2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 123rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The draw for the 2000 fixtures took place on 8 October 2008. The championship began on 30 May 2009 and ended on 6 September 2009.

2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates30 May - 6 September 2009
Teams12
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamKilkenny (32nd win)
CaptainMichael Fennelly
ManagerBrian Cody
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamTipperary
CaptainWillie Ryan
ManagerLiam Sheedy
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
Top ScorerBorder Joe Canning (3-46)
Player of the YearBorder Tommy Walsh
All-Star TeamSee here
2008
2010

Kilkenny were the defending champions. Antrim and Galway joined the Leinster Championship for the first time.

On 6 September 2009, Kilkenny won the championship following a 2-22 to 0-23 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. This was their 32nd All-Ireland title overall, their 7th championship of the decade and a record-equalling fourth All-Ireland title in-a-row.

Galway's Joe Canning was the championship's top scorer with 3-46. Kilkenny's Tommy Walsh won Hurler of the Year.

Provincial changes

Due to a lack of competition in their own respective provinces, Antrim and Galway pushed for entry to the Leinster Championship. At a special meeting of Congress on 4 October 2008, delegates voted to include Galway and Antrim in a restructured Leinster Championship on a trial basis for three years. Dublin, Wexford and Offaly spoke against the move, however, when put to a vote approximately 80% of delegates voted in favour.[1]

Teams

General information

Twelve counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: seven teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.

CountyLast provincial titleLast championship titlePosition in 2008 ChampionshipAppearance
Antrim2008Qualifiers Phase 2
Clare19981997Quarter-finals
Cork20062005Semi-finals
Dublin19611938Qualifiers Phase 3
Galway19991988Qualifiers Phase 4
Kilkenny20082008Champions
Laois19491915Qualifiers Phase 2
Limerick19961973Qualifiers Phase 3
Offaly19951998Qualifiers Phase 4
Tipperary20082001Semi-finals
Waterford20071959Runners-up
Wexford20041996Quarter-finals

A total of 12 teams competed in the championship, including all of the teams from the 2008 championship. There were no new entrants. On 3 August 2008, Westmeath won the Christy Ring Cup for the second year in succession, however, there was no promotion mechanism for them to join the top flight.[2]

Personnel and team details

TeamColoursSponsorCaptain(s)Manager(s)
AntrimSaffron and whiteCreagh ConcreteNeil McGarry Terence McNaughton
Dominic McKinley
ClareSaffron and blueVodafoneBrian O'Connell Mike McNamara
CorkRed and whiteO2John Gardiner Denis Walsh
DublinNavy and blueArnottsStephen Hiney Anthony Daly
GalwayMaroon and whiteSupermacsOllie Canning John McIntyre
KilkennyBlack and amberGlanbiaMichael Fennelly Brian Cody
LaoisBlue and whiteThe Heritage HotelBrian Campion Niall Rigney
LimerickGreen and whiteSporting LimerickMark Foley Justin McCarthy
OffalyGreen, white and goldCarroll CuisineGer Oakley Joe Dooley
TipperaryBlue and goldEnferWillie Ryan Liam Sheedy
WaterfordWhite and blue3Stephen Molumphy
Ken McGrath
Davy FitzGerald
WexfordPurple and yellowWexford CheddarDiarmuid Lyng Colm Bonnar

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of
departure
Date of vacancyIncoming managerDate of
appointment
Limerick Richie BennisSacked12 August 2008 Justin McCarthy7 October 2008
Galway Tommy NaughtonResigned14 September 2008 Anthony Daly24 November 2008
Wexford John MeylerResigned7 October 2008 Colm Bonnar11 November 2008
Galway Ger LoughnaneSacked12 October 2008 John McIntyre18 November 2008
Cork John ConsidineEnd of caretaker spell26 March 2016 Denis Walsh26 March 2009

Format

The format of the 2009 championship was slightly different from previous years. Firstly, Galway have had no opposition in the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship since 2004. Due to this it was decided at a special meeting of the GAA's congress for Galway to join the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship for a three-year trial period, starting with the 2009 championship. Antrim, being the only Tier 1 team in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, also participated in the Leinster Championship on a three-year trial period. Antrim also competed in the Ulster Championship which was run as a separate tournament to the All-Ireland Hurling Championship.

