Liam Gordon to referee All-Ireland SHC Final
Liam Gordon will referee the 2025 All-Ireland SHC Final. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
The GAA is delighted to confirm that Liam Gordon from Galway will be the referee for the 2025 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final on July 20th, between Cork and Tipperary, in what will be Liam’s first Senior Final.
Liam is a member of the Killimor club and has also refereed the 2019 U20 final between Cork and Tipperary, the 2020 Joe McDonagh Final, the 2024 Munster Hurling Final, and the All-Ireland Senior Club Final in 2025.
In this year’s Hurling Championship, Liam has refereed Clare vs. Cork and Limerick vs. Cork in the Munster Championship, Leinster Championship, Antrim vs. Dublin, along with the All-Ireland Quarter Final involving Dublin vs. Limerick. In the Allianz League, he refereed matches between Wexford and Kilkenny, Tipperary and Cork, and Clare and Cork.
The Final will be Liam’s 18th Liam MacCarthy game to referee since his first in 2020
His umpires on the day will be Damien Gibbons, Alan McClearn, John Larkin, and Ollie Reilly, all from the Killimor club
His line umpires on the day will be Dublin’s Seán Stack and Waterford’s Thomas Walsh. Seán will be the standby referee, and the Sideline Official will be Colm McDonald from Antrim. Dickie Murphy from Wexford will be the Hawk-Eye Official.
Sunday July 20
All-Ireland SHC Final
Cork v Tipperary, Croke Park, 3.30pm, RTE/BBC
Referee: Liam Gordon (Galway)
Stand By Referee: Seán Stack (Dublin)
Line Umpire: Thomas Walsh (Waterford)
Sideline Official: Colm McDonald (Antrim)
Score Umpires: Damien Gibbons, Alan McClearn, John Larkin, and Ollie Reilly
Hawk-Eye Official: Dickie Murphy (Wexford)
