Five hurling league finals scheduled
April 29, 2009
FIVE ALLIANZ GAA HURLING LEAGUE FINALS ON WEEKEND SCHEDULE
No fewer than five games are on the agenda next weekend as the 2009 Allianz GAA Hurling Leagues reach a climax with finals staged at three venues, Pairc Tailteann, Navan, Kingspan Breffni Park and Semple Stadium, Thurles.
The main interest will, of course, centre on the Division 1 and 2 finals in Thurles on Sunday. Offaly and Wexford clash at 2.0 with the winners taking the Division 2 title and also gaining promotion while the Division 1 final between All-Ireland champions, Kilkenny and League champions, Tipperary starts at 4.0.
Tipperary are bidding to win the title in successive years for the first time since 1964-65 while Kilkenny are attempting to win the title for the fifth time this decade having already taken the crown in 2002-2003-2005-2006.
The full weekend programme is as follows:
Saturday
Allianz GAA Hurling League finals: Div 3A: Meath v Kildare, Kingspan Breffni Park, 3.0; Div 3B: London v Roscommon, Navan, 3.30; Div 4: Monaghan v Sligo, Kingspan Breffni Park, 1.0;
Sunday
Allianz GAA Hurling League finals: Div 1: Kilkenny v Tipperary, Thurles, 4.0; Div 2: Offaly v Wexford, Thurles, 2.0. (Both games will be shown live on TG4).
DIVISION 1: KILKENNY v TIPPERARY
They meet for the first time in the final since 2003 which saw Kilkenny win a remarkable game by a point (5-14 to 5-13) in Croke Park. They also met in last year's semi-final with Tipperary winning by 1-15 to 1-10 in Nowlan Park. Kilkenny easily beat Tipperary when the counties clashed in last month's group game.
Paths to the final
Kilkenny
Kilkenny 0-15 Limerick 0-14
Waterford 2-17 Waterford 1-16
Kilkenny 1-20 Galway 0-12
Kilkenny 5-17 Tipperary 1-12
Kilkenny 3-16 Clare 1-9
Kilkenny 4-26 Cork 0-11
Kilkenny 1-23 Dublin 3-15
Played 7, Won 6, Lost 1.
Tipperary
Tipperary 2-13 Waterford 1-12
Tipperary 2-15 Cork 0-9
Tipperary 0-23 Clare 0-16
Kilkenny 5-17 Tipperary 1-12
Tipperary 2-19 Dublin 4-11
Tipperary 1-17 Galway 1-15
Tipperary 1-17 Limerick 1-11
Played 7, Won 6, Lost 1.
Last Clash: Kilkenny 5-17 Tipperary 1-12, Nowlan Park (22 March 2009)
An amazing game in which Kilkenny opened up a 20-point lead at half-time ended with the All-Ireland champions winning by 17 points. Kilkenny led by 5-9 to 0-4 at the interval. Martin Comerford scored 3-2 while TJ Reid (1-2), Richie Hogan (0-5) and Aidan Fogarty (1-1) also caused all sorts of problems for Tipperary in what was one of their biggest League defeats for quite some time.
ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE ROLL OF HONOUR (DIV 1)
Defending Division 1 champions, Tipperary hold quite a commanding lead at the top of the honours table, having won the title 19 times, five clear of Cork. Kilkenny are in third place on 13 titles.
19 - TIPPERARY (1928-49-50-52-54-55-57-59-60-61-64-65-68-79-88-94-99-2001-2008)
14 - Cork (1926-30-40-41-48-53-69-70-72-74-80-81-93-98)
13 - KILKENNY (1933-62-66-76-82-83-86-90-95-2002-2003-2005-2006)
11 - Limerick (1934-35-36-37-38-47-71-84-85-92-97)
8 - Galway (1932-51-75-87-89-96-2000-2004)
4 - Wexford (1956-58-67-73)
3 - Clare (1946-77-78)
2 - Dublin (1929-39)
2 - Waterford (1963-2007)
1 - Offaly (1991)
DIVISION 2: OFFALY v WEXFORD
Promotion to Division 1 is the big prize on offer on Sunday but there will also be a huge psychological gain for the winners as the counties meet again in the Leinster championship on May 30. Both won six of seven games in the current League. Offaly's only loss was against Wexford while Wexford's sole defeat came against Antrim.
