Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid sets the standard.
Before last season, in the 25 All-Ireland hurling championships played in this century, the eventual champions only twice changed goalkeepers at some point of that particular championship.
Both were Kilkenny goalkeepers and both were enforced. The established custodian was eventually restored. PJ Ryan played Kilkenny’s opening game in the 2003 Leinster campaign against Dublin before making way next time out to James McGarry, while David Herity deputised for Eoin Murphy for almost three games in 2014, after replacing Murphy against Galway in the 2014 Leinster semi-final replay. For the All-Ireland final against Tipperary, Murphy was restored.