2008 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Waterford Champions
Winners	De La Salle
Captain	John Mullane
Manager	Eoin Dunphy
Player of the year	John Mullane
Relegated	Ardmore

The 2008 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship is the current championship of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship having commenced on 27 April 2008. There are 12 teams in the championship, structured into 3 groups of four teams. From these groups, quarter finals, and semi-finals will be played with a county final being played in either Walsh Park or Fraher Field. Ballyduff Upper are the defending champions having beaten Ballygunner in 2007.

De La Salle won their first Waterford Senior Hurling Championship after an 11 to 8 points win against Abbeyside played in very bad condition at Fraher Field, Dungarvan.

Group A

Standings

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1	Tallow	3	1	1	1	54	46	+8	3
2	Fourmilewater	3	1	1	1	47	43	+4	3
3	Stradbally	3	1	1	1	41	43	-2	3
4	Ballyduff Upper	3	1	1	1	45	55	-10	3

Qualification
Qualified for quarter-finals
Qualified for round of 16
Entered for relegation playoff

Matches

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3rd and 4th Place Playoff

Group B

Standings

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1	De La Salle	3	2	1	0	65	47	+18	5
2	Ballygunner	3	2	0	1	59	49	+10	4
3	Ballyduff Lower	3	1	1	1	48	54	-6	3
4	Ardmore	3	0	0	3	36	58	-22	0

Qualification
Qualified for quarter-finals
Qualified for round of 16
Entered into relegation playoff

Matches

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Group C

Standings

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1	Lismore	3	3	0	0	66	46	+20	6
2	Abbeyside	3	2	0	1	62	46	+16	4
3	Passage	3	1	0	2	40	59	-19	2
4	Mount Sion	3	0	0	3	40	57	-17	0

Qualification
Qualified for quarter-finals
Qualified for round of 16
Entered for relegation playoff

Matches

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Relegation playoffs

Matches

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Knockout phase

Matches

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

ABBEYSIDE GAA:
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1	Daryl Ryan
2	Tiernan Murray
3	Patrick Lynch
4	Gavin Breen
5	John Hurney
6	Richie Foley
7	Eoin Enright
8	John Foley
9	Sean O'Hare
10	Mark Fives
11	John Gorman
12	Patrick Hurney
13	Mark Gorman
14	Gary Hurney
15	Declan Fives
Substitutes:
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17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Manager:

DE LA SALLE GAA:
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1	Stephen Brenner
2	Alan Kelly
3	Ian Flynn
4	Michael Doherty
5	Darren Russell
6	Kevin Moran
7	Stephen Daniels
8	Bryan Phelan
9	Conan Watt
10	Lee Hayes
11	Brian Farrell
12	Paidi Nevin
13	Dean Twomey
14	John Mullane
15	James Quirke
Substitutes:
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17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Manager:

Top Scorer (up to round 3)

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1	Maurice Shanahan	Lismore	2-27 (33)	3	11
2	Brendan Hannon	Ballyduff Upper	0-30 (30)	3	10
3	Richard Fenton	Fourmilewater	0-25 (25)	3	8.33
4	James Quirke	De La Salle	1-21 (24)	3	8
5	Seamus Prendergast	Ardmore	1-20 (23)	3	7.67
6	John Mullane	De La Salle	3-13 (22)	3	7.33
7	Mark Gorman	Abbeyside	1-16 (19)	3	6.33
8	Dave Bennett	Lismore	1-12 (15)	3	5
9	Eoin Kelly	Passage	2-8 (14)	2	7
10	Paul O'Brien	Tallow	2-7 (13)	3	4.33

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

De La Salle win their first ever senior title.
Abbeyside qualify for the final for the first time since 1969.