12 counties participated in Tier 1 of the 2009 Championship. These teams were as follows:

Provincial ChampionshipsThe Munster championship was played as usual with five teams. The Leinster championship also proceeded as usual, except for the addition of both Antrim and Galway, bringing the total number of competing teams to seven. The Leinster and Munster champions advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

All-Ireland QualifiersThe qualifiers gave teams defeated in the provincial championships another chance at winning the All-Ireland.Phase 1: (2 matches) the three Leinster quarter-finalists and the Munster quarter-finalist play off.Phase 2: (2 matches) the two Leinster semi-finalists and two Munster semi-finalists play off.Phase 3: (2 matches) The four winners of Phase 1 and Phase 2 games meet in Phase 3. The two Phase 3 winners advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

All-Ireland SeriesQuarter-finals: (2 matches) The defeated Munster and Leinster finalists played the winners of the Phase 3 qualifiers.Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster and Leinster champions played the winners of the quarter-finals.

Promotion/Relegation

Promotion and relegation between Tier 1 and Tier 2 was in operation in the 2009 championship. The defeated team in the Round 2 match of the Relegation playoffs was demoted to the 2010 Christy Ring Cup, to be replaced by the winners of the 2009 Christy Ring Cup.

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsLeinster final
Dublin2-16
Antrim0-12Dublin0-18
Wexford2-17Wexford1-13
Offaly0-16Dublin0-18
Laois0-17Kilkenny2-18
Galway5-29Galway3-13
Kilkenny2-20

Quarter-finals

Wexford2-17 - 0-16Offaly
S Banville 2-2, D Lyng 0-7, R Jacob, S Doyle, T Waters 0-2 each, D Redmond, A Shore 0-1 each(Report)S Dooley 0-4, B Carroll 0-3, B Murphy, J Bergin, K Brady 0-2 each, D Currams, D Horan, R Hanniffy 0-1
Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

Laois0-17 - 5-29Galway
W Hyland 0-6, B Campion 0-5, J Young 0-4, O Holohan 0-2(Report)N Healy 3-5, J Canning 1-10, D Hayes 1-3, K Hynes 0-4, A Callanan, C Donnellan 0-3 each, A Smyth 0-1
Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

Dublin2-16 - 0-12Antrim
A McCrabbe 1-9, D O'Callaghan 1-3, D Treacy 0-2, D Curtin, K Flynn 0-1 each(Report)K Stewart 0-5, K McKeegan, S Delargy, N McManus, M Herron, CJ McGourty, J Scullion, B Herron 0-1 each
Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

Semi-finals

Galway3-13 - 2-20Kilkenny
J Canning 2-9, N Healy 1-1, A Callanan, C Donnellan, D Hayes 0-1 each(Report)H Shefflin 0-10, E Larkin 0-5, R Power, E Brennan 1-0 each, A Fogarty 0-3, D Lyng 0-2
Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Dublin0-18 - 1-13Wexford
A McCrabbe 0-10, D Treacy, D O'Callaghan, S Lambert 0-2 each, S Durkin, L Rushe 0-1 each(Report)D Lyng 0-7, N Kirwan 1-0, D Redmond 0-2, W Doran, S Banville, S Doyle, R Kehoe 0-1 each
Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Final

Dublin0-18 - 2-18Kilkenny
A McCrabbe 0-12, D Treacy 0-3, J Boland, K Flynn, D O'Callaghan 0-1 each(Report)M Comerford 2-4, H Shefflin 0-6, E Larkin, D Lyng 0-2 each, T Walsh, M Rice, E Brennan, A Fogarty 0-1 each
Attendance: 29,427
Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsMunster Final
Tipperary1-19
Cork0-19Tipperary3-18
Clare1-22
Tipperary4-14
Waterford2-16
Limerick0-17
Waterford0-25

Quarter-finals

Tipperary1-19 - 0-19Cork
S Callanan 1-3, E Kelly 0-5, N McGrath, L Corbett 0-3 each, B Dunne, S McGrath 0-2 each, J O'Brien 0-1(Report)B O'Connor 0-11, J Gardiner 0-3, P Cronin 0-2, N McCarthy, T Kenny, A O hAilpin 0-1 each
Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Semi-finals

Limerick1-8 - 0-11Waterford
N Moran 0-4, D Breen 1-0, J Ryan 0-2, S Hickey, A O'Shaughnessy 0-1 each(Report)E Kelly 0-6, J Mullane 0-4, S Prendergast 0-1
Attendance: 25,229
Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Limerick0-17 - 0-25Waterford
A O’Shaughnessy, N Moran 0-5 each, S Hickey, J Ryan 0-2 each, P Browne, D Breen, D O’Grady 0-1 each(Report)E Kelly 0-12, J Mullane 0-6, S Prendergast 0-4, S O’Sullivan, S Molumphy, J Kennedy 0-1 each
Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

