2019_All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship
2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Hurling Championship
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 132nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the 2019 fixtures took place on 11 October 2018. The championship began on 11 May 2019 and concluded on 18 August 2019.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 May – 18 August 2019 |
| Teams | 12 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Tipperary (28th win) |
| Captain | Séamus Callanan |
| Manager | Liam Sheedy |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kilkenny |
| Captain | T. J. Reid |
| Manager | Brian Cody |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Limerick |
| Leinster | Wexford |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 14 |
| Goals total | 34 (2.42 per game) |
| Points total | 583 (41.64 per game) |
| Top Scorer |  T. J. Reid (5-83) |
| Player of the Year |  Séamus Callanan |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 2018 2020 → | |
Limerick were the defending champions.[1]
Carlow returned to the Leinster Championship for the first time since 2016, replacing Offaly who were relegated in 2018.[2][3] Carlow lost all their four games in 2019 and were automatically relegated to the 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup.
Tipperary were the winners, defeating Kilkenny in the final.[4][5]
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Leinster Championship
Participating counties (5): Carlow, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Wexford
Group stage (10 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.
Munster Championship
Participating counties (5): Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
Group stage (10 matches): Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Munster 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 Munster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Munster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
Joe McDonagh Cup
Participating counties (5): Antrim, Kerry, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath
Group stage (10 matches): Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Joe McDonagh Cup final. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team are relegated to next years Christy Ring Cup.
Final (1 match): The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Joe McDonagh Cup champions and runners-up advance to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals.
All-Ireland Championship
Preliminary quarter-finals (2 matches): The 3rd placed teams from the Leinster and Munster championships play the Joe McDonagh Cup champions and runners-up. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals (2 matches): The winners of the preliminary quarter-finals join the Leinster and Munster runners-up to make up the quarter-final pairings. Teams who may have already met in the provincial championships are kept apart in separate quarter-finals. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals (2 matches): The winners of the quarter-finals join the Leinster and Munster champions to make up the semi-final pairings. Teams who may have already met in the provincial championships are kept apart in separate semi-finals where possible. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the final.
Final (1 match): The two winners of the semi-finals contest this game.
From Championship
Relegated to the Christy Ring Cup
- Meath
General information
Fifteen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: five teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and five teams in the Joe McDonagh Cup.
Personnel and kits
| County | Manager | Captain(s) | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
 Carlow |
Colm Bonnar | Diarmuid Byrne Richard Coady |
IT Carlow |
 Clare |
Donal Moloney Gerry O'Connor |
Patrick O'Connor | Pat O'Donnell |
 Cork |
John Meyler | Séamus Harnedy | Chill Insurance |
 Dublin |
Mattie Kenny | Seán Moran | AIG |
 Galway |
Micheál Donoghue | David Burke | Supermac's |
| Kilkenny |
Brian Cody | T. J. Reid | Glanbia |
 Laois |
Eddie Brennan | Patrick Purcell | MW Hire Group |
 Limerick |
John Kiely | Declan Hannon | J. P. McManus |
| Tipperary |
Liam Sheedy | Séamus Callanan | Teneo |
 Waterford |
Páraic Fanning | Noel Connors | TQS Integration |
 Westmeath |
Joe Quaid | Aonghus Clarke | Renault |
 Wexford |
Davy Fitzgerald | Lee Chin Matthew O'Hanlon |
Gain |
Championships
| Level on Pyramid | Competition | Champions | Runners Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | Tipperary |
Kilkenny |
| Tier 1 (Leinster) | 2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship | Wexford |
Kilkenny |
| Tier 1 (Munster) | 2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship | Limerick |
Tipperary |
| Tier 2 | 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup | Laois |
Westmeath |
| Tier 3 | 2019 Christy Ring Cup |  Meath |
 Down |
| Tier 4 | 2019 Nicky Rackard Cup |  Sligo |
 Armagh |
| Tier 5 | 2019 Lory Meagher Cup |  Leitrim |
 Lancashire |
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilkenny | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8-85 | 5-76 | 18 | 5 | Advance to Leinster SHC final |
| 2 | Wexford | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4-84 | 2-75 | 15 | 5 | |
| 3 | Dublin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7-84 | 5-79 | 11 | 5 | Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals |
| 4 | Galway | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4-84 | 6-75 | 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | Carlow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3-64 | 8-96 | –47 | 0 | Relegated to Joe McDonagh Cup |
Carlow are relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup for 2020, because the winners of the 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup were from Leinster (Laois).
