Galway's sixth or Limerick's 13th?

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final facts and figures

ROLL OF HONOUR

HURLING’S ‘Big 3’ have amassed 95 All-Irelands between them with Kilkenny (36) followed by Cork (30) and Tipperary (29) at the summit of the roll of honour. Limerick, who enter this weekend targeting their 13th success and a sixth in nine seasons, come next. Dublin have six titles to their name and a win for Galway would move them alongside them in joint fifth in the standings. Like the Tribesmen, Clare have five All-Irelands. Offaly (4), Waterford (2), Kerry (1), Laois (1) and London (1) complete the list.

GALWAY PANEL, MANAGEMENT & BACKROOM

Galway's 39-man panel is: Darren Morrissey (captain, Sarsfields), Gavin Lee (vice-captain, Clarinbridge), Darach Fahy (Ardrahan), Daithí Burke (Turloughmore), Cillian Trayers (Turloughmore), Joshua Ryan (Clarinbridge), Padraic Mannion (Ahascragh-Fohenagh), Ronan Glennon (Mullagh), Tiernan Killeen (Loughrea), Tom Monaghan (Craughwell), Cathal Mannion (Ahascragh-Fohenagh), Darragh Neary (Castlegar), Conor Whelan (Kinvara), Jason Rabbitte (St. Mary's, Athenry), Aaron Niland (Clarinbridge), Cian Daniels (Tommy Larkins), Conor Cooney (St. Thomas'), John Fleming (Meelick-Eyrecourt), Brian Concannon (Killimordaly), Seán Linnane (Turloughmore), Éanna Murphy (Tommy Larkins), Shane Morgan (Loughrea), Fintan Burke (St. Thomas'), Cianan Fahy (Ardrahan), Cillian Whelan (Turloughmore), Colm Molloy (Kilnadeema-Leitrim), Rory Burke (Oranmore-Maree), Cullen Killeen (Loughrea), Evan Niland (Clarinbridge), John Cooney (Sarsfields), Oisín Lohan (Skehana-Mountbellew-Moylough), Dan Loftus (Turloughmore), Daniel Comar (Kilnadeema-Leitrim), Declan McLaughlin (Portumna), Kieran Hanrahan (Loughrea), Micheál Power (Tynagh-Abbey-Duniry), Seán Murphy (Clarinbridge), TJ Brennan (Clarinbridge) and Stephen O'Halloran (Craughwell).

Micheál Donoghue's management and backroom consists of Frannie Forde (selector), Noel Larkin (selector), Aidan Harte (selector), Cyril Donnellan (goalkeeper coach), Adrian Sylver (logistics), Barry O'Brien (strength & conditioning lead), Keith McDermott (strength & conditioning), Ciara Losty (psychologist), Eamonn Duane (lead physio), Darren Flannery (physio), Thomas Divilly (physio), Derek Forde (maor cáman), Tex Callaghan (kit manager), Joe Finnerty (kit man), Eoin McDonagh (doctor), Niamh Mallon (nutritionist), Damien Joyce (analysis), Darragh Conneely (analysis/stats), Eoin Morris (analysis/stats), Rory McGauran (analysis/stats), Colin Payne (match day stats), Stephen Kenny (match day stats) and Niall Donoghue (match day stats).

SCORES STATISTICS

GALWAY have tallied 17-180 in a seven-match run to the All-Ireland final that went through Kilkenny, Offaly, Kildare, Wexford, Dublin (twice) and Cork. A well-distributed scoring breakdown currently reads: Aaron Niland (1-33), Tom Monaghan (1-25), Conor Whelan (1-22), Conor Cooney (4-13), Rory Burke (4-8), Cathal Mannion (0-18), Jason Rabbitte (2-10), Darragh Neary (2-8), Ronan Glennon (0-8), Tiernan Killeen (0-6), Evan Niland (0-6), Cian Daniels (1-2), John Fleming (1-3), Padraic Mannion (0-5), Gavin Lee (0-5), Daithí Burke (0-3), Colm Molloy (0-2), Oisín Lohan (0-2) and Darren Morrissey (0-1).

Though Limerick have posted 12-151, they've played one less match en route to Sunday's decider with ties against Clare (twice), Cork (twice), Tipperary and Waterford. Their marksmen to date have been: Aidan O'Connor (4-48), Diarmaid Byrnes (3-14), Cathal O'Neill (0-17), Shane O'Brien (0-15), Peter Casey (1-13), Gearóid Hegarty (2-8), Tom Morrissey (0-10), Aaron Gillane (2-1), Cian Lynch (0-6), Adam English (0-6), Barry Nash (0-5), Darragh O'Donovan (0-4), Fintan Fitzgerald (0-1), Kyle Hayes (0-2) and Mike Casey (0-1).

SECOND FINAL FOR LYONS

CORK'S Colm Lyons will referee Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final between Galway and Limerick at Croke Park.

It's the second time that the Nemo Rangers clubman will take charge of hurling’s showpiece fixture, having been in the middle for the 2022 decider between Limerick and Kilkenny. He has 38 matches under his belt at Liam MacCarthy Cup level since making his debut in 2012.

Principal of Crosshaven Boys NS in Cork, Lyons refereed Galway's round-robin matches in Leinster this year against Dublin and Kilkenny and was also on line umpire duty for their provincial decider with the Boys in Blue. He also oversaw Limerick's tie with Tipperary in Munster.