The 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 102nd All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 3 September 1989, between Tipperary, managed by Bab's Keating and Antrim, managed by Jim Nelson. The game was shown live in Ireland on Network 2 with match commentary provided by Ger Canning and comments throughout provided by Jimmy Magee. The Ulster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 4-24 to 3-9.
Tipperary had led at half time by 1-13 to 0-5 with their goal coming from Declan Ryan who scored when his high long range shot for a point hit the hurley of the Antrim goalkeeper Niall Patterson on its way into the net after 18 minutes.
The game is notable for a number of reasons. This was Antrim's second-ever appearance in an All-Ireland final, some forty-six years after they lost to Cork at the same stage of the championship. Nicky English set a scoring record for a single player in the modern era as he notched up 2-12 to win his first All-Ireland Senior medal. The victory for Tipperary, eighteen years after their last in 1971, also preserved the county's unique record of winning an All-Ireland title in every decade of the GAA's existence. Tipperary were captained by Bobby Ryan.
Match details
TIPPERARY: GK 1 Ken HoganRCB 2 John HeffernanFB 3 Conor O'DonovanLCB 4 Noel SheehyRWB 5 Conal BonnarCB 6 Bobby Ryan (c)LWB 7 John KennedyM 8 Colm BonnarM 9 Declan CarrRWF 10 John Leahy CF 11 Declan RyanLWF 12 Michael Cleary RCF 13 Pat FoxFF 14 Cormac Bonnar LCF 15 Nicky EnglishSubstitutes:FF Joe Hayes for Cormac Bonnar RWF Donie O'Connell for J. Leahy LWF Aidan Ryan for M. Cleary ANTRIM: GK 1 Niall PattersonRCB 2 Gary O'Kane FB 3 T. DonnellyLCB 4 Dessie DonnellyRWB 5 James McNaughtonCB 6 Dominic McKinley LWB 7 Leonard McKeeganM 8 Paul McKillenM 9 D. McMullan RWF 10 Ciaran Barr (c)CF 11 Aiden McCarryLWF 12 Olcan McFetridgeRCF 13 Donal ArmstrongFF 14 Brian DonnellyLCF 15 Terence 'Sambo' McNaughtonSubstitutes:M Danny McNaughton for D. McMullan CF Darren McKillop for G. O'Kane RCF M. Sullivan for D. McKinley MATCH RULES 70 minutes Replay if scores level Maximum of 3 substitutions
References
External links Full Video of the final Cover of 1989 All Ireland Final Programme