ALL-IRELAND SHC FINAL REPLAY:

Who best to talk about Henry Shefflin than those who knew him best — his team-mates.

Kilkenny 2-13 Limerick 0-17

An embarrassing oversight has prevented Waterford hurler Brian O’Sullivan from appealing a two-match ban. The forward picked up the suspension retrospectively following Waterford’s Munster SHC quarter-final defeat by Cork last Sunday week.

Kilkenny continue the policy of rotation for tomorrow’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1 final in Semple Stadium (throw-in 3.30pm).

Kilkenny 1-16 Galway 0-15

Kilkenny 1-16 Galway 0-15 Kilkenny charged into the NHL final with a compelling second half performance at the Gaelic Grounds.

Wexford 2-16 Kilkenny 4-22

WEXFORD 2-16 KILKENNY 4-22

Kilkenny 4-22 Waterford 0-14

Kilkenny 4-22 Waterford 0-14

Galway footballers have suffered a massive blow with the news that Michael Meehan will not feature in this year’s championship.

Dublin 1-22 Kilkenny 3-13 Dublin picked up their second win of the National Hurling League Division 1A thanks to a storming first-half half display against Kilkenny.

Kilkenny 5-20 Tipperary 5-14

Clare 1-16 Kilkenny 0-18

Clare have named 12 of their All-Ireland winning team for tomorrow’s Division 1A league opener against Kilkenny in Ennis.

Kilkenny 1-24 Galway 0-15

Carrickshock 4-14 Shamrocks 2-14

Cork have made two changes in personnel and several positional switches for Sunday’s Munster SHC final clash with Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds from the side that beat Clare in the semi-final.

Kilkenny 0-20 Tipperary 1-14

Oulart-Ballagh 1-11 Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-10

Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-16 Dicksboro 0-12

Galway 2-13 Kilkenny 0-19

Kilkenny and Galway have both made one change from their respective semi-final wins for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SHC final.

At half-time in yesterday’s All-Ireland hurling quarter-final in showery Semple Stadium, a shock looked like a very real possibility, Limerick belying their massive underdog tag with a first-half display of poise and class, trailing at the break by just a single point (2-7 to 1-9).

Kilkenny 4-16 Limerick 1-16

A historic day in Croke Park yesterday, Galway crowned Leinster senior hurling champions for the first time after a first-half display of crushing dominance; a day that may also go down in history for another reason, however, the day an empire began to crumble.

Noel Hickey replaces injured JJ Delaney in the only Kilkenny change from the team that beat Dublin for tomorrow’s Leinster final against Galway.

This was to be hurling’s own Rumble in the Jungle, a seismic clash of two heavyweights in the Leinster senior hurling semi-final.

Kilkenny 2-21 Dublin 0-9

FORMER GAA President Joe McDonagh will chair a committee of former Fitzgibbon Cup players and managers that will select a ‘Team Of The Century’ from a shortlist of 75 third-level hurling stars, as part of the competition’s centenary celebrations this year.

VICTORY for Kilkenny in front of less than 32,000 spectators in this dour All-Ireland semi-final at Croke Park yesterday came with a repetitive theme.

A HURLING masterclass in Croke Park yesterday, mighty Kilkenny retaining their Leinster title (and setting a new record in the process, seven in a row) against a Dublin side whose challenge never even got to first base.

Kilkenny 4-17 Dublin 1-15

The Kilkenny team shows just one change from that which defeated Wexford in the semi-final to play Dublin in Sunday’s eagerly anticipated Leinster Hurling Final.

Wexford 1-15 Kilkenny 1-26

LIMERICK have named just two of the starting team that lost to Cork last year for Sunday’s Munster semi-final against Waterford.

Tipperary 4-17 Kilkenny 1-18

STRICTLY speaking, this doesn’t fit into the category of ‘classic’ finals as only one team performed! But, whatever about Kilkenny’s right to be rated the greatest team in the history of the game, their superb first-half display was arguably the closest to hurling perfection witnessed in modern times.

All-time Championship top scorer Henry Shefflin and key defender John Tennyson have been included in the Kilkenny starting line-up for Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final against Tipperary at Croke Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

Kilkenny 1-19 Galway 1-10

Eoin Larkin will line out at left half-forward for defending champions Kilkenny in tomorrow afternoon's Leinster SHC final against Galway at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

Kilkenny 4-19 Dublin 0-12, Croke Park

Kilkenny Senior Hurling manager Brian Cody has stuck with 10 of the side that started last year's All-Ireland final for Sunday's Leinster SHC semi-final against Dublin at Croke Park (2pm).