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All Ireland Hurling championship: Kilkenny 2-20 Galway 3-13

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SETANTA SPORTS
Published Saturday, June 20, 2009, 7:04 PM
Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:34 PM
Read more: Galway GAA, Joe Canning, Kilkenny GAA, Gaelic Hurling, Gaelic Sports, Sports, Eoin Larkin, Henry Shefflin


Killkenny fans will be cheering after a great win over Galway Saturday night.
Photo by PA Archive/Press Association Images

Kilkenny lived up to all the hype and clichés that surround them as they produced a sensational comeback to deny a marvelous Galway effort in a compelling clash in Tullamore on Sunday.

The game changed drastically at stages, Galway enjoying two superb bursts at the start of both halves and Kilkenny doing the same at the end of both halves.

Leinster SHC Semi-Final:
Kilkenny 2-20 Galway 3-13

Joe Canning and Henry Shefflin were as brilliant as expected, scoring a remarkable 2-19 between them, with wunderkind Canning hitting 2-9 of that total.

Canning hit a wondrous early goal to put Galway in charge but two goals before the break from Kilkenny's Richie Power and Eddie Brennan changed things.

Canning struck again after half-time with a goal from a free, and Niall Healy's poked three-pointer had Galway five clear again.

However, inspired by Eoin Larkin, Kilkenny went on an amazing nine-point run and it ultimately ended Galway's brave fight.

Galway's Richie Murray was sent off late on for striking with the hurl.

The Tribesmen began superbly and their blistering start was all the work of Canning, the Portumna star in sparkling form as he notched 1-3 within the first fifteen minutes.

Canning and Shefflin traded the first scores and then the Galway full-forward scored a goal of real quality.

As he beelined towards the goal at an angle, he balanced the ball effortlessly on his stick.

A hoard of Kilkenny defenders was alongside him as he glided, but he seemed unaware of them as he flicked the ball beautifully past PJ Ryan.

Sheffln kept Kilkenny in it with a free but Canning struck another excellent placed ball before Aongus Callinan's score from distance put five in it.

Shefflin and Canning continued to trade frees which suited Galway as they protected their lead.

However, a devastating Kilkenny burst just shy of half-time changed the game.

Power was central to the recovery, flicking in the scrappiest of goals after a series of deflections and flicks in the Galway area.

Larkin then powered over a point before Power beautifully handpassed across the goal to Brennan who struck hard and low to the net.

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