| Wexford |
1-23 (26) – (23) 0-23 | Kilkenny |
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 0-14 - 0-15) | ||
| Gls: M Fanning 1. Pts: L Chin 9 (7f, 1 65), C McDonald 4, R O'Connor 4, D O'Keeffe 2, S Donohoe 1, P Morris 1, L Og McGovern 1, M Fanning 1, J O'Connor 1. |
Pts: TJ Reid 12 (7f, 1 65), A Mullen 3, W Walsh 2, C Fennelly 2, A Murphy 1, J Maher 1, E Murphy 1, G Aylward 1. | |
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tipperary | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8-101 | 1-80 | 42 | 8 | Advance to Munster SHC final |
| 2 | Limerick | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4-92 | 2-71 | 27 | 4 | |
| 3 | Cork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6-98 | 7-87 | 8 | 4 | Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals |
| 4 | Clare | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3-73 | 6-89 | -25 | 4 | |
| 5 | Waterford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2-67 | 7-104 | -52 | 0 |
Waterford did not need to play a relegation-playoff to avoid relegation to the Joe McDonagh Cup for 2020, because the winners of the 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup were from Leinster (Laois).
| Limerick |
2-26 (32) – (20) 2-14 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 1-11 - 1-09) | ||
| Gls: P Casey 1, K Hayes 1. Pts: P Casey 5, T Morrissey 4, A Gillane (3f) 4, G Hegarty 3, D Byrnes (3f) 3, K Hayes 2, G Mulcahy 2, B Nash 1. |
Gls: S Callanan 1, J McGrath 1. Pts: J Forde 6 (3f), R Maher 2, N McGrath (1f) 1, S Callanan 1, D McCormack 1, J O’Dwyer 1, J Morris 1, J Cahill 1. | |
Group Stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laois |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12-85 | 6-83 | +20 | 7 | Advance to Final and All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals |
| 2 | Westmeath |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6-85 | 2-78 | +19 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Antrim |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7-82 | 6-85 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Kerry |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3-74 | 11-68 | -18 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Offaly |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8-69 | 11-81 | -21 | 0 | Relegated to Christy Ring Cup |
Final
| Laois |
3-26 (35) – (24) 1-21 | Westmeath |
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 2-11 - 1-10) | ||
| Gls: R King 1, A Dunphy 1, S Bergin 1. Pts: M Kavanagh (6f) 12, A Dunphy 4, E Lyons 3, J Lennon 2, C Dwyer 2, N Foyle 2, P Purcell 1. |
Gls: K Doyle 1. Pts: K Doyle (6f) 11, C Doyle 2, S Clavin 1, A Clarke 1, C Boyle 1, A Devine 1, D McNicholas 1, L Varley 1, J Boyle 1, E Price 1. | |
Laois are promoted to the 2020 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.
Bracket
| Preliminary Quarter-Finals 7 July 2019 | Quarter-Finals 14 July 2019 | Semi-Finals 27/28 July 2019 | All-Ireland Final 18 August 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| Limerick
| 2-17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kilkenny
| 1-21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kilkenny
| 2-27 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westmeath
| 0-20 | Cork
| 3-18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cork
| 1-40 | Kilkenny
| 0-20 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 3-25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wexford
| 3-20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tipperary
| 1-28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tipperary
| 2-25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Laois
| 1-22 | Laois
| 1-18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dublin
| 0-23 | ||||||||||||||||||
All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals
The third-placed teams in the Leinster and Munster championships play the two teams who competed in the Joe McDonagh Cup Final, with the two Joe McDonagh finalists having home advantage. The Joe McDonagh champions, Laois, face third-placed Leinster team, Dublin, in the first preliminary quarter final, while the runners-up, Westmeath, meet Cork, the third-placed team from Munster, in the other preliminary quarter final.