Paths to the final
Offaly
Offaly 3-22 Westmeath 1-17
Offaly 4-20 Kerry 0-8
Offaly 1-17 Carlow 0-6
Offaly 2-21 Down 0-14
Offaly 4-14 Laois 1-10
Wexford 5-14 Offaly 0-17
Offaly 1-18 Antrim 0-13
Played 7, Won 6, Lost 1
Wexford
Wexford 4-21 Kerry 1-10
Wexford 4-22 Laois 1-14
Antrim 4-16 Wexford 4-12
Wexford 3-15 Westmeath 2-14
Wexford 2-19 Down 0-12
Wexford 5-14 Offaly 0-17
Wexford 6-21 Carlow 0-14
Played 7, Won 6, Lost 1
Last Clash: Wexford 5-14 Offaly 0-17, Wexford Park (5 April 2009)
Wexford turned in a superb performance to run out 12-point winners over Offaly after leading by 4-8 to 0-10 at half-time. David Redmond scored 3-0 for Wexford while Diarmuid Lyng landed 1-4 as the home side overwhelmed Offaly in what was the only defeat of the campaign for Joe Dooley's men.
DIVISION 3A: KILDARE v MEATH
It promises to be a cracking contest as the top two have already met once this season with Meath winning by a point.
Paths to the final
Kildare
Kildare 0-17 Wicklow 1-13
Armagh 1-13 Kildare 1-12
Meath 0-16 Kildare 1-12
Kildare 3-15 Derry 1-17
Kildare 0-19 Mayo 2-7
Played 5, Won 3, Lost 2
Meath
Meath 1-19 Mayo 1-10
Meath 1-17 Derry 1-13
Meath 0-16 Kildare 1-12
Meath 2-16 Wicklow 1-19
Meath 2-17 Armagh 3-11
Played 5, Won 4, Drew 1, Lost 0
Last Clash: Meath 0-16 Kildare 1-12, Navan (8 March 2009)
A late point by Stephen Clynch clinched a narrow win for Meath. They led by 0-11 to 0-4 at half-time but Kildare battled back to draw level before Clynch hit for the winning point.
DIVISION 3B: LONDON v ROSCOMMON
London won all six games in the group stages, including a win over Roscommon, whom they beat by five points. Roscommon lost two of their six games to London and Fingal.
Paths to the final
London
London 7-21 Tyrone 0-8
London 3-18 Louth 2-14
London 2-12 Roscommon 0-13
London 3-12 Fingal 1-10
London 7-25 Longford 1-5
London 1-16 Donegal 0-10
Played 6, Won 6.
Roscommon
Roscommon 4-21 Longford 1-7
Roscommon 3-20 Donegal 1-11
London 2-12 Roscommon 0-13
Roscommon 3-18 Tyrone 1-10
Roscommon 1-16 Louth 2-8
Fingal 4-13 Roscommon 1-17
Played: 6, Won 4, Lost 2
Last Clash: London 2-12 Roscommon 0-13, Athleague (15 March 2009)
Goals by Henry Vaughan and Brian McCormack helped London to a five-point win. They trailed by five points at the interval but increased pressure in the second half to run out deserving winners.
DIVISION 4: MONAGHAN v SLIGO
The sides have already met once this year with Sligo winning easily.
Paths to the final
Monaghan
Monaghan 4-10 Cavan 3-4
Monaghan 0-13 Leitrim 0-12
Sligo 2-13 Monaghan 0-5
Monaghan 2-15 Fermanagh 2-8
Monaghan 1-10 South Down 1-9
Played 5, Won 4, Lost 1.
