Galway–Tipperary hurling rivalry
Introduction The '''Galway–Tipperary''' fixture is a traditional hurling rivalry dating back to 1888.Tipperary have traditionally been one of the strongest teams in the Munster Championship while Galway have won five All-Ireland Senior hurling titles, including defeating Tipperary in the 1988 All-Ireland Hurling Final. There is no present Connacht Championship, so since 2009 Galway have played in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.
History This Tipperary and Galway rivalry started very late on due to Galway not performing in the Senior championship. The rivalry kicked into gear in the 1980s, when Galway came to force. In 1980, when Galway won their first All Ireland title since 1923, Tipperary were still in the Senior hurling doldrums. The two counties had done battle a few times, but from 1887 until 1986, Galway had only won one encounter. In the 1980s, however, Galway took control. These battles at the time (87-93) were ferocious. Even Present managers Cyril Farrell (Galway) and Michael 'Babs' Keating (Tipperary) got involved. Between 1959 and 1969, Galway played in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship. Seeing as there was no credible Hurling team in Connacht, Galway automatically entered the All-Ireland Semi-final or into the first round of the Qualifiers after that system was introduced. Galway now play in Leinster for a three-year trial period. These teams met each other in the first ever All-Ireland Senior hurling final in 1887 (though played in 1888). In 2010, a stoppage time winner from Lar Corbett gave Tipperary a one point victory in an All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park, with Tipperary going on to win the All-Ireland title. In 2014, the sides played each other in the first round of the qualifiers at Semple Stadium on 5 July. With 19 minutes remaining Galway had a six point lead but Tipperary went on to outscore Galway by 2-10 to 0-1 in the remainder of the match to win on a 3-25 to 4-13 scoreline.On 16 August 2015 the two sides met in the semi-final of the 2015 All-Ireland Championship at Croke Park. Galway won the game by one point with an injury time score coming from Shane Moloney at the hill 16 end. The teams were level on 10 occasions and in the second half the lead changed hands six times. Séamus Callanan scored 3-9 (3-4 from play) to win the man of the match award but ended up on the losing team. It was Eamon O'Shea's last game as Tipperary manager as he was stepping down at the conclusion of the 2015 Championship. On 14 August 2016 the two sides met for the third year in a row in the semi-final of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship at Croke Park. Galway had a 1-10 to 0-11 point lead at half time, but two second half goals for Tipperary in the last ten minutes from substitute John O'Dwyer and John McGrath put Tipperary into a three-point lead. Galway reduced the lead down to one point but Tipperary held on to reach the final which they went on to win.In 2017, in the All-Ireland semi-final on 6 August, Joe Canning scored an injury time winning point from the right sideline against defending champions Tipperary as Galway won by a point and qualified for the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final.In November 2020, the two teams met in the quarter-finals of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship with no supporters present due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Galway won the game by 3-23 to 2-24 with a late goal by Aidan Harte putting them in front by a point in the 66th minute where they held on to win by two points.===Statistics===Totals for Galway includes 25 Connacht Senior Hurling Championship's and 2 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship's. Team All-Ireland Provincial National League TotalGalway 5271042Tipperary 27422089Combined326930131