| 7 July 2019 | Westmeath |
0-20 (20) – (43) 1-40 | Cork |
Mullingar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | (HT: 0-09 - 0-24) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | |||
Pts: K Doyle 9 (6f), E Price 4, A Clarke 2, R Greville 1, P Greville 1, S Clavin 1, C Doyle 1, J Galvin 1 |
Report | Gls: R O'Flynn 1 Pts: P Horgan 10 (5f), A Cadogan 5, S Kingston 5, S Harnedy 5, R O’Flynn 4, C Lehane 4, D Fitzgibbon 3, B Cooper 1, T O’Mahony 1, J Coughlan 1, D Dalton 1 |
Referee: P Murphy (Carlow)
|
| 7 July 2019 | Laois |
1-22 (25) – (23) 0-23 | Dublin |
Portlaoise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:15 | (HT: 1-12 - 0-10) | Venue: O'Moore Park | |||
| Gls: A Dunphy 1 Pts: M Kavanagh 9 (7f, 1 65), W Dunphy 4, C Dwyer 2, E Rowland 2, A Dunphy 2, J Kelly 1, P Purcell 1, R King 1 |
Report | Pts: O O'Rorke 13 (11f, 1 65), C Boland 3, R Hayes 2, D Sutcliffe 2, S Moran 1, E Dillon 1, C Keaney 1 |
Referee: A Kelly (Galway)
|
All-Ireland quarter-finals
The beaten Leinster and Munster finalists play the winners of the two preliminary quarter-finals. If a third-place finisher from a provincial round-robin wins their preliminary quarter-final, they will be kept apart from the team they have already met in the round-robin phase to prevent a repeat fixture. Both games are held at neutral venues.
| 14 July 2019 All-Ireland quarter-final | Kilkenny |
2-27 (33) – (27) 3-18 | Cork |
Dublin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | (HT: 2-10 – 1-11) | Venue: Croke Park | |||
| Gls: C Fennelly 1, R Hogan 1 Pts: TJ Reid 10 (10f), W Walsh 3, R Hogan 2, J Donnelly 2, C Fogarty 2, B Ryan 2, C Fennelly 1, C Browne 1, A Mullen 1, R Leahy 1, E Murphy 1 (1f), B Sheehan 1 |
Report | Gls: P Horgan 3 (1p) Pts: P Horgan 10 (8f), A Cadogan 4, S Harnedy 2, M Coleman 1, D Fitzgibbon 1 |
Referee: J Owens (Wexford) Attendance: 44,135 TV: RTÉ
|
| 14 July 2019 All-Ireland quarter-final | Tipperary |
2-25 (31) – (21) 1-18 | Laois |
Dublin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | (HT: 2-11 – 1-10) | Venue: Croke Park | |||
| Gls: J Forde 1 (1p), S Callanan 1 Pts: J Forde 12 (10f), S Callanan 2, G Browne 2, N McGrath 2, J McGrath 2, R Maher 2, A Flynn 1, Padraic Maher 1 |
Report | Gls: R King 1, Pts: M Kavanagh 10 (10f), A Dunphy 2, J Kelly 1, W Dunphy 1, J Lennon 1, P Purcell 1 |
Referee: C Lyons (Cork) Attendance: 44,135 TV: RTÉ
|
All-Ireland semi-finals
The Leinster and Munster champions play the winners of the two quarter-finals. The semi-finals take place in Croke Park in the last weekend of July.