Tipperary3-18 - 1-22Clare
N McGrath 0-7, J O'Brien 1-2, L Corbett 1-1, S Callanan 1-0, P Kerwick , E Kelly 0-3 each, D Fanning, J Woodlock 0-1 each(Report)C Ryan 0-12, D McMahon 1-2, T Griffin, J Clancy, T Carmody 0-2 each, J Conlon, D Barrett 0-1 each
Referee: J Owens (Wexford)

Final

Tipperary4-14 - 2-16Waterford
L Corbett 2-2, E Kelly 1-3, S Callanan 1-1, N McGrath 0-3, P Kerwick, C O'Mahony, S McGrath, J O'Brien, B Dunne 0-1 each(Report)E Kelly 1-7, J Mullane 1-5, S Molumphy 0-2, D Shanahan, R Foley 0-1 each
Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

All-Ireland Qualifiers

Qualifiers phase 1

Laois0-18 - 1-12Antrim
W Hyland 0-7, B Campion, J Brophy 0-3 each, C Delaney, J Walsh 0-2 each, T Fitzgerald 0-1(Report)K McKeegan 0-6, N McManus 1-0, M Herron, P Richmond 0-2 each, S Delargy, CJ McGourty 0-1 each
Referee: P O'Connor (Limerick)

Offaly1-12 - 3-19Cork
S Dooley 1-2, B Carroll 0-3, J Bergin, C Coughlan 0-2 each, P Cleary, C Mahon, D Molloy 0-1 each(Report)P Horgan 1-5, A O hAilpin 2-1, J O'Connor, B O'Connor 0-4 each, T og Murphy 0-2, T McCarthy, P Cronin, C Naughton 0-1 each
Referee: D Murphy (Wexford)

Qualifiers phase 2

Wexford0-14 - 1-13Limerick
D Lyng 0-6, R Jacob 0-4, W Doran 0-2, S Doyle, D Redmond 0-1 each(Report)A O'Shaughnessy 1-2, P McNamara 0-4, S Hickey 0-2, G O'Mahony, D O'Grady, N Moran, D Sheehan, J O'Brien 0-1 each
Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

Clare1-11 - 2-18Galway
D McMahon 1-1, P Vaughan, N Gilligan, J Conlon 0-2 each, T Griffin, T Carmody, J Clancy, B Nugent 0-1 each(Report)J Canning 0-7, N Healy 1-3, C Donnellan 1-2, A Callanan 0-2, E Lynch, K Hynes, A Smyth, J Gantley 0-1 each
Referee: J Owens (Wexford)

Qualifiers phase 3

Laois1-14 - 0-20Limerick
W Hyland 0-8, E Costelloe 1-2, J Brophy 0-2, E Jackman, T Fitzgerald 0-1 each(Report)A O'Shaughnessy 0-6, G O'Mahony, P Browne 0-3 each, P McNamara, J O'Brien 0-2 each, J Ryan, D Sheehan, D Breen, D Ryan 0-1 each
Attendance: 24,136
Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Cork0-15 - 1-19Galway
B O'Connor 0-9, K Murphy 0-2, J Gardiner, S og O hAilpin, P Horgan, N McCarthy 0-1 each(Report)J Canning 0-11, A Smith, D Hayes 0-3 each, J Gantley 1-0, A Callanan, G Farragher 0-1 each
Attendance: 24,136
Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

Relegation play-offs

Antrim0-13 - 1-28Offaly
K Stewart 0-6, J Campbell, M Herron, J Scullion, P McGill, CJ McGourty, C Donnelly, E McCloskey 0-1 each(Report)B Carroll 0-12, K Brady 1-2, B Murphy 0-4, P Cleary, D Molloy, J Bergin 0-2 each, D Franks, S Dooley, O Kealey, J Gorman 0-1 each
Referee: E Morris (Dublin)

Clare2-24 - 2-18Wexford
N Gilligan 1-10, B Nugent, J Clancy 0-4 each, M Flaherty 1-0, D McMahon, A Markham 0-2 each, T Griffin, P Vaughan 0-1 each(Report)D Lyng 1-11, D Fitzhenry 1-0, D Redmond, S Doyle, J Berry, PJ Nolan, R Jacob, W Doran, H Kehoe 0-1 each
Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

It was intended to hold a relegation playoff between Antrim and Wexford, but instead it was decided to allow both compete in the 2010 championship.[3]

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsAll-Ireland Final
Kilkenny2-23
Waterford1-16Waterford3-15
Galway0-18Kilkenny2-22
Tipperary0-23
Tipperary6-19
Dublin1-17Limerick2-07
Limerick2-18