All time results ===Legend===Galway winTipperary winDrawn game===Senior===  No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage  1.1 April 1888  Tipperary (1)  1-01 - 0-00   Galway  Birr  All-Ireland final  2.17 December 1899  Tipperary (2)  7-12 - 3-09   Galway  Athenry  All-Ireland semi-final  3.21 September 1902  Tipperary (3)  6-14 - 1-06   Galway  Terenure  All-Ireland home final  4.8 September 1907  Tipperary (4)  7-14 - 0-02   Galway  Markets Field  All-Ireland semi-final  5.14 February 1909  Tipperary (5)  5-15 - 1-00   Galway  Markets Field  All-Ireland semi-final  6.17 October 1909  Tipperary (6)  6-7 - 5-07   Galway  Markets Field  All-Ireland semi-final  7.22 October 1916  Tipperary (7)  8-01 - 0-00   Galway  Athlone  All-Ireland semi-final  8.26 August 1923  Tipperary (8)  3-02 - 1-03   Galway  Galway  All-Ireland semi-final  9.23 November 1924  Galway (1)  3-01 - 2-03  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  10.6 September 1925  Tipperary (9)  5-06 - 1-05   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  11.17 August 1930  Tipperary (10)  6-08 - 2-02   Galway  St. Brendan's Park  All-Ireland semi-final  12.13 August 1950  Tipperary (11)  4-07 - 2-06   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  13.7 September 1958  Tipperary (12)  4-09 - 2-05  Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  14.2 July 1961  Tipperary (13)  7-12 - 5-06  Galway  Cusack Park  Munster semi-final  15.15 August 1971  Tipperary (14)  3-26 - 6-08  Galway  St. Brendan's Park  All-Ireland semi-final  16.9 August 1987  Galway (2)  3-20 - 2-17  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  17.4 September 1988  Galway (3)  1-15 - 0-14  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  18.6 August 1989  Tipperary (15)  1-17 - 2-11  Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  19.4 August 1991  Tipperary (16)  3-13 - 1-09  Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  20.8 August 1993  Galway (4)  1-16 - 1-14  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  21.23 July 2000 Galway (5)  1-14 - 0-15  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland quarter-final  22.9 September 2001  Tipperary (17)  2-18 - 2-15  Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  23.13 July 2003  Tipperary (18)  1-18 - 1-17  Galway  Pearse Stadium  All-Ireland qualifier  24.31 July 2005 Galway (6)  2-20 - 2-18  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland quarter-final  25.25 July 2010  Tipperary (19)  3-17 - 3-16  Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland quarter-final  26.5 July 2014  Tipperary (20)  3-25 - 4-13  Galway  Semple Stadium  All-Ireland qualifier  27.16 August 2015 Galway (7)  0-26 - 3-16  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  28.14 August 2016  Tipperary (21)  2-19 - 2-18  Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  29.6 August 2017  Galway (8)  0-22 - 1-18  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  30.21 November 2020  Galway (9)  3-23 - 2-24  Tipperary  Gaelic Grounds  All-Ireland quarter-final  31.24 June 2023  Galway (10)  1-20 - 1-18  Tipperary  Gaelic Grounds  All-Ireland quarter-final===Intermediate===  No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage  1.3 May 1964  Galway (1)  1-08 - 1-03  Tipperary  Pearse Stadium  Munster quarter-final  2.10 July 1966  Tipperary (1)  4-02 - 1-07   Galway  Dunlo Grounds  Munster final  3.17 September 1972  Tipperary (2)  2-13 - 1-09   Galway  St. Brendan's Park  All-Ireland final  4.30 August 2000  Tipperary (3)  2-17 - 1-10   Galway  Gaelic Grounds  All-Ireland final  5.31 August 2002  Tipperary  1-20 - 2-17   Galway  St. Brendan's Park  All-Ireland final  6.21 September 2002  Galway (2)  2-15 - 1-10  Tipperary  St. Brendan's Park  All-Ireland final replay===Junior===  No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage  1.19 October 1913  Tipperary (1)  11-02 - 0-02   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  2.26 March 1916  Tipperary (2)  11-04 - 0-03   Galway  Markets Field  All-Ireland semi-final  3.30 August 1925  Tipperary (3)  5-05 - 1-02   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  4.30 March 1927  Tipperary (4)  6-02 - 2-03   Galway  Thurles Sportsfield  All-Ireland final  5.8 October 1933  Tipperary (5)  8-03 - 1-03  Galway  Portumna Sportsfield  All-Ireland home final  6.23 August 1953  Tipperary  3-05 - 3-05   Galway  Dunlo Grounds  All-Ireland semi-final  7.30 August 1953  Tipperary (6)  6-08 - 2-04  Galway  St. Brendan's Park  All-Ireland semi-final replay  8.3 July 1988  Tipperary (7)  3-10 - 3-09   Galway  Páirc Shíleáin  All-Ireland semi-final  9.21 July 1989  Tipperary (8)  0-12 - 0-08   Galway  Gaelic Grounds  All-Ireland final===Under-21===  No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage  1.18 July 1965  Tipperary (1)  4-09 - 3-03   Galway  Dunlo Grounds  Munster final  2.16 July 1967  Tipperary (2)  3-09 - 3-05   Galway  Gaelic Grounds  Munster final  3.15 August 1972  Galway (1)  2-11 - 