| 27 July 2019 All-Ireland semi-final | Limerick |
2-17 (23) – (24) 1-21 | Kilkenny |
Dublin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Venue: Croke Park | ||||
| Gls: A Gillane 1 (pen), S Dowling 1. Pts: A Gillane 9 (6f), G Mulcahy 2, D Byrnes (1f, 1 65) 2, T Morrissey 1, P Casey 1, B Nash 1, D Reidy 1. |
Report | Gls: C Fennelly 1 Pts: TJ Reid 8 (7f, 1 sideline), A Mullen 4, C Fennelly 3, W Walsh 2, P Walsh 1, J Donnelly 1, R Hogan 1, J Maher 1. |
Referee: A Kelly (Galway) Attendance: 55,001 TV: RTE Sky Sports
|
| 28 July 2019 All-Ireland semi-final | Wexford |
3-20 (29) – (31) 1-28 | Tipperary |
Dublin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 | (HT: 1-14 - 1-12) | Venue: Croke Park | |||
| Gls: C McDonald 2, L Chin 1. Pts: L Chin 7, (6f, 1 65), R O'Connor 3, P Morris 2, D O'Keeffe 2, L Ryan 1, P Foley 1, L Og McGovern 1, K Foley 1, J O Connor 1, C McDonald 1. |
Report | Gls: S Callanan 1. Pts: J Forde 12 (8f, 2 65s), N McGrath 4, J O'Dwyer 3, R Maher 2, S Callanan 2, M Breen 1, G Browne 1, W Connors 1, M Kehoe 1, J Morris 1. |
Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny) Attendance: 61,852 TV: RTE Sky Sports
|
All-Ireland final
| Kilkenny |
0-20 (20) – (34) 3-25 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 0-11 – 1-09) | ||
Pts: TJ Reid 11 (10f), J Donnelly 3, B Ryan 2, P Walsh 1, R Hogan 1, C Fennelly 1, W Walsh 1 |
Gls: S Callanan 1, J O’Dwyer 1, N O’Meara 1 Pts: J Forde 8 (5f, 2 ‘65), J McGrath 3, S Callanan 2 (1f), J O’Dwyer 2, N McGrath 2 (1f), S Kennedy 2, W Connors 2, M Breen 1, G Browne 1, J Morris 1, M Kehoe 1 | |
Teams and venues
Each team has a nominal home stadium for the round-robin series of the provincial championships.
In the knockout stage, teams from the provincial round-robin series will not have home advantage, if avoidable. The only teams to play knockout games at home are the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists, who have home advantage in the preliminary quarter-finals. The Munster final was held at a neutral venue which was decided based on the qualifying teams, while the locations of the two quarter-finals were decided based on similar considerations. The Leinster final, and the semi-finals and final of the All-Ireland series are held in the 82,300-capacity Croke Park in Dublin, headquarters of the GAA.
| County | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| From the Leinster Championship | |||
| Carlow |
Carlow | Netwatch Cullen Park | 21,000 |
| Dublin |
Dublin | Parnell Park | 8,500 |
| Galway |
Galway | Pearse Stadium | 26,197 |
| Kilkenny |
Kilkenny | Nowlan Park | 27,800 |
| Wexford |
Wexford | Innovate Wexford Park | 25,000 |
| From the Munster Championship | |||
| Clare |
Ennis | Cusack Park, Ennis | 19,000 |
| Cork |
Cork | Páirc Uí Chaoimh | 45,000 |
| Limerick |
Limerick | Gaelic Grounds | 49,886 |
| Tipperary |
Thurles | Semple Stadium | 53,000 |
| Waterford |
Waterford | Walsh Park | 11,046 |
| From the Joe McDonagh Cup | |||
| Laois |
Laois | O'Moore Park | 18,000 |
| Westmeath |
Westmeath | Cusack Park, Mullingar | 11,000 |
Top scorers
Top scorers overall
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. J. Reid | Kilkenny | 5-83 | 98 | 8 | 12.25 |
| 2 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 7-62 | 83 | 6 | 13.83 |
| 3 | Jason Forde | Tipperary | 2-67 | 73 | 8 | 9.12 |
| 4 | Aaron Gillane | Limerick | 3-50 | 59 | 6 | 9.83 |
| 5 | Lee Chin | Wexford | 1-51 | 54 | 6 | 9.00 |
| 6 | Séamus Callanan | Tipperary | 8-18 | 42 | 8 | 5.25 |
| 7 | Peter Duggan | Clare | 0-40 | 40 | 4 | 10.00 |
| 8 | Marty Kavanagh | Carlow | 0-33 | 33 | 4 | 8.25 |
