Allianz NHL Division Two Final
Antrim 3-18 Kerry 3-12Antrim have won the Division Two title in the Allianz National Hurling League.
 Dinny Cahill's Antrim will play in Division One next year |
Dinny Cahill's side defeated Kerry by six points in Monday's final at Croke Park.
The Ulster side were always ahead and thanks to goals from Colm McGuckian and Gregory O'Kane they had a 2-11 to 1-4 advantage at half-time.
But Antrim fell asleep for a while in the second period and Kerry chalked up 1-3 without reply.
When Shane Brick scored for the Kingdom there were just three points between the sides going into injury-time.
But then Paddy Richmond found the net for Antrim's third goal in injury-time to make sure of Division One hurling for the Saffrons next year.
In a thrilling Division One final, Kilkenny retained their League crown by beating rivals Tipperary by one point. The Cats stormed from behind to win an epic by 5-14 to 5-13.
It took an injury time point from last year's hurler of the year Henry Shefflin to secure victory and mark back to back titles for the reigning All Ireland champions.
Tipperary started the better of the two teams but it was Shefflin who scored the first of the game's 10 goals after 12 minutes.
Lar Corbett scored Tipp's first goal only four minutes later but by half time an Eoin Kelly goal saw Tipp lead 2-9 to 1-7.
Early second half goals from John Carroll and Corbett put Tipp eight points clear but two goals from Kilkenny substitute Charlie Carter reduced the deficit to just two points with little time left.
Eddie Brennan then scored 1-1 in the last five minutes to see Kilkenny take a two-point lead but Carroll netted again for Tipp.
However Shefflin struck a free and then was on hand to kick the winning point from 14 yards out and retain the league title for the Cats.
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