2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Year:2007
Dates:27 May – 2 September 2007
Teams:12
Munster:Waterford
Leinster:Kilkenny
Matches:30
Poty: Dan Shanahan
Team:Kilkenny
Titles:30th
Captain:Henry Shefflin
Manager:Brian Cody
Team2:Limerick
Captain2:Damien Reale
Manager2:Richie Bennis
Totalgoals:95 (3.16 per game)
Totalpoints:1013 (33.76 per game)
Topscorer: Andrew O'Shaughnessy (2-46)
Previous:2006
Next:2008

The 2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 121st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 22 May 2007 and ended on 2 September 2007.

Kilkenny were the defending champions, and successfully retained their All-Ireland crown following a 2–19 to 1–15 defeat of Limerick. This put them on level terms with Cork on 30 titles.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Christy Ring Cup

From Championship

Relegated to the Christy Ring Cup

Teams

General information

Twelve counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team in the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and one team in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.

CountyLast provincial titleLast championship titlePosition in 2006 ChampionshipAppearance
Antrim2006Champions (Christy Ring Cup)
Clare19981997Semi-finals
Cork20062005Runners-up
Dublin19611938Qualifier Group B
Galway19991988Quarter-finals
Kilkenny20062006Champions
Laois19491915Qualifier Group A
Limerick19961973Quarter-finals
Offaly19951998Qualifier Group B
Tipperary20012001Quarter-finals
Waterford20041959Semi-finals
Wexford20041996Quarter-finals
A total of twelve teams contested the championship, including eleven teams from the 2006 championship and new entrant. Westmeath were relegated in 2006 and contested the 2007 Christy Ring Cup, while Antrim, winners of the 2006 Christy Ring Cup, gained automatic promotion back to hurling's top tier.[1] [2]

Team summaries

Personnel and kits

TeamColoursSponsorCaptain(s)Manager(s)
AntrimSaffron and whiteCreagh ConcreteSeán DelargyTerence McNaughton
Dominic McKinley
ClareSaffron and bluePat O'DonnellFrank LohanTony Considine
CorkRed and whiteO2Kieran MurphyGerald McCarthy
DublinNavy and blueArnottsPhilip BrennanTommy Naughton
GalwayMaroon and whiteSupermac'sDavid CollinsGer Loughnane
KilkennyBlack and amberGlanbiaHenry ShefflinBrian Cody
LaoisBlue and whiteHeritage HotelJoe FitzpatrickDamien Fox
LimerickGreen and whiteSporting LimerickJames O'Brien
Damien Reale
Richie Bennis
OffalyGreen, white and goldCarroll CuisineRory HanniffyJohn McIntyre
TipperaryBlue and goldEnferBenny DunneMichael "Babs" Keating
WaterfordWhite and blueYoplait EssenceMichael WalshJustin McCarthy
WexfordPurple and GoldWexford CheddarDamien FitzhenryJohn Meyler

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

See main article: Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

Final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

See main article: Munster Senior Hurling Championship.

Final

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

See main article: 2007 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.

Cup competitions

Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2)

See main article: 2007 Christy Ring Cup.

Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3)

See main article: 2007 Nicky Rackard Cup.

All-Ireland Qualifiers

See main article: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship qualifiers.

Group 1A

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133007-453-40+176Advance to All-Ireland Quarter Finals
2 Galway32015-654-33+354
3 Antrim31024-476-65-242
4 Laois30033-386-57-280

Group 1B

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1 Tipperary33005-534-42+146Advance to All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
2 Cork32015-652-42+324
3 Offaly31024-495-57-112
4 Dublin30033-396-65-350

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Final

See main article: article and 2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Andrew O'ShaughnessyLimerick2-465277.42
2Henry ShefflinKilkenny1-454859.60
3Damien MurrayOffaly3-384759.40
4Eoin KellyTipperary1-384166.83
5James YoungLaois2-323849.50
6Dan ShanahanWaterford8-123657.20
7Joe DeaneCork0-343474.85
8Ben O'ConnorCork0-333374.71
9Neil RonanCork4-132564.16
Niall GilliganClare3-162555.00

Single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Damien MurrayOffaly1-1215Laois
Eoin KellyTipperary1-1215Offaly
3Henry ShefflinKilkenny0-1414Wexford
4Andrew O'ShaughnessyLimerick2-713Waterford
5Dan ShanahanWaterford3-312Limerick
Henry ShefflinKilkenny0-1212Offaly
7Damien MurrayOffaly1-811Kilkenny
James YoungLaois1-811Galway
Andrew O'ShaughnessyLimerick0-1111Clare
Kerril WadeGalway0-1111Antrim

Scoring events

Miscellaneous

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dublin inflict relegation on Lakesmen. RTÉ Sport. 15 July 2006. 8 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Antrim run rings around Carlow. Hogan Stand website. 6 August 2006. 8 April 2014.