Sligo
Sligo 1-17 Leitrim 2-11.
Fermanagh 2-11 Sligo 0-15
Sligo 2-13 Monaghan 0-5
South Down 2-10 Sligo 1-13
Sligo 2-15 Cavan 1-7
Played 5, Won 3, Lost 1, Draw 1.
Last Clash: Sligo 2-13 Monaghan 0-5, Markievicz Park (8 March 2009)
Dermot Clarke scored 1-8 for Sligo as they raced to victory on a day when Monaghan were way below their best.
ALLIANZ GAA HURLING LEAGUE RESULTS & FIXTURES
Division One - Results & Fixtures
Feb 8: Limerick 3-13 Clare 1-18; Dublin 4-14 Cork 1-14; Tipperary 2-13 Waterford 1-12.
Feb 14 (Sat): Tipperary 2-15 Cork 0-9;
Feb 15 (Sun): Dublin 2-21 Galway 0-15; Kilkenny 0-15 Limerick 0-14; Waterford 0-20 Clare 0-13.
Mar 1 (Sun): Waterford 2-17 Kilkenny 1-16; Galway 4-16 Cork 1-11; Tipperary 0-23 Clare 0-16; Limerick 1-11 Dublin 0-12.
Mar 8: Kilkenny 1-20 Galway 0-12 (Postponed on February 8)
Mar 22 (Sun): Galway 1-14 Limerick 1-12; Cork 2-14 Clare 0-16; Kilkenny 5-17 Tipperary 1-12; Dublin 0-15 Waterford 1-11.
Mar 29 (Sun): Kilkenny 3-16 Clare 1-9; Galway 1-21 Waterford 2-12; Cork1-20 Limerick 2-16; Tipperary 2-19 Dublin 4-11.
Apr 5 (Sun): Tipperary 1-17 Galway 1-15; Kilkenny 4-26 Cork 0-11; Dublin 0-15 Clare 0-15; Limerick 2-14 Waterford 1-13.
Apr 19 (Sun): Galway 4-16 Clare 0-19; Kilkenny 1-23 Dublin 3-15; Waterford 2-22 Cork 3-15; Tipperary 1-17 Limerick 1-11.
May 3: Final: Kilkenny v Tipperary, Thurles, 4.0.
Division Two - Results & Fixtures
Feb 8: Wexford 4-21 Kerry 1-10.
Feb 14 (Sat): Carlow 1-13 Kerry 2-5;
Feb 15 (Sun): Antrim 1-19 Down 0-15; Wexford 4-22 Laois 1-14; Offaly 3-22 Westmeath 1-17.
Mar 1 (Sun): Antrim 4-16 Wexford 4-12; Offaly 4-20 Kerry 0-8; Down 4-18 Westmeath 4-10; Laois 3-12 Carlow 2-11.
Mar 8: Antrim 0-15 Westmeath 0-15; Offaly 1-17 Carlow 0-6; Laois 1-13 Down 0-10 (Three games postponed on February 8).
Mar 22 (Sun): Laois 0-17 Kerry 0-12; Offaly 2-21 Down 0-14; Wexford 3-15 Westmeath 2-14; Carlow 3-12 Antrim 1-15.
Mar 28 (Sat): Carlow 2-15 Westmeath 1-15; Mar 29 (Sun): Wexford 2-19 Down 0-12; Antrim 3-19 Kerry 4-14; Offaly 4-14 Laois 1-10.
Apr 5 (Sun): Westmeath 0-18 Kerry 2-11; Wexford 5-14 Offaly 0-17; Carlow 3-18 Down 2-11; Antrim 2-18 Laois 0-18.
Apr 19 (Sun): Down 1-23 Kerry 4-5; Wexford 6-21 Carlow 0-14; Offaly 1-18 Antrim 0-13; Westmeath 2-17 Laois 1-14.
