1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 102nd All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 3 September 1989, between Tipperary, managed by Bab's Keating and Antrim, managed by Jim Nelson. The game was shown live in Ireland on Network 2 with match commentary provided by Ger Canning and comments throughout provided by Jimmy Magee. The Ulster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 4-24 to 3-9.[1]

1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
Event1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Date3 September 1989
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Man of the MatchNicky English
RefereeP. Delaney (Laois)
Attendance65,496
WeatherSunny
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Tipperary had led at half time by 1-13 to 0-5 with their goal coming from Declan Ryan who scored when his high long range shot for a point hit the hurley of the Antrim goalkeeper Niall Patterson on its way into the net after 18 minutes.[2]

The game is notable for a number of reasons. This was Antrim's second-ever appearance in an All-Ireland final, some forty-six years after they lost to Cork at the same stage of the championship. Nicky English set a scoring record for a single player in the modern era as he notched up 2-12 to win his first All-Ireland Senior medal. The victory for Tipperary, eighteen years after their last in 1971, also preserved the county's unique record of winning an All-Ireland title in every decade of the GAA's existence. Tipperary were captained by Bobby Ryan.[3]

Match details

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Tipperary4-24 – 3-9Antrim
N. English (2-12), D. Ryan (1-3), P. Fox (1-2), J. Leahy (0-3), D. Carr (0-2), M. Cleary (0-2). Report B. Donnelly (1-1), O. McFetridge (0-3), A. McCarry (1-0), D. Armstrong (1-0), T. McNaughton (0-2), P. McKillen (0-1), L. McKeegan (0-1), D. McKillop (0-1).
Attendance: 65,496
Referee: P. Delaney (Laois)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tipperary
 
 
 
 
 
 
Antrim
TIPPERARY:
GK 1 Ken Hogan
RCB 2 John Heffernan
FB 3 Conor O'Donovan
LCB 4 Noel Sheehy
RWB 5 Conal Bonnar
CB 6 Bobby Ryan (c)
LWB 7 John Kennedy
M 8 Colm Bonnar
M 9 Declan Carr
RWF 10 John Leahy  
CF 11 Declan Ryan
LWF 12 Michael Cleary  
RCF 13 Pat Fox
FF 14 Cormac Bonnar  
LCF 15 Nicky English
Substitutes:
FF Joe Hayes for Cormac Bonnar  
RWF Donie O'Connell for J. Leahy  
LWF Aidan Ryan for M. Cleary  
ANTRIM:
GK 1 Niall Patterson
RCB 2 Gary O'Kane  
FB 3 T. Donnelly
LCB 4 Dessie Donnelly
RWB 5 James McNaughton
CB 6 Dominic McKinley  
LWB 7 Leonard McKeegan
M 8 Paul McKillen
M 9 D. McMullan  
RWF 10 Ciaran Barr (c)
CF 11 Aiden McCarry
LWF 12 Olcan McFetridge
RCF 13 Donal Armstrong
FF 14 Brian Donnelly
LCF 15 Terence 'Sambo' McNaughton
Substitutes:
M Danny McNaughton for D. McMullan  
CF Darren McKillop for G. O'Kane  
RCF M. Sullivan for D. McKinley  

MATCH RULES

  • 70 minutes
  • Replay if scores level
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions

References

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  1. ^ "1989 All Ireland Hurling Championship". Gaainfo.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  2. ^ "1989 All Ireland Hurling Final". Youtube. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Bobby Ryan's 1989 All-Ireland winning speech". RTE Sport. 17 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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