2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
The 2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2023 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA.[1] Kilkenny were the defending champions having defeated Galway in the 2022 final.[2]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Province | Leinster |
| Year | 2023 |
| Trophy | Bob O'Keeffe Cup |
| Date | 22 April – 11 June 2022 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Defending champions |  Kilkenny |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Kilkenny (75th win) |
| Manager |  Derek Lyng |
| Captain | Eoin Cody |
| Qualify for | All-Ireland SHC |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up |  Galway |
| Other | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Website | Leinster GAA |
Format
Group stage (15 matches)
Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Leinster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the all-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team may face relegation to next years Joe McDonagh Cup.
Final (1 match)
The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Leinster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Leinster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
Team changes
Teams
General Information
Six counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship:
| County | Last Championship Title | Last All-Ireland Title | Position in 2022 Championship |
|---|---|---|---|
 Antrim |
— | — | Champions (Joe McDonagh Cup) |
 Dublin |
2013 | 1938 | 4th |
| Galway |
2018 | 2017 | Runners-up |
| Kilkenny |
2022 | 2015 | Champions |
| Westmeath |
— | — | 5th |
 Wexford |
2019 | 1996 | 3rd |
Personnel and kits
Group stage
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galway |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 116 | +59 | 8 | Advance to Leinster Final |
| 2 | Kilkenny |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 163 | 120 | +43 | 7 | |
| 3 | Dublin |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 125 | 117 | +8 | 6 | Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals |
| 4 | Wexford |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 141 | -4 | 4 | |
| 5 | Antrim |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 141 | 167 | -26 | 3 | |
| 6 |  Westmeath (R) |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 173 | -80 | 2 | Relegation to Joe McDonagh Cup |
Round 1
| 22 April 2023 Round 1 | Antrim | 1-19 - 1-19 | Dublin | Belfast |
| Conal Cunning 0-9 (6f), Gerard Walsh 0-3 (3f), Conor Johnston 1-0, Seán Elliott 0-2 (1 sideline), Michael Bradley 0-2, Keelan Molloy 0-1, Paddy Burke 0-1, Paul Boyle 0-1. | Report | Dónal Burke 1-9 (0-6f, 0-2 65), Cian O'Sullivan 0-6 (1 sideline), Cian Boland 0-1, Paul Crummey 0-1, Daire Gray 0-1, Alex Considine 0-1. | Stadium: Corrigan Park Referee: John Keenan (Wicklow). |
| 22 April 2023 Round 1 | Galway | 0-24 - 2-12 | Wexford | Pearse Stadium |
| Evan Niland 0-13 (5fs, 165), Brian Concannon, Conor Whelan, and Conor Cooney 0-2 each, TJ Brennan, Cathal Mannion, Liam Collins, Ronan Glennon, and Kevin Cooney 0-1 each. | Rory O'Connor 0-5 (5fs), Liam Óg McGovern 1-2, Conor McDonald 1-0, Cathal Dunbar 0-2, Matthew O'Hanlon, Conor Hearne, and Jack O'Connor 0-1 each. |
| 22 April 2023 Round 1 | Kilkenny | 0-29 - 0-07 | Westmeath | UPMC Nowlan Park |
| TJ Reid 0-9 (3fs, 2 65), Adrian Mullen 0-6, John Donnelly 0-4, Eoin Cody, Martin Keoghan 0-2 each, David Blanchfield, Padraig Walsh, Darragh Corcoran, Timmy Clifford, Billy Ryan, Niall Brennan 0-1 each. | Ciaran Doyle 0-4 (3fs), Joseph Boyle, Darragh Clinton, Derek McNicholas 0-1 each. |