May 3: Final: Offaly v Wexford, Thurles, 2.0.
Division 3A - Fixtures & Results
Feb 8 (Sun): Derry 0-9 Mayo 0-6.
Feb 14 (Sat): Kildare 0-17 Wicklow 1-13; Feb 15 (Sun): Armagh 1-10 Derry 1-10; Meath 1-19 Mayo 1-10.
Mar 1 (Sun): Armagh 1-13 Kildare 1-12; Mayo 2-15 Wicklow 0-16; Meath 1-17 Derry 1-13.
Mar 8: Meath 0-16 Kildare 1-12; (Game postponed on February 8).
Mar 15: Armagh 1-15 Wicklow 2-11.
Mar 21 (Sat): Kildare 3-15 Derry 1-17; Mayo 0-12 Armagh 0-7; Mar 22 (Sun): Meath 2-16 Wicklow 1-19.
Mar 29 (Sun): Meath 2-17 Armagh 3-11; Derry 3-18 Wicklow 1-6; Kildare 0-19 Mayo 2-7.
May 2: Final: Meath v Kildare, Kingspan Breffni Park, 3.0
Division 3B - Fixtures & Results
Feb 15 (Sun): Roscommon 4-21 Longford 1-7; London 7-21 Tyrone 0-8; Fingal 0-15 Louth 1-8; Donegal (bye).
Mar 1 (Sun): Tyrone 0-13 Longford 1-9; London 3-18 Louth 2-14; Roscommon 3-20 Donegal 1-11. Fingal (bye)
Mar 8: (Sun): Fingal 2-14 Tyrone 2-10; Donegal 1-19 Longford 3-11 (postponed on Feb 8).
Mar 15 (Sun); London 2-12 Roscommon 0-13 (postponed on February 8))
Mar 21 (Sat): Donegal 3-19 Tyrone 0-9; Mar 22 (Sun): Louth 3-18 Longford 1-8; London 3-12 Fingal 1-10; Roscommon (bye).
Mar 29 (Sun): Roscommon 3-18 Tyrone 1-10; Louth 1-18 Donegal 0-7; Fingal 2-18 Longford 1-12; London (bye).
Apr 5: London 7-25 Longford 1-5; Donegal 2-22 Fingal 4-14; Roscommon 1-16 Louth 2-8; Tyrone (bye)
Apr 19: Louth 0-24 Tyrone 0-9; London 1-16 Donegal 0-10; Fingal 4-13 Roscommon 1-17; Longford (bye).
May 2: Roscommon v London, Navan, 3.30.
Division 4 - Fixtures & Results
Feb 8 (Sun): South Down 2-9 Leitrim 1-12.
Feb 14 (Sat): Monaghan 4-10 Cavan 3-4; Feb 15 (Sun): Fermanagh 1-15 South Down 3-9; Sligo 1-17 Leitrim 2-11.
Mar 1 (Sun): Cavan 2-14 South Down 1-9; Fermanagh 2-11 Sligo 0-15; Monaghan 0-13 Leitrim 0-12.
Mar 8: Fermanagh 2-12 Cavan 1-13; Sligo 2-13 Monaghan 0-5(Two games postponed on February 8)
Mar 22 (Sun): Monaghan 2-15 Fermanagh 2-8; Leitrim 0-15 Cavan 0-12; South Down 2-10 Sligo 1-13.
Mar 28 (Sat): Leitrim 0-15 Fermanagh 1-11; Sligo 2-15 Cavan 1-7; Monaghan 1-10 South Down 1-9.
May 2: Final: Monaghan v Sligo, Kingspan Breffni Park, 1.0.
ALLIANZ GAA FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Division One - Results and Fixtures
Round 1: Jan 31: Tyrone 1-18 Dublin 1-16; Feb 1: Derry 1-9 Mayo 0-10; Galway 2-10- Westmeath 0-11; Kerry 2-13 Donegal 0-11.
