar and the 112th Millennium All-Ireland final got underway. After six minutes, Kilkenny's D.J. Carey "pounced" on a mistake from Offaly corner-back Niall Claffey to score Kilkenny's opening goal. Carey's sixth-minute goal was followed three minutes later by a Henry Shefflin goal. Shefflin's effort was helped home by Carey but the umpire ruled that the ball had already crossed the line. After ten minutes, the score was 2-3 to 0-1 in Kilkenny's favour. The last twenty-five minutes of the opening half saw Offaly score seven more points, five of which came from Johnny Dooley frees. Offaly's only real goal chance, a ground stroke from Michael Duignan, went narrowly wide in the eighteenth minute. Kilkenny, however, created several opportunities to add to their two early goals and soon after Charlie Carter bagged a third goal for Kilkenny four minutes before half-time. At the interval, despite Offaly's eighteen scoring chances to Kilkenny's fifteen, the latter had a ten-point lead of 3-10 to 0-9. At the beginning of the second half, the Offaly selectors made some tactical changes. Wing-back Brian Whelahan and corner-forward Michael Duignan swapped positions while John Troy was brought from the substitutes' bench. For the second time Shefflin was the man on hand to hit the fourth goal after latching onto a long clearance from substitute Canice Brennan and kicking the sliothar past Stephen Byrne from close range. In the fifty-ninth minute,Johnny Pilkington clawed one back for Offaly when his shot went past James McGarry. An injury-time goal by substitute Eddie Brennan was the final decider as Kilkenny defeated their Leinster rivals by 5-15 to 1-14.http://www.independent.ie/sport/goal-hungry-kilkenny-play-cat-and-mouse-with-offaly-367348.html Irish Independent Goal hungry Kilkenny play Cat and mouse with Offaly 11 September 2000 20 October 2012 25 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20121020074732/http://www.independent.ie/sport/goal-hungry-kilkenny-play-cat-and-mouse-with-offaly-367348.html dead This game marked the end of the road for the "great" Offaly team of the 1990s while it was the beginning of a decade of success for Kilkenny.http://www.ireland.com/sports/gaa/2000/0910/news2.htm Majestic Kilkenny obliterate Offaly 10 September 2000 Irish Times 13 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20010211110334/http://www.ireland.com/sports/gaa/2000/0910/news2.htm 11 February 2001https://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/features/999772/memories-of-kilkenny-s-all-ireland-triumph-in-2000.html Memories of Kilkenny's All-Ireland triumph in 2000 30 December 2022 Kilkenny People 15 July 2025September 2025 Match details 2000-09-1015:30 BST Kilkenny 5-15 – 1-14 Offaly (Report) H. Shefflin (2-2)D. J. Carey (1-4)C. Carter (1-3)D. Byrne (0-4)E. Brennan (1-0)J. Hoyne (0-1)A. Comerford (0-1) Johnny Dooley (0-8)J. Pilkington (1-1)G. Hanniffy (0-1)B. Murphy (0-1)P. Mulhaire (0-1)Joe Dooley (0-1)B. Whelahan (0-1) Croke Park, Dublin 61,493 Willie Barrett (Tipperary) _black_stripes _blackstripes _black_stripes FFC125 FFC125 FFC125 FFFFFF FFC125 _OffalyGAA 4fa36f fffff 4fa36f FFFFFF 4fa36f KILKENNY: GK 1 James McGarryRCB 2 Michael KavanaghFB 3 Noel HickeyLCB 4 Willie O'Connor (c)RWB 5 Phil LarkinCB 6 Eamonn KennedyLWB 7 Peter BarryMD 8 Andy ComerfordMD 9 Brian McEvoyRWF 10 Denis ByrneCF 11 John PowerLWF 12 John Hoyne RCF 13 Charlie CarterFF 14 D. J. CareyLCF 15 Henry ShefflinSubstitutes: 16 Canice Brennan 17 Eddie BrennanOFFALY: GK 1 Stephen ByrneRCB 2 Simon WhelahanFB 3 Kevin KinahanLCB 4 Niall ClaffeyRWB 5 Brian WhelahanCB 6 Joe ErrityLWB 7 Kevin MartinMD 8 Johnny DooleyMD 9 Ger OakleyRWF 10 Johnny PilkingtonCF 11 Gary HanniffyLWF 12 Brian MurphyRCF 13 Michael DuignanFF 14 John RyanLCF 15 Joe DooleySubstitutes: 16 David Franks 17 John Troy 18 Paudie Mulhaire MATCH RULES 70 minutes. Replay if scores level. Five named substitutes References June 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, 2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final Category:All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Kilkenny county hurling team matches Category:Offaly county hurling team matches Category:September 2000 in Ireland