| 9 | Conor McDonald | Wexford | 3-15 | 24 | 6 | 4.00 |
| John McGrath | Tipperary | 2-18 | 24 | 8 | 3.00 | |
| Stephen Bennett | Waterford | 1-21 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |
Top scorers from open play
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Minutes Played | Match Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Séamus Callanan | Tipperary | 8-17 | 41 | 560 | 5.13 |
| 2 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 6-16 | 34 | 420 | 5.67 |
| 3 | John McGrath | Tipperary | 2-18 | 24 | 527 | 3.19 |
| 4 | Conor McDonald | Wexford | 3-13 | 22 | 415 | 3.71 |
| John O'Dwyer | Tipperary | 1-19 | 22 | 446 | 2.98 | |
| 6 | Alan Cadogan | Cork | 1-18 | 21 | 310 | 4.74 |
| Jason Forde | Tipperary | 1-18 | 21 | 534 | 2.75 | |
| T. J. Reid | Kilkenny | 3-12 | 21 | 559 | 2.63 | |
| 9 | Séamus Harnedy | Cork | 1-17 | 20 | 395 | 3.54 |
| Colin Fennelly | Kilkenny | 3-11 | 20 | 510 | 2.75 | |
Top scorers in a single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 3-10 | 19 | Kilkenny |
| 2 | T. J. Reid | Kilkenny | 2-12 | 18 | Dublin |
| 3 | T. J. Reid | Kilkenny | 2-11 | 17 | Galway |
| 4 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 2-09 | 15 | Clare |
| T. J. Reid | Kilkenny | 1-12 | 15 | Carlow | |
| Jason Forde | Tipperary | 1-12 | 15 | Laois | |
| 7 | Aaron Gillane | Limerick | 1-11 | 14 | Clare |
| Patrick Horgan | Cork | 0-14 | 14 | Tipperary | |
| 9 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 1-10 | 13 | Waterford |
| Oisín O'Rorke | Dublin | 0-13 | 13 | Laois | |
| Marty Kavanagh | Carlow | 0-13 | 13 | Wexford | |
| Aaron Gillane | Limerick | 0-13 | 13 | Tipperary |
Scoring Events
- Widest winning margin: 23 points
- Most goals in a match: 5
- Most points in a match: 60
- Most goals by one team in a match: 3
- Most goals without winning: 3
- Highest scoring match: 63 points
- Lowest scoring match: 32 points
- The Leinster Championship meeting between Carlow and Kilkenny was their first championship meeting since 20 June 1993.
- On 19 May, Patrick Horgan of Cork became only the fifth player ever to record a cumulative total of 400 points in the championship.
- Galway's Micheál Donoghue became the first manager to secure three victories over Brian Cody's Kilkenny in the championship.
- Kilkenny suffered their first home championship defeat at Nowlan Park since 1949.
- The Munster final between Limerick and Tipperary was their first meeting at this stage of the championship since 2001.
- Wexford won their first Leinster championship since 2004, and reached the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 2007.
- The All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final was the first ever championship meeting between Cork and Westmeath.[6]
- Laois reached the All-Ireland quarter-finals for the first time since 1979.[7]
- Cork scored forty points in the preliminary quarter-final against Westmeath, a record (they won 1-40 to 0-20). The previous record was 35, scored by Waterford against Offaly in 2017.[8]
- Patrick Horgan scored a hat-trick for Cork against Kilkenny, but ended on the losing side. The last time this happened was Seamus Callanan in 2015, who scored a hat-trick for Tipperary as they lost to Galway.[9]
- This is the very first time two teams beaten in their respective provincial finals meet at the Final stage.
- Tipperary become the first team to win two All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships by qualifying back into the All-Ireland series through the back door system. The first time they achieved this feat was in 2010.
RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland, will provide the majority of the live television coverage of the hurling championship in the third year of a five-year deal running from 2017 until 2021.[10] Sky Sports will also broadcast a number of matches and will have exclusive rights to some games.
| Live Hurling on TV Schedule | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Fixture & Match Details |
Broadcaster |
| Leinster & Munster Championships | ||
| 11 May | Kilkenny v Dublin Leinster Round 1 |
Sky Sports |
| 12 May | Waterford v Clare Munster Round 1 |
RTÉ |
| 12 May | Cork v Tipperary Munster Round 1 |
RTÉ |
| 19 May | Tipperary v Waterford Munster Round 2 |
RTÉ |
| 19 May | Limerick v Cork Munster Round 2 |
RTÉ |
| 26 May | Galway v Wexford Leinster Round 3 |
RTÉ |
| 2 June | Waterford v Limerick Munster Round 3 |
RTÉ |
| 2 June | Clare v Tipperary Munster Round 3 |
RTÉ |
| 8 June | Cork v Waterford Munster Round 4 |
Sky Sports |
| 9 June | Kilkenny v Galway Leinster Round 4 |
RTÉ |
| 9 June | Limerick v Clare Munster Round 4 |
RTÉ |
| 15 June | Wexford v Kilkenny Leinster Round 5 |
Sky Sports |
| 16 June | Tipperary v Limerick Munster Round 5 |
RTÉ |
| 30 June | Limerick v Tipperary Munster Final |
RTÉ |
| 30 June | Wexford v Kilkenny Leinster Final |
RTÉ |
| All-Ireland Hurling Championship | ||
| 14 July | Kilkenny v Cork All-Ireland Quarter-Final |
RTÉ |
| 14 July | Tipperary v Laois All-Ireland Quarter-Final |
RTÉ |
| 27 July | Limerick v Kilkenny All-Ireland Semi-Final |
RTÉ Sky Sports |
| 28 July | Wexford v Tipperary All-Ireland Semi-Final |
RTÉ Sky Sports |
| 18 August | Kilkenny v Tipperary All-Ireland Final |
RTÉ Sky Sports |
- Sunday Game Team of the Year
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 18 August, which was the night of the final. The panel consisting of Brendan Cummins, Cyril Farrell, Jackie Tyrell, Ursula Jacob, Graeme Mulcahy, Derek McGrath and Enda Rowland picked Noel McGrath as the Sunday game player of the year while Kilkenny’s Adrian Mullen was selected as Young Hurler of the Year.[11]
- 1. Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
- 2. Sean Finn (Limerick)
- 3. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
- 4. Cathal Barrett (Tipperary)
- 5. Brendan Maher (Tipperary)
- 6. Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny)
- 7. Padraic Maher (Tipperary)
- 8. Diarmuid O’Keeffe (Wexford)
- 9. Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
- 10. Lee Chin (Wexford)
- 11. TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
- 12. Colin Fennelly (Kilkenny)
- 13. Aaron Gillane (Limerick)
- 14. Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)
- 15. Patrick Horgan (Cork)
- All Star Team of the Year
On 1 November, the 2019 PwC All-Stars winners were presented at Dublin's Convention Centre. Séamus Callanan was named as the All Stars Hurler of the Year with Adrian Mullen named the All Stars Young Hurler of the Year.[12][13][14]
| Pos. | Player | Team | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Brian Hogan | Tipperary | 1 |
| RCB | Seán Finn | Limerick | 2 |
| FB | Ronan Maher | Tipperary | 2 |
| LCB | Cathal Barrett | Tipperary | 2 |
| RWB | Brendan Maher | Tipperary | 3 |
| CB | Pádraig Walsh | Kilkenny | 2 |
| LWB | Pádraic Maher | Tipperary | 6 |
| MD | Noel McGrath | Tipperary | 3 |
| MD | Diarmuid O'Keeffe | Wexford | 1 |
| RWF | Lee Chin | Wexford | 1 |
| CF | T. J. Reid | Kilkenny | 4 |
| LWF | Colin Fennelly | Kilkenny | 2 |
| RCF | Aaron Gillane | Limerick | 1 |
| FF | Séamus CallananHOTY | Tipperary | 4 |
| LCF | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 4 |
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