2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates 14 May — 3 September 2006
Teams 12
All-Ireland champions
Winning team Kilkenny (29th win)
Captain Jackie Tyrrell
Manager Brian Cody
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Cork
Captain Pat Mulcahy
Manager John Allen
Provincial champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Kilkenny
Ulster Not Played
Connacht Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played 29
Top Scorer Henry Shefflin (2-47)
Player of the Year Henry Shefflin
All-Star Team See here
2005
2007

The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the 2006 fixtures took place on November 2005.[1] The championship began on 14 May 2006 and ended on 3 September 2006.

Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final on a 1-16 to 1-13 score line.[2]

Teams

Twelve teams participated in hurling's top tier in 2006.

For the first time since 1983, the Ulster champions were not represented in the wider All-Ireland series of games. Antrim, in spite of being Ulster champions in 2005, subsequently lost all of their All-Ireland qualifier games and were relegated to the Christy Ring Cup after being beaten by Offaly and Laois in the relegation play-offs.[3]

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Qualifiers

Group A

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Status
Waterford 3 30 0 6-64 4-47 23 6 Qualified for the All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter finals
Galway 3 2 0 1 12-59 3-44 42 4
Laois 3 1 0 2 5-41 11-44 -21 2 Remain in the Liam McCarthy Cup for 2007
Westmeath 3 0 0 3 3-29 8-58 -44 0 Contested the relegation playoff

Group B

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts Status
Clare 3 30 0 8-57 2-35 40 6 Qualified for the All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter finals
Limerick 3 2 0 1 4-55 5-53 -1 4
Offaly 3 1 0 2 4-45 4-61 -16 2 Remained in the Liam McCarthy Cup for 2007
Dublin 3 0 0 3 2-46 7-54 -23 0 Contested the relegation playoff

Relegation play-off

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship


Quarter-finals
22/23 July
Semi-finals
6/13 August
All-Ireland Final
3 September
         
Cork 0-19
Limerick 0-18
Cork 1-16
Waterford 1-15
Waterford 1-22
Tipperary 3-13
Cork 1-13
Kilkenny 1-16
Wexford 1-15
Clare 1-27
Clare 1-16
Kilkenny 2-21
Galway 3-14
Kilkenny 2-22

Top scorers

Championship

Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 2-47 53 5 10.60
2 Eoin Kelly Tipperary 3-38 47 4 11.75
3 James Young Laois 1-33 36 4 9.00
4 Niall Gilligan Clare 3-26 35 6 5.83
5 David Curtin Dublin 0-34 34 5 6.80
6 Joe Deane Cork 0-32 32 5 6.40
7 Andrew Mitchell Westmeath 0-30 30 6 5.00
8 Dave Bennett Waterford 0-27 27 5 5.40

Single game

Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 1-13 16 Clare
James Young Laois 1-13 16 Westmeath
3 Eoin Kelly Tipperary 2-9 15 Waterford
4 Alan Kerins Galway 4-2 14 Laois
Eoin Kelly Tipperary 0-14 14 Limerick
6 Niall Gilligan Clare 2-5 11 Dublin
Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 0-11 11 Galway
8 Derek Quinn Clare 1-7 10 Offaly
Barry Foley Limerick 1-7 10 Offaly
Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 1-7 10 Wexford

References

  1. O'Connor, Colm and O'Brien, Brendan (12 November 2005). "‘Tough draw’ as Cork begin title defence against Clare". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  2. O'Sullivan, Jim (4 September 2006). "A glorious 29th for Kilkenny". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. "Sharpshooter Young Laois ace". Irish Independent. 31 July 2005. Retrieved 5 August 2013.


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