Matches: | 14 |
2018 Walsh Cup | |
Province: | Leinster |
Year: | 2018 |
Winners: | Wexford |
Manager: | Davy Fitzgerald |
Captain: | Lee Chin and Matthew O'Hanlon |
Runnersup: | Kilkenny |
Runnerupcaptain: | Cillian Buckley |
Runnerupmanager: | Brian Cody |
Sponsor: | Bord na Móna |
Ordinal: | 16 |
Previous: | 2017 |
Next: | 2019 |
The 2018 Walsh Cup was an inter-county hurling competition based mainly in the Irish province of Leinster. It took place between December 2017 and January 2018.[1] [2]
For the first time, no third-level college teams took part. 10 Leinster counties, plus Antrim, competed.[3] [4] Longford and Louth entered the second-ranked Kehoe Cup.
Wexford were the 2018 champions, beating Kilkenny 3–2 in a free-taking competition after the final ended level on 1-24 each after extra time.[5] This was the first inter-county hurling game to be decided by the taking of frees.[6]
There are 11 teams, in three groups of 3 teams and one group of 2 teams. In the three-team groups, each team plays the other teams once. In the two-team group, the teams play each other twice. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
The four group winners advance to the semi-finals.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff | |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +44 | ||
Carlow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +9 | |
Wicklow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –53 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +47 | ||
Laois | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | –18 | |
Kildare | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –29 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +27 | ||
Meath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -15 | |
Antrim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –12 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Offaly | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +5 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –5 |