Kilkenny v Dublin LSHC

Dublin couldn't hold out for one puck out at the end.

Big chance gone.

just back from game.

Kilkenny without shefflin, and to lesser extents Tyrell and fennelly are not the force of old. Dublin played well and will look back at the handful of easy wind assisted frees early in play which ryan missed, before he got the hook.

walter walsh got Kilkenny out of jail, bang on in his when most around him struggled, on a par with shefflin in last years original AI final.

paul murphy seemed to pick up a bad injury and is another on the casualty list. the back 4 for Kilkenny is not as bulletproof as in the past.

I would think Kilkenny will win the replay, although the jury is out on another AI win as it is some time since they backed up two high class performances.

I was in tullamore last night and Waterford were the best of the 4 I saw over the two days in terms of team display.

overall hurling getting a shake up is good for the sport.

had Dublin held on, instead of conceding the last point, we might have had the glorious prospect of a qualifier next weekend between tipp and Kilkenny!!.

no controversy kavvie. Dublin scored a free in the first of 2 mins of injury time, the Kilkenny goalie backed by a galeforce wind landed the next puck out on the 21, a Dublin back fumbled, and Kilkenny scored the equaliser.

Kilkenny's use of the wind in the 2nd half was poor. to give you an idea on the strength of the breeze, in the pipeopener, the laois minor goalie landed 2 puck outs, directly on the full,over the opposite endline in the second half.

fair enough.was texting a dub and he was giving out saying it was up after the dub point.he was prob talking with beer in him..

One thing about Kilkenny they usually fix the problem

Even if their not as strong as they were but they always seem to have that knack of shoring up the cracks.

Had a good bet on Clare to win Munster, I'm not one that buys into the hype of Tipperary hurling, they were very vulnerable, but alas Cork kicked me in the sack.

silvergreaser; if Cork hadn't beaten Clare Limerick certainly would, under Davy this Clare team will win nothing. Clare co. board should have last years under 21 management team in charge of this years senior team, today Clare were probably as good if not better in quarters but the sideline was the difference

A nice story for all hurling fans..i was at a sports quiz many years ago and one of the questions was ..Who captained the Dublin team the last time they won the all ireland hurling title in 1938? my team had no clue and when the answer came that it was Mick Daniels the quiz master announced ..and now ladies and gents we have Michael here with us tonight, with that an very  elderly stood up and waved to all the tables...a nice moment.

Dubs playin v well again - hope they can keep it up

just took 4/6 cats and evens -1...........

0-9 to 0-4........still took evens the cats.

Carlow playin Wexford off the park too so far!

They have been the far superior team tbf by the sounds of it - interestin to see wat way Wexford respond the 2nd half

Duns 1-15 KK 0-14 10 mins left

Wex 2-13 Carlow 0-17 10 mins left

KK within 2

All over Dubs win by a goal - better team in both games! Fair play

a very long wait, but well worth it.

Much the better team in both games. Well done to Dublin.

another compelling hurling contest. that was the 4th live game I have been at in the last 3 weeks and all offered great thrills and spills, and not one of these games were shown to our nation via live tv. hurling is the unique sport we have in this country and it has been poorly promoted by our broadcasters in 2014. we get non stop meaningless magners league stuff, yet hurling has as few as 15 to 20 live games shown across the platforms each year.
next year with the world cup on in brazil around this time, the gaa live coverage will be further reduced.

Dublin fully merited their victory. 3 games in the 2014 championship and just the 1 kk goal, the back up to king henry is shaky. I would find it impossible to call KK and Tipp next week, as the kk forwards lack confidence, however hunger should not come into question next week as they will hit the limit rather than lose to Tipp at home.
my theory on KK, is that the extra 4 weeks training last year between the draw and replay against galway, has taken its toil on the older lads and the likes of Delaney, Tyrell and Hogan look off their game, perhaps as a late kicking result of that extra training in September, ageing bodies only take so much hardship.

having seen the 3 leinster semi finals, I disagree with the view that galway without picking a hurl. galway got a severe test from a good laois team(who will put it up to clare next Saturday). canning is the best forward in the country on current form and I can imagine him leading galway to a 5 or 6 point win next sunday.