2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 130th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 3 September 2017.
| Event | 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 3 September 2017 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | David Burke | ||||||
| Referee | Fergal Horgan (Tipperary) | ||||||
| Attendance | 82,300 | ||||||
| Weather | 17 °C, partly sunny | ||||||
The 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 Liam Sheedy, Henry Shefflin and Ger Loughnane. Match commentary was provided by Marty Morrissey with analysis by Michael Duignan. The game was also shown live on Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney.
Galway won their fifth All-Ireland title, winning by three points, it was their first title since 1988.
The match drew a peak audience of 1.1 million which made it the most watched RTÉ broadcast of 2017 up to then before being overtaken by the football final, it had an average audience of 901,500.