1-11  Tipperary  MacDonagh Park  All-Ireland semi-final  4.8 October 1978  Galway  3-05 - 2-08  Tipperary  Gaelic Grounds  All-Ireland final  5.29 October 1978  Galway (2)  3-15 - 2-08  Tipperary  Gaelic Grounds  All-Ireland final replay  6.23 September 1979  Tipperary (3)  2-12 - 1-09   Galway  O'Moore Park  All-Ireland final  7.17 August 1980  Tipperary (4)  3-11 - 2-12  Galway  Cusack Park  All-Ireland semi-final  8.23 August 1981  Tipperary (5)  3-17 - 0-07  Galway  Cusack Park  All-Ireland semi-final  9.11 September 1983  Galway (3)  0-12 - 0-06  Tipperary  O'Connor Park  All-Ireland final  10.12 August 1984  Tipperary (6)  3-10 - 2-08  Galway  Cusack Park  All-Ireland semi-final  11.11 August 1985  Tipperary (7)  1-15 - 2-07  Galway  O'Connor Park  All-Ireland semi-final  12.13 August 1989  Tipperary (8)  1-14 - 1-07  Galway  Gaelic Grounds  All-Ireland semi-final  13.12 August 1999  Galway (4)  3-12 - 1-16  Tipperary  O'Connor Park  All-Ireland semi-final  14.23 August 2003  Galway (5)  2-20 - 2-16  Tipperary  Cusack Park  All-Ireland semi-final  15.11 September 2010  Tipperary (9)  5-22 - 0-12  Galway  Semple Stadium  All-Ireland final===Minor===  No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage  1.14 August 1932  Tipperary (1)  6-06 - 0-00   Galway  Gaelic Grounds  All-Ireland semi-final  2.8 October 1933  Tipperary (2)  4-06 - 2-03   Galway  Walsh Park  All-Ireland final  3.5 August 1934  Tipperary (3)  8-8 - 1-00   Galway  St. Cronan's Park  All-Ireland semi-final  4.29 July 1945  Tipperary (4)  5-16 - 0-02   Galway  St. Brendan's Park  All-Ireland semi-final  5.28 July 1946  Tipperary (5)  5-06 - 0-01   Galway  St. Brendan's Park  All-Ireland semi-final  6.7 September 1947  Tipperary (6)  9-05 - 1-05   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  7.13 August 1950  Tipperary (7)  6-09 - 0-05   Galway  Tuam Stadium  All-Ireland semi-final  8.27 July 1952  Tipperary (8)  9-03 - 0-01   Galway    All-Ireland semi-final  9.15 August 1954  Tipperary (9)  10-12 - 1-02   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  10.4 September 1955  Tipperary (10)  5-15 - 2-05   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  11.28 July 1957  Tipperary (11)  4-12 - 3-07   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  12.31 July 1960  Tipperary (12)  6-07 - 4-03   Galway  Thurles Sportsfield  Munster final  13.27 May 1965  Tipperary (13)  5-08 - 3-09   Galway  Gaelic Grounds  Munster semi-final  14.10 July 1966  Galway (1)  5-05 - 3-06  Tipperary  Dunlo Grounds  Munster semi-final  15.15 August 1973  Galway (2)  3-14 - 3-10  Tipperary  Cusack Park  All-Ireland semi-final  16.5 September 1982  Tipperary (14)  2-07 - 0-04   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  17.7 August 1983  Tipperary  3-10 - 3-10   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  18.21 August 1973  Galway (3)  1-07 - 0-08  Tipperary  Cusack Park  All-Ireland semi-final replay  19.9 August 1987  Tipperary (15)  4-12 - 1-09   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  20.4 August 1991  Tipperary (16)  2-15 - 1-13   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  21.6 August 1993  Galway (4)  3-10 - 0-10  Tipperary  Cusack Park  All-Ireland semi-final  22.1 September 1996  Galway  3-11 - 0-20  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  23.29 September 1993  Tipperary (17)  2-14 - 2-12   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland final replay  24.17 August 1997  Galway (5)  2-09 - 0-14  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  25.12 September 1999  Galway (6)  0-13 - 0-10  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  26.12 August 2001  Galway (7)  3-13 - 1-07  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  27.10 August 2003  Galway (8)  2-19 - 2-16  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  28.3 September 2006  Tipperary (18)  2-18 - 2-07   Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  29.19 August 2012  Tipperary (19)  2-16 - 1-14  Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final  30.6 September 2015  Galway (9)  4-13 - 1-16  Tipperary  Croke Park  All-Ireland final  31.14 August 2016  Tipperary (20)  7-12 - 2-12  Galway  Croke Park  All-Ireland semi-final
See also *Galway GAA*Tipperary GAA*Connacht Senior Hurling Championship*Munster Senior Hurling Championship*All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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