2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the deciding game of the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played on 8 September 2013 at Croke Park, Dublin. For the second straight year, the final ended in a draw, requiring a replay that was held on 28 September 2013 at Croke Park.
| Event | 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 8 September 2013 (first game) 28 September 2013 (replay) | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Conor Ryan (first game) Shane O'Donnell (replay) | ||||||
| Referee | Brian Gavin (Offaly) (first game) James McGrath (Westmeath) (replay) | ||||||
| Attendance | 81,651 (first game) 82,276 (replay) | ||||||
| Weather | Partly Cloudy (first game) 14 °C (57 °F) Mostly Cloudy (replay) 17 °C (63 °F) | ||||||
In the replay Clare beat Cork 5–16 to 3–16 to claim their fourth All Ireland title. The replay has been described by some as one of the greatest finals of all time.
The game between Cork and Clare was an all Munster All-Ireland for the second time ever, the first having been in 1997 between Clare and Tipperary.
The drawn final was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ2 as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Cyril Farrell, Liam Sheedy, and Eddie Brennan and pre-match comments from Tomás Mulcahy and Ger Loughnane. Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning with analysis by Michael Duignan. The replay was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ2 as part of The Saturday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Cyril Farrell, Liam Sheedy, and Eddie Brennan. Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning with analysis by Michael Duignan.
The drawn match was preceded by the Galway against Waterford minor hurling final which started at 1.15pm and was won by Waterford, their first minor title in 65 years.
A peak Irish television audience of 1.3 million people watched RTÉ's coverage of the drawn final with an average audience of 885,000 viewers, a 64% share of the available television audience.