Round 2: Feb 14 (Sat): Donegal 2-10 Mayo 1-13 Feb 15 (Sun): Derry 1-18 Westmeath 0-7; Kerry 2-10 Tyrone 0-13; Galway 3-12 Dublin 0-13.
Round 3; Mar 7 (Sat): Galway 0-10 Tyrone 0-8: Mar 8 (Sun): Mayo 1-13 Westmeath 0-8; Kerry 0-12 Derry 0-10; Dublin 0-13 Donegal 1-8.
Round 4: Mar 14 (Sat): Derry 0-20 Dublin 1-12 Mar 15 (Sun): Galway 1-16 Donegal 0-12; Tyrone 1-15 Westmeath 2-10; Kerry 0-13 Mayo 0-11.
Round 5: Mar 21 (Sat): Donegal 0-11 Tyrone 0-8; Mar 22 (Sun): Mayo 0-9 Dublin 0-9; Derry 0-13 Galway 2-7; Kerry 1-12 Westmeath 0-6.
Round 6: Mar 28 (Sat): Tyrone 0-14 Derry 0-11; Mar 29 (Sun): Mayo 1-11 Galway 0-13; Donegal 0-15 Westmeath 1-7; Dublin 1-15 Kerry 1-15.
Round 7: Apr 12 (Sun): Dublin 5-22 Westmeath 0-10; Kerry 2-15 Galway 1-11; Mayo 1-11 Tyrone 0-14; Derry 0-14 Donegal 0-10.
April 26: Final: Kerry 1-15 Derry 0-15, Croke Park.
Champions - Kerry
Relegated - Donegal and Westmeath.
Division 2 - Results & Fixtures
Round 1: Feb 1: Armagh 4-16 Wexford 2-9; Monaghan 2-12 Fermanagh 1-10; Cork 1-15 Meath 0-9; Kildare 0-18 Laois 1-8.
Round 2: Feb 14 (Sat): Laois 2-11 Armagh 2-8; Fermanagh 2-7 Meath 0-12; Feb 15 (Sun): Kildare 0-14 Cork 0-14; Monaghan 2-17 Wexford 1-12.
Round 3: Mar 7 (Sat): Meath 1-8 Laois 0-6; Mar 8 (Sun): Kildare 2-16 Wexford 0-8; Cork 0-10 Fermanagh 0-7; Monaghan 1-13 Armagh 0-14.
Round 4: Mar 14 (Sat): Cork 0-18 Laois 0-9; Armagh 0-11 Fermanagh 0-10; Mar 15 (Sun): Kildare 1-14 Monaghan 1-11; Meath 0-10 Wexford 0-7.
Round 5: Mar 21 (Sat): Meath 0-12 Monaghan 0-12; Laois 0-23 Fermanagh 1-14; Mar 22 (Sun): Armagh 1-12 Kildare 1-10; Cork 1-16 Wexford 0-7.
Round 6: Mar 29 (Sun): Laois 2-16 Wexford 0-10; Kildare 0-16 Fermanagh 1-8; Monaghan 2-13 Cork 1-9; Armagh 1-13 Meath 0-13.
Round 7: Apr 12 (Sun): Wexford 0-16 Fermanagh 2-10; Monaghan 4-16 Laois 0-8; Meath 1-12 Kildare 2-9; Cork 0-19 Armagh 1-7.
April 26: Final: Cork 1-14 Monaghan 0-12, Croke Park.
Champions - Cork
Promoted - Cork and Monaghan
Relegated - Fermanagh and Wexford.
Division Three - Results & Fixtures
Feb 1: Roscommon 0-16 Offaly 0-7; Longford 3-6 Cavan 0-12; Louth 1-14 Limerick 0-6; Down 0-18 Tipperary 1-9.
