Kilkenny v Waterford
Theres a double header in Semple Stadium this Saturday evening with Dublin and Tipperary clashing at 5pm followed by the meeting of Kilkenny and Waterford at 7pm.
They met twice in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final with Kilkenny edging to victory in a replay (2-19 to 2-17) in a game where TJ Reid (0-7), Colin Fennelly (2-0) and Richie Hogan (0-4) scored a total of 2-11 for Brian Cody’s men.
This will be the 14th championship meeting between the counties. Kilkenny won ten of the previous 13 to Waterford’s one while there were two draws.
2016: Kilkenny 2-19 Waterford 2-17 (All-Ireland semi-final) Replay
2016: Kilkenny 1-21 Waterford 0-24 (All-Ireland semi-final) Draw
2015: Kilkenny 1-21 Waterford 0-18 (All-Ireland semi-final)
2013: Kilkenny 1-22 Waterford 2-16 after extra-time (Round 3 Qualifiers)
2011: Kilkenny 2-19 Waterford 1-16 (All-Ireland semi-final)
2009: Kilkenny 2-23 Waterford 3-15 (All-Ireland semi-final)
2008: Kilkenny 3-30 Waterford 1-13 (All-Ireland final)
2004: Kilkenny 3-12 Waterford 0-18 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1998: Kilkenny 1-11 Waterford 1-10 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1963: Kilkenny 4-17 Waterford 6-8 (All-Ireland final)
1959: Waterford 3-12 Kilkenny 1-10 (All-Ireland final replay)
1959: Waterford 1-17 Kilkenny 5-5 (All-Ireland final draw)
1957: Kilkenny 4-10 Waterford 3-12 (All-Ireland final)
2017 CHAMPIONSHIP
Wexford 1-20 Kilkenny 3-11 (Leinster semi-final)
Kilkenny 0-20 Limerick 0-17 (All-Ireland qualifier)
Cork 0-23 Waterford 1-15 (Munster semi-final)
Waterford 1-35 Offaly 0-14 (All-Ireland qualifier)
– Waterford’s only championship win over Kilkenny came in the 1959 All-Ireland final replay.
– This will be the ninth time that Brian Cody has managed Kilkenny in a championship clash with Waterford. They have won seven and drawn one of the previous eight.
– The counties met at the same stage of the 2013 All-Ireland qualifiers when it took extra-time to separate them. Kilkenny won by 1-22 to 2-16.
– If Kilkenny lose on Saturday, it will be the first time they failed to reach the All-Ireland quarter finals or semi-finals since the championship system was changed to allow beaten Leinster and Munster finalists re-enter the All-Ireland race in 1997.
– Waterford beat Kilkenny by 1-15 to 0-17 in the first round of this year’s Allianz League. Played in front of a crowd of 8,793, it was Waterford’s first League win over Kilkenny in Nowlan Park since 2004. Pauric Mahony (Waterford) and TJ Reid (Kilkenny) each scored 0-10.
