Kilkenny & Galway Set To Do Battle In 2015 All-Ireland SCH Final | |
06 September 2015 Kilkenny and Galway are set for hurling’s biggest day; the 2015 All-Ireland SCH Final at Croke Pairc on Sunday 6 September 2015. Kilkenny manager Brian Cody, seventeen years at the helm, has named an unchanged team from the side that started the (1-21) 24-18 (0-18) semi-final win over Waterford. Jackie Tyrell and Richie Power have both returned from injury but they will need to be content with a place on the bench. The will be first All-Ireland Final appearances for Shane Prendergast and Ger Aylward. Kilkenny from: Eoin Murphy; Paul Murphy, Joey Holden, Shane Prendergast; Padraig Walsh, Kieran Joyce, Cillian Buckley; Michael Fennelly, Conor Fogarty; Walter Walsh, Richie Hogan, TJ Reid; Ger Aylward, Colin Fennelly, Eoin Larkin, subs Richie Reid, Jackie Tyrrell, Robert Lennon, Michael Walsh, Diarmuid Cody, Lester Ryan, Joe Lyng, John Power, Richie Power, Jonjo Farrell, Matthew Ruth. Galway boss Anthony Cunningham has also stayed with the side that got him through the semi-finals; a titanic (0-26) 26-26 (3-16) victory over Tipperary. The final has come too soon for Conor Cooney who is recovering from a broken foot. The Tribesmen last won hurling’s greatest prize, the magnificent Liam McCarthy Cup, in 1988 Galway from: Colm Callanan; Johnny Coen, John Hanbury, Pádraig Mannion; Aidan Harte, Iarla Tannian, Daithí Burke; Andrew Smith (captain), David Burke; Conor Whelan, Cyril Donnellan, Jonathan Glynn; Jason Flynn, Joe Canning, Cathal Mannion; subs David Collins, Fergal Moore, Greg Lally, Conor Cooney, Shane Moloney Match Referee – James Owens |