Feb 14 (Sat): Limerick 0-14 Roscommon 1-10; Down 1-13 Louth 1-12; Feb 15 (Sun): Tipperary 0-13 Cavan 0-11; Offaly 0-11 Longford 0-11.
Mar 7 (Sat): Cavan 0-12 Down 0-10; Mar 8 (Sun): Offaly 2-8 Louth 1-10; Tipperary 1-11 Limerick 1-10; Roscommon 1-12 Longford 0-13.
Mar 14 (Sat): Cavan 0-10 Limerick 0-9; Mar 15 (Sun): Tipperary 1-16 Offaly 1-8; Roscommon 0-13 Louth 0-10; Down 0-13 Longford 0-8.
Mar 22 (Sun): Offaly 1-16 Cavan 0-13; Louth 0-18 Longford 0-12; Tipperary 2-13 Roscommon 1-10; Limerick 2-9 Down 1-11.
Mar 28 (Sat): Down 2-15 Offaly 1-7; Limerick 0-10 Longford 0-7; Mar 29 (Sun): Cavan 0-14 Roscommon 0-6; Tipperary 0-18 Louth 1-11.
Apr 12 (Sun): Down 0-17 Roscommon 0-15; Louth 2-16 Cavan 2-13; Longford 0-10 Tipperary 0-9; Offaly 2-11 Limerick 2-8.
April 25: Final: Tipperary 0-18 Down 1-14, Longford (After extra-time)
Champions - Tipperary
Promoted - Tipperary and Down
Relegated - Longford and Limerick
Division 4 - Results & Fixtures
Round 1: Feb 1: Sligo 3-20 Kilkenny 0-4; Clare 0-12 Carlow 0-10; Leitrim 2-12 London 2-7; Antrim 0-15 Wicklow 3-6; Waterford (bye).
Round 2: Feb 7 (Sat): Wicklow 0-15 v Waterford 2-9; Sligo 1-13 Clare 2-9; Antrim 4-27 Kilkenny 0-5.
Feb 21: Leitrim 1-12 Carlow 0-7 (Postponed on Feb 8 due to bad weather).
Round 3: Feb 14 (Sat): Antrim 1-14 Clare 1-7; Feb 15 (Sun): Carlow 2-14 London 0-14; Sligo 4-14 Leitrim 1-8; Waterford 2-20 Kilkenny 0-3; Wicklow (bye)
Round 4: Mar 8 (Sun): Wicklow 7-24 Kilkenny 0-3; Waterford 0-15 Clare 0-12; Sligo 2-6 London 0-5; Leitrim 2-6 Antrim 1-9; Carlow (bye).
Round 5: Mar 15 (Sun): London 0-9 Waterford 0-8; Leitrim 0-13 Wicklow 0-11; Clare 5-21 Kilkenny 0-4; Antrim 4-14 Carlow 1-11; Sligo (bye).
Round 6: Mar 21 (Sat): Antrim 3-19 London 0-4; Mar 22 (Sun): Wicklow 1-15 Clare 2-9; Waterford 3-7 Leitrim 1-10; Sligo 2-8 Carlow 0-8; Kilkenny (bye)
Round 7: Mar 28 (Sat): Waterford 1-7 Carlow 0-6; Antrim 1-11 Sligo 0-9; Mar 29 (Sun); Wicklow 1-20 London 0-9; Leitrim 4-19 Kilkenny 0-4; Clare (bye)
Round 8: Apr 12 (Sun): Leitrim 2-9 Clare 1-9; Carlow 2-15 Wicklow 3-7; London 2-12 Kilkenny 0-7; Sligo 0-16 Waterford 1-11.
Round 9: Apr 18 (Sat): Clare 3-21 London 1-7; Antrim 0-13 Waterford 0-8; Carlow 2-22 Kilkenny 1-9; Sligo 0-11 Wicklow 0-10; Leitrim (bye).
April 25: Final: Sligo 1-12 Antrim 1-10, Longford.
Champions - Sligo
Promoted - Sligo and Antrim
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