On 2 September 1990, Cork won the championship following a 5–15 to 2–21 defeat ofGalway in the All-Ireland final.[3] This was their 27th All-Ireland title, their first in four championship seasons.
C. Walsh (1–2), J. Hennessy (0–4), J. O'Sullivan (1–0), T. Maunsell (1–0), E. Murphy (0–1).
K. Hennessy (2–2), B. O'Sullivan (1–2), M. Foley (0–2), P. Buckley (0–2), S. McCarthy (0–2), K. Kingston (0–2), M. Mullins (0–1), T. McCarthy (0–1), G. FitzGerald (0–1), K. McGuckin (0–1).
G. FitzGerald (2–3), K. Hennessy (2–3), T. O'Sullivan (0–3), M. Foley (0–2), B. O'Sullivan (0–1), S. McCarthy (0–1), J. Cashman (0–1), P. Buckley (0–1).
D. Henley (1–0), K. Delahunty (0–3), N. Crowley (0–3), S. Aherne (0–1), L. O'Connor (0–1).
S. P. McKillop (1–2), O. McFetridge (0–5), N. Murray (1–0), C. Barr (1–0), J. Close (1–0), A. McGuile (0–1), P. McKillen (0–1), B. Donnelly (0–1), A. McCarry (0–1).
P. Savage (2–0), M. Blaney (0–3), B. Coulter (0–2), J. McCarthy (0–2), N. Sands (0–2), M. Ballie (0–1), K. Coulter (0–1).
J. Fitzgibbon (2–2), T. O'Sullivan (0–6), G. FitzGerald (0–5), T. Mulcahy (0–2), J. Cashman (0–1), K. McGuckin (0–1), P. Buckley (0–1), B. O'Sullivan (0–1), K. Hennessy (0–1).
G. Barr (1–2), O. McFetridge (0–4), B. Donnelly (0–4), S. McKillop (0–1), B. Laverty (0–1), P. McKillen (0–1).
J. Fitzgibbon (2–1), K. Hennessy (1–4), T. Mulcahy (1–2), M. Foley (1–1), T. McCarthy (0–3), T. O'Sullivan (0–2), G. FitzGerald (0–1), K. McGuckin (0–1).
J. Cooney (1–7), N. Lane (0–4), M. Naughton (0–4), B. Lynskey (1–0), É. Ryan (0–2), T. Keady (0–1), M. McGrath (0–1), A. Cunningham (0–1), M. Coleman (0–1).
Cork became All Ireland champions in a double and were the first county sinceTipperary in 1900 to be both All Ireland Champions in football and hurling 100 years after their first one also Tipperary in 1895, 1900, Cork in 1890 and 1990 were All Irelandfootball andhurling champions in the same season.
The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland onRTÉ. In theUnited KingdomChannel 4 broadcast live coverage of the All-Ireland final. Highlights of a number of other games were shown onThe Sunday Game.