Confirmed: John Keenan handed All-Ireland hurling final duties

Keenan is set to officiate the decider. 

CALL-UP: Referee John Keenan. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

UPDATED: John Keenan has been named as All-Ireland senior hurling final referee, as flagged on Examiner Sport. It will be his first senior final.

His linemen on the day will be Galway’s Liam Gordon and Wexford’s James Owens, with Gordon nominated as the standby referee. The sideline official will be Shane Hynes from Galway.