Round 2
| 29 April 2023 Round 2 | Wexford | 1-30 - 1-26 | Antrim | Wexford |
| Lee Chin 0-8 (4 frees, 1 ‘65), Rory O’Connor 0-7, Cathal Dunbar 1-2, Jack O’Connor 0-5, Oisín Foley 0-4, Liam Óg McGovern 0-2, Simon Donohoe, Richie Lawlor 0-1 each. | Report | Conal Cunning 0-13 (10 frees, 2 ‘65s), James McNaughton 1-1, Neil McManus (1 free), Rian McMullan 0-2 each, Seaan Elliott, Gerard Walsh (free), Michael Bradley, Keelan Molloy, Conor Johnston, Niall O’Connor, Paul Boyle, Séamie McAuley 0-1 each. | Stadium: Chadwicks Wexford Park Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Michael Kennedy (Tipperary). |
| 29 April 2023 Round 2 | Dublin | 2-23 - 1-14 | Westmeath | Dublin |
| Donal Burke 1-9 (0-9f), Cian Boland 1-2, Paul Crummey 0-2, Conor Burke 0-2, Danny Sutcliffe 0-2, Alex Considine 0-2, Mark Grogan 0-1, Chris O'Leary 0-1, Conor Donohoe 0-1, Daire Gray 0-1. | Report | Ciaran Doyle 0-9 (0-5f), Niall Mitchell 1-0, Eoin Keyes 0-2, Kevin Regan 0-1, Davy Glennon 0-1, Johnny Bermingham 0-1. | Stadium: Parnell Park Referee: Shane Hynes (Galway). |
| 30 April 2023 Round 2 | Kilkenny | 0-28 - 1-25 | Galway | Kilkenny |
| TJ Reid 0-9 (8fs), Eoin Cody 0-6, Darragh Corcoran, Adrian Mullen, John Donnelly, Billy Ryan, and Martin Keoghan 0-2 each, Mikey Butler, Timmy Clifford, and David Blanchfield 0-1 each. | Report | Brian Concannon 1-5, Evan Niland 0-7 (6fs), Conor Whelan 0-2, Padraic Mannion, Daithi Burke, Joseph Cooney, Cianan Fahy, Ronan Glennon, Cathal Mannion, Kevin Cooney, Conor Cooney, Jason Flynn, Liam Collins, and Declan McLoughlin 0-1 each. | Stadium: UPMC Nowlan Park Attendance: 11,550[3] Referee: J Murphy (Limerick). |
Round 3
| 6 May 2023 Round 3 | Dublin | 1-22 - 0-23 | Wexford | Dublin |
| Donal Burke 0-13 (0-10f), Cian O'Sullivan 1-1, Paul Crummey 0-2, Paddy Doyle 0-1, Danny Sutcliffe 0-1, Chris O'Leary 0-1, Mark Grogan 0-1, Conor Burke 0-1, Sean Currie 0-1. | Report | Lee Chin 0-8 (0-6f), Rory O'Connor 0-5 (0-3f), Cathal Dunbar 0-2, Oisin Foley 0-2, Conor McDonald 0-2, Conor Devitt 0-1, Richie Lawlor 0-1, Jack O'Connor 0-1, Simon Donohoe 0-1. | Stadium: Croke Park Attendance: 9,125 Referee: Thomas Walsh (Waterford). |
| 6 May 2023 Round 3 | Westmeath | 0-17 - 6-33 | Galway | Mullingar |
| N O’Brien 0-10 (9f), D Glennon 0-2, J Boyle, R Greville, D McNicholas, C Doyle, G Greville 0-1 each. | Report | C Whelan 3-1, E Niland 0-10 (6f 1 65), B Concannon 1-3, K Cooney, D McLaughlin 1-2 each, L Collins, C Mannion 0-4 each, D Burke 0-2, P Mannion, C Fahy, S Linnane, J Ryan, M McManus 0-1 each. | Stadium: TEG Cusack Park Referee: K Jordan (Tipperary) |
| 7 May 2023 Round 3 | Antrim | 3-20 - 5-31 | Kilkenny | Belfast |
| Conal Cunning 0-8 (6 frees, 1 65), Keelan Molloy 1-2, Niall McKenna 0-4, Neil McManus 1-1, Conor Johnston 1-0, Paul Boyle 0-2, James McNaughton 0-2, Gerard Walsh 0-1. | Report | TJ Reid 2-10 (0-6 frees, 0-2 65s), Martin Keoghan 3-3, Billy Ryan 0-4, Adrian Mullen 0-2, Alan Murphy 0-3, Eoin Cody 0-2, Walter Walsh 0-2, Richie Reid 0-1, David Blanchfield 0-1, Tom Phelan 0-1, Cillian Buckley 0-1, Eoin Murphy 0-1 (free). | Stadium: Corrigan Park Referee: Shane Hayes (Galway). |
Round 4
| 20 May 2023 Round 4 | Kilkenny | 0-27 - 0-21 | Dublin | UPMC Nowlan Park |
| TJ Reid 0-10 (10fs), Paddy Deegan, Tom Phelan 0-3 each, Adrian Mullen, Martin Keoghan, Eoin Cody 0-2 each, Mikey Butler, David Blanchfield, Richie Reid, Billy Ryan, and Billy Drennan (f) 0-1 each | Report | Donal Burke 0-10 (8fs), Danny Sutcliffe, Mark Grogan, Dara Purcell 0-2 each, Eoghan O’Donnell, Conor Donohoe, Daire Gray, Cian Boland, Sean Currie 0-1 each | Referee: Liam Gordon (Galway) |