All-Ireland quarter-finals

Waterford1-16 - 0-18Galway
E Kelly 0-12, S Walsh 1-0, K Moran 0-2, S Prendergast, J Mullane 0-1 each(Report)J Canning 0-9, D Hayes 0-3, G Farragher, A Callinan 0-2 each, J Gantley, A Smith 0-1 each
Attendance: 30,435
Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Dublin1-17 - 2-18Limerick
A McCrabbe 0-8, L Rushe 1-0, D O'Callaghan 0-2, S Hiney, M Carton, R O'Carroll, L Ryan, D Sweeney, D Treacy, S Durcan 0-1 each(Report)G O'Mahoney 0-8, A O'Shaughnessy 0-5, J Ryan 0-4, P McNamara 1-1, B Murray 1-0
Attendance: 30,435
Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

All-Ireland semi-finals

Kilkenny2-23 - 3-15Waterford
H Shefflin 1-14, E Brennan 1-2, E Larkin 0-2, J Fitzpatrick, M Rice, R Power, A Fogarty, R Hogan 0-1 each(Report)E Kelly 1-9, S Walsh 2-0, S O'Sullivan, K Moran, S Prendergast, J Mullane, E McGrath, D Shanahan 0-1 each
Attendance: 61,962
Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Tipperary6-19 - 2-07Limerick
L Corbett 3-1, E Kelly 1-6, N McGrath 1-3, P Kerwick 1-2, S Callanan, C O'Mahony 0-3 each, J O'Brien 0-1(Report)B O'Sullivan 1-1, B Murray 1-0, G O'Mahony 0-2, S Hickey, N Moran, D Breen, A O'Shaughnessy 0-1 each
Attendance: 43,808
Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

All-Ireland final

Kilkenny2-22 - 0-23Tipperary
H Shefflin 1-8, E Larkin, E Brennan 0-3 each, M Comerford 1-0, R Hogan 0-2, J Tyrrell, T Walsh, D Lyng, R Power, TJ Reid, M Fennelly 0-1 each(Report)E. Kelly 0-13, L Corbett 0-4, S Callanan 0-3, N McGrath 0-2, S McGrath 0-1
Attendance: 82,106
Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)



Championship statistics

Scoring

Player facts

Retirees

The following players played their last game in the 2009 championship:

PlayerTeamDateOppositionGameDébut
Timmy McCarthyCorkJuly 18GalwayAll-Ireland qualifiers1999
Damien FitzhenryWexfordJuly 25ClareAll-Ireland qualifiers1993
Tony GriffinClareJuly 25WexfordAll-Ireland qualifiers2002
Niall GilliganClareJuly 25WexfordAll-Ireland qualifiers1997
Ollie MoranLimerickAugust 16TipperaryAll-Ireland semi-final1997
Mark FoleyLimerickAugust 16TipperaryAll-Ireland semi-final1995

Monthly awards

MonthVodafone Player of the MonthOpel GPA Player of the Month
PlayerCountyPlayerCounty
MayStephen BanvilleWexfordEoin CadoganCork
JuneKen McGrathWaterfordJohn MullaneWaterford
JulyMichael 'Brick' WalshWaterfordJohn MullaneWaterford
AugustHenry ShefflinKilkennyHenry ShefflinKilkenny
SeptemberP.J. RyanKilkennyTommy WalshKilkenny

Statistics

Top scorers overall

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Joe CanningGalway3-4654510.80
2Eoin KellyWaterford2-4652510.40
3Alan McCrabbeDublin1-3942410.50
4Henry ShefflinKilkenny2-3844411.00
5Eoin KellyTipperary2-303657.20
6Diarmuid LyngWexford1-313448.50
7Lar CorbettTipperary6-112955.80
8Niall HealyGalway5-92454.80
Ben O'ConnorCork0-242438.00
10Andrew O'ShaughnessyLimerick1-202363.83

Top scorers in a single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Henry ShefflinKilkenny1-1417Waterford
2Joe CanningGalway2-0915Kilkenny
3Niall HealyGalway3-0514Laois
Diarmuid LyngWexford1-1114Clare
5Niall GilliganClare1-1013Wexford
Joe CanningGalway1-1013Laois
7Alan McCrabbeDublin1-0912Antrim
Alan McCrabbeDublin0-1212Kilkenny
Eoin KellyWaterford0-1212Limerick
Colin RyanClare0-1212Tipperary
Brian CarrollOffaly0-1212Antrim
Eoin KellyWaterford0-1212Galway
Eoin KellyWaterford1-0912Kilkenny

Clean sheets

RankGoalkeeperCountyClean sheets
1Brian Murray Limerick3
2P. J. Ryan Kilkenny2
Damien Fitzhenry Wexford
Colm Callanan Galway
Clinton Hennessy Waterford
Gary Maguire Dublin
7Brendaan Cummins Tipperary1
Ryan McGarry Antrim
Tadhg Doran Laois
Brian Mullins Offaly

References

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