 Tipp won the game by 4–9 to 2–5 giving Wall his first senior All-Ireland medal and the honour of collecting the Liam MacCarthy Cup.Wall was also named as man of the match and had now gone down in history as one of the few players to captain his county to All-Ireland titles at both minor and senior levels.He was later honoured by becoming the inaugural winner of the Caltex Hurler of the Year award.