| 21 May 2023 Round 4 | Galway | 5-29 - 1-22 | Antrim | Pearse Stadium |
| Evan Niland 0-8 (3fs, 165), Conor Cooney 0-7, Conor Whelan 2-0, Kevin Cooney and Tom Monaghan 1-2 each, Declan McLoughlin 0-4, Liam Collins 1-0, Pádraic Mannion and Joseph Cooney 0-2 each, Adrian Tuohey and TJ Brennan 0-1 each | Report | Conal Cunning 1-3 (1-0 pen, 2fs), James McNaughton 0-5 (1f, 165), Paddy Burke and Conor Johnston 0-3 each, Daniel McKernan 0-2, Joe Maskey, Enda Óg McGarry, Domhnall Nugent, Niall McKenna, Keelan Molloy, and Eoin O'Neill 0-1 each |
| 21 May 2023 Round 4 | Wexford | 2-22 - 4-18 | Westmeath | Chadwicks Wexford Park |
| Conor McDonald 2-2, Lee Chin 0-6 (4fs), Jack O’Connor 0-4 (2 sideline cuts), Rory O’Connor 0-3, Oisín Foley, Conor Hearne 0-2 each, Mikie Dwyer, Ian Carty, Cathal Dunbar 0-1 each | Report | Ciarán Doyle 0-11 (10fs), Niall O’Brien 2-3 (1f), Niall Mitchell 2-0, Peter Clarke, Joseph Boyle, Derek McNicholas, Eoin Keyes 0-1 each |
Round 5
| 28 May 2023 Round 5 | Westmeath | 1-19 - 4-24 | Antrim | TEG Cusack Park |
| C Doyle 0-7 (4fs, 2‘65’s), D Glennon 0-4, O McCabe 1-0, N O’Brien 0-3 (1f), J Boyle, J Galvin (1 sideline) 0-2 each, J Bermingham 0-1 | Report | C Cunning 1-9 (0-7 fs), J McNaughton 1-3, C Johnston, E O’Neill 1-1 each, N McKenna 0-3, N McManus, S Elliott, N O’Connor 0-2 each, K Molloy 0-1 |
| 28 May 2023 Round 5 | Dublin | 2-22 - 1-25 | Galway | Croke Park |
| Donal Burke 0-10 (0-6f, 0-1 65), Danny Sutcliffe 1-2, Cian O'Sullivan 1-1, Cian Boland 0-3, Eoghan O'Donnell 0-2, Mark Grogan 0-1, Daire Gray 0-1, Conor Donohoe 0-1, Conor Burke 0-1 | Report | Evan Niland 0-10 (0-6f), Joseph Cooney 0-5, Daithi Burke 1-0, Kevin Cooney 0-3, Tom Monaghan 0-3, Ronan Glennon 0-1, Fintan Burke 0-1, Eanna Murphy 0-1 (0-1f), Jason Flynn 0-1 |
| 28 May 2023 Round 5 | Wexford | 4-23 - 5-18 | Kilkenny | Chadwicks Wexford Park |
| Lee Chin 1-10 (0-6 frees, 0-1 ‘65), Liam Óg McGovern 2-1, Kevin Foley 1-1, Rory O’Connor 0-4, Oisín Foley, Cathal Dunbar (one line-ball) 0-2 each, Conor McDonald, Diarmuid O’Keeffe, Liam Ryan 0-1 each | Report | Eoin Cody 3-1, Tom Phelan 1-4, TJ Reid 0-7 (4 frees, 1 ‘65), Martin Keoghan 1-0, Adrian Mullen, Walter Walsh, Billy Ryan, Pádraig Walsh, Alan Murphy, Conor Delaney 0-1 each |
Stadia and locations
| County | Location | Province | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neutral venue | Dublin | Leinster | Croke Park | 82,300 |
| Antrim |
Belfast | Ulster | Corrigan Park | 3,700 |
| Dublin |
Donnycarney | Leinster | Parnell Park | 8,500 |
| Galway |
Galway | Connacht | Pearse Stadium | 26,197 |
| Kilkenny |
Kilkenny | Leinster | Nowlan Park | 27,000 |
| Westmeath |
Mullingar | Leinster | Cusack Park | 11,500 |
| Wexford |
Wexford | Leinster | Chadwicks Wexford Park | 18,000 |
Championship statistics
Scoring events
- Widest winning margin: 34 points
- Most goals in a match: 9
- Most points in a match: 56
- Most goals by one team in a match: 6
- Most points by one team in a match: 33
- Highest aggregate score: 75 points
- Lowest aggregate score: 36 points
Miscellaneous
See also
References
- "Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship 2023". Leinster GAA. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- "Kilkenny outfight Galway and storm to Leinster three-in-a-row". the42. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- "Declan McLoughlin denies Cats at death as Galway snatch draw". RTE. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- "Leinster SHC final: Kilkenny 4-21 Galway 2-26". Irish Times. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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