The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was held on 14 September 1997 and contested between Clare and Tipperary.

Clare rallied and a brilliant two-minute spell yielded three unanswered points, two of which came from All-Ireland debutante Niall Gilligan.

Three Clare points followed in quick succession over the next six minutes before a Colin Lynch effort leveled the game at 0-11 apiece.

With four minutes left in the match teenager Eugene O'Neill doubled on a free that had come back off the crossbar and sent the sliotar into the net.

Ollie Baker leveled the scores after landing a huge point before Colin Lynch found Jamesie O'Connor on the right-hand side and fifty yards out from goal.

O'Connor's effort flew straight over the bar and landed in the hand of team manager Ger Loughnane who was standing behind the goalposts.