GALWAY ARE THE ALL-IRELAND SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONS
Joe Canning takes the line Ball..........The Referee Blows The Full Time Whistle.....IT'S ALL OVER!!!!!!!!!
Ball goes over the line...Galway Line Ball....
Stephen O'Keeffe clears the ball....
Thirty seconds left
One minute of injury time left.....
One and a half minutes left in injury time....
Two minutes of injury time played.....
Waterford chance but it goes wide....
One minute of injury time played...
Pauric Mahoney with a free and it goes over the bar....Galway 0-26 Waterford 2-17
Four minutes of injury time to be played....
Joe Canning with the free....It goes over the bar!!! Galway 0-26 Waterford 2-16 (22)
Niall Burke produces a stunning catch...AND WINS THE FREE
One Minute left....
Free Pauric Mahoney....It goes over the bar....Galway 0-25 Waterford 2-16 (22)
Conor Cooney picks up a yellow card....
Two Minutes left.....
It goes wide.....
Free For Waterford....Pauric Mahoney is on his own 65' ...This to close the gap....
Four Minutes Left....
Austin Gleeson with a line ball....It goes wide......
Five Minutes Left....
Jason Flynn with the chance but it goes wide.....
Six Minutes Left.....
Seven Minutes Left....
Jason Flynn with a chance, That's over the bar...Galway 0-25 Waterford 2-15 (21)
Eight minutes left...Conor Cooney.....It's Over The Bar.....Galway 0-24 Waterford 2-15....
Nine minutes left....
Joe Canning with the free.....It's over the bar! Galway two points ahead again....
Another free for Galway...Overcarrying.....
Yellow Card for Barry Coughlan of Waterford....
Ten Minutes left......
Tommy Ryan for Waterford......He puts it over the bar! Galway 0-22 Waterford 2-15
Wides Count...Waterford 7 Galway 4
We have 14 minutes remaining in the All-Ireland Hurling Final
Jason Flynn for Galway...Great point...Galway 0-22 Waterford 2-14
Tommy Ryan comes in for Micheal "Brick" Walsh
Pauric Mahoney puts the ball over the bar.....It's back to a one point ball game....
Free Waterford.....Flynn replaces Cathal Mannion....
Jason Flynn comes in for Galway....
Brian O'Halloran for Waterford....Outstanding point...Galway 0-21 Waterford 2-13 with 52 minutes gone...18 minutes left
Adrian Touhy to David Burke.....Another point for Galway.....Galway 0-21 Waterford 2-12
It's over the bar...Galway go two points up.....Galway 0-20 Waterford 2-12
49 minutes gone in the clock...Galway free...Joe Canning with the free...
Niall Burke for Galway and Galway go in front now...Galway 0-19 Waterford 2-12
Brian O'Halloran comes in for Waterford...
Niall Burke for Galway....Point Galway....Galway 0-18 Waterford 2-12....48 mins
Kevin Moran with a chance but puts it wide....
Mahoney with a free for Waterford....They go in front again....Waterford 2-12 Galway 0-17
David Burke then with a point...Galway 0-17 Waterford 2-11...
Waterford recycle and Mahoney puts Waterford in front again....Waterford 2-11 Galway 0-16
Point from Canning....Galway 0-16 Waterford 2-10...44 minutes gone....
Niall Burke comes on for Glynn and is fouled by Fives.....Free Galway....Joe Canning takes
Mahoney has a chance to put Waterford in front and it goes over the bar...Waterford lead for the first time in the game....Waterford 2-10 Galway 0-15.
Jake Dillon is fouled by David Burke and Burke gets a yellow card...Free Waterford...
Pauric Mahoney again following another lung buster of a run...Teams are level again! Galway 0-15 Waterford 2-9
Conor Whelan is fouled and wins a free....Joe Canning with the free and he puts it over the bar....Galway 0-15 Waterford 2-8...40 minutes gone
Pauric Mahoney with a free to level the game....Teams are level again.....
Maurice Shanahan goes close and is saved by Colm Callanan...
The Second Half is underway......
A Tribute to the late Tony Keady is played at half time and gets a fantastic response.......
Referee blows for Half Time.....Galway lead by a point...Galway 0-14 Waterford 2-7.
Joe Canning to put Galway in front again and he makes no mistake....Galway 0-14 Waterford 2-7
Jamie Barron does not miss though and he levels the game again with thirty seconds of injury time left.....
