2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
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| Event | 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 6 September 2015 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Michael Fennelly | ||||||
| Referee | James Owens (Wexford) | ||||||
| Weather | Cloudy 14 °C (57 °F) |
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The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 128th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 6 September 2015. Kilkenny retained their title beating Galway by 1-22 to 1-18. The win was the 36th All-Ireland title for Kilkenny and the 11th under Brian Cody.
The final was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ One as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Cyril Farrell, Henry Shefflin and Anthony Daly. Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning with analysis by Michael Duignan. The game was also shown live on Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney with studio analysis from J. J. Delaney, Ollie Canning and Jamesie O'Connor.
The match was the third most-watched event on Irish television in 2015, with an average audience of 739,600.
For the first time since 2011, the final did not go into a replay.
This was the 41st championship meeting between the two sides, with Kilkenny dominating the series with 29 victories. Galway had beaten Kilkenny on 9 occasions while there have been two drawn games. In their most recent meeting Kilkenny defeated Galway by 1-25 to 2-15 in the 2015 Leinster final on 5 July.
The two sides had previously played six times in All-Ireland finals, with Kilkenny once again dominating by winning four of the previous deciders (1975, 1979, 1993, 2012). Galway's lone All-Ireland defeat of Kilkenny came in 1987, while there has been one drawn decider.
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