Mahoney puts it wide!
Yellow Card John Hansberry.....Two minutes of injury time left...Mahoney is going to take the free....
Jamie Barron with the ball and he fires over the bar....Galway 0-13 Waterford 2-6 with thirty seconds left plus three minutes of injury time...
Joseph Cooney intercepts and fires over the bar....Galway lead by 0-13 to 2-5...
Five minutes left in the first half....Waterford's Noel Connors receiving treatment but he will be ok.
Conor Whelan and he fires over the bar......Galway 0-12 Waterford 2-5.
Mahoney's free is over the bar and the teams are level again....
Joe Canning with sideline ball.....What a point! Galway 0-11 Waterford 2-4 with six minutes remaining in the first half.
Intense stuff from both teams and no further score since Waterford's second goal.....
"Brick" Walsh again but it's wide.....
Ten minutes left in the first half and the teams are level...
Ball in and Darragh Fives clears....
24 minutes gone...Galway 0-10 Waterford 2-4....Joe Canning is thinking about a free from his own 45'
Shane Bennett then goes off injured.....Maurice Shanahan comes in with 22 minutes played...
GOAL WATERFORD....High ball in....Bennett got a touch...Goal...Teams are level....
David Burke scores his second point of the day...Galway 0-10 Waterford 1-4...Three point game.....
Micheal "Brick" Walsh with another point for Waterford...Galway 0-9 Waterford 1-4.
Pauric Mahoney with a point after a patient build up....Galway 0-9 Waterford 1-3....17 minutes gone in the first half....
Joe Canning hit's Galway's first wide in the 16th minute...Galway are playing well but Waterford are dangerous when they have the ball.
Austin Gleeson tries an effort but it goes wide...
Conor Cooney now with a point...Three in a row for Galway....Galway 0-9 Waterford 1-2 with 14 minutes gone in the first half...
Two points in a row for Galway Joe Canning and before that Cathal Mannion.....Wait...
Kevin Moran with a point.....A point between the teams....Galway 0-6 Waterford 1-2...10 minutes gone.
Free Waterford is good...Galway 0-6 Waterford 1-1..Mahoney Free
David Burke this time...Another Galway point...Galway 0-6 Waterford 1-0...8 minutes gone...
A round of Applause for the late Tony Keady is beautifully observed on the 6th minute
Galway need to respond and Conor Cooney puts it over the bar! Galway 0-5 Waterford 1-0...6 minutes gone...
Waterford have the ball...Kevin Moran....GOAL WATERFORD.....Game on...Galway 0-4 Waterford 1-0.
Johnny Glynn to Cathal Mannion.....Another point for Galway...Galway 0-4 to 0-0 in front with 4 minutes gone in the first half...
Joseph Cooney...Now he gets in on the act! Galway 0-3 to 0-0 in front barley two and a half minutes gone...
Johnny Coen takes the ball and puts it over the bar! Galway 0-2 to 0-0 in front inside two minutes.
22 seconds in and Joe Canning opens the scoring for Galway 0-1 to 0-0
Galway will defend the Hill 16 end....GAME ON!
Formalities are almost over...Nearly time for throw in.
Time for the teams to meet the President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins.
David Burke wins the toss....Decided to let Kevin Moran (Waterford Captain) Choose.
The Teams For Today:
Galway: Colm Callanan; Adrian Tuohy, Daithi Burke, John Hanbury; Padraic Mannion, Gearoid McInerney, Aidan Harte; Johnny Coen, David Burke; Joseph Cooney, Joe Canning, Jonathan Glynn; Conor Whelan, Conor Cooney, Cathal Mannion.
Waterford: Stephen O'Keeffe; Shane Fives, Barry Coughlan, Noel Connors; Tadhg de Burca, Austin Gleeson, Philip Mahony; Jamie Barron, Kieran Bennett; Kevin Moran, Pauric Mahony, Jake Dillon; Shane Bennett, Michael Walsh, Darragh Fives.
Referee today is Fergal Horgan from Tipperary. The Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickmans man is in charge of his first senior final today but this is his fifth season as an inter-county ref.
The Galway team warm up before throw in.
Kieran Bennett replaces Darragh Lyons in the Waterford starting Fifteen, No changes for Galway.
Good afternoon everybody and welcome to Galway Bay FM's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final matchtracker..
