All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2006

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2006

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Kilkenny (29th win)
Captain	Jackie Tyrrell
Manager	Brian Cody
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	29
Player of the Year	Henry Shefflin
All-Star Team	See here
← 2005 2007 →

The Guinness Hurling Championship 2006 was won by Kilkenny, who defeated holders Cork in the All-Ireland final.

Format

The format of the 2006 championship remained the same as in 2005:

12 counties participated in Tier 1 of the 2006 Championship, essentially the counties that participated in Division 1 of the National Hurling League with the exception of Dublin who were in Division 2. These teams were as follows:

• Leinster: Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford
• Munster: Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
• Connacht: Galway

For the first time the Ulster champions were not represented in the All-Ireland series, as Antrim had been relegated to the Christy Ring Cup the previous year. The Leinster and Munster championships were played as usual. The Leinster and Munster champions and runners-up advanced directly to the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals. The seven remaining teams in Leinster and Munster joined Galway in the eight-county All-Ireland qualifier series. The eight qualifier teams were divided into two groups of four teams each:

• Group A: Each team will play the others in the group (3 games for each county)
• Group B: Each team will play the others in the group (3 games for each county)

The top two teams in Groups A & B joined the Leinster winners and runners-up and the Munster winners and runners-up in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals. The pairings for these four games were as follows:

• (1) Leinster champions V. second placed team in one Qualifier group
• (2) Munster champions V. second placed team in the other Qualifier group
• (3) Leinster runners-up V. first placed team in one Qualifier group
• (4) Munster runners-up V. first placed team in the other Qualifier group

At the All-Ireland Semi-Finals stage the Leinster and Munster provincial champions were drawn against the other two Quarter-Final winners.

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

May 21, 2006 1st Round	Offaly	2-12 – 0-8	Laois	14:00 - O'Moore Park Referee: Fergus Smith

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May 21, 2006 1st Round	Westmeath	0-13 – 0-11	Dublin	16:00 - O'Moore Park Referee: Jack Ryan

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June 10, 2006 Semi-Final	Kilkenny	1-23 – 1-9	Westmeath	19:00 - Cusack Park Attendance: 6,891 Referee: John Sexton

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June 11, 2006 Semi-Final	Wexford	0-9 – 0-8	Offaly	15:30 - Nowlan Park Attendance: 15,720 Referee: Pat O'Connor

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July 2, 2006 Final	Kilkenny	1-23 – 2-12	Wexford	16:00 - Croke Park Attendance: 44,081 Referee: Diarmuid Kirwan

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

May 14, 2006 1st Round	Tipperary	0-22 – 2-12	Limerick	14:00 Semple Stadium Attendance: 26,494 Referee: Michael Haverty

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May 28, 2006 Semi-Final	Cork	0-20 – 0-14	Clare	16:00 - Semple Stadium Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Barry Kelly

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June 4, 2006 Semi-Final	Tipperary	3-14 – 1-12	Waterford	14:00 - Páirc Uí Chaoimh Attendance: 27,680 Referee: John Sexton

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June 25, 2006 Final	Cork	2-14 – 1-14	Tipperary	16:00 - Semple Stadium Attendance: 53,286 Referee: Dickie Murphy

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

May 7, 2006 1st Round	Antrim	2-16 – 1-14	London	14:00 - Ruislip Referee: A. Heagney

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May 21, 2006 Semi-Final	New York	1-18 – 1-12	Derry	15:00 Gaelic Park Referee: Eamonn Morris

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May 21, 2006 Semi-Final	Antrim	2-23 – 0-12	Down	15:30 - Casement Park Referee: Dickie Murphy

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October 22, 2006 Final	Antrim	2-20 – 1-14	New York	1:00 - Boston

Hurling Championship Qualifiers - Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	Scores For	Scores Against	Sco. Diff.
Waterford	6	3	3	0	0	6-64	4-47	+23
Galway	4	3	2	0	1	12-69	3-44	+52
Laois	2	3	1	0	2	5-36	10-54	-33
Westmeath	0	3	0	0	3	2-29	8-53	-42

June 17, 2006 Round 1	Galway	7-28 – 2-13	Laois	19:00 - O'Moore Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Brian White

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June 18, 2006 Round 1	Waterford	3-22 – 1-14	Westmeath	16:00 - Cusack Park Referee: Eamonn Morris

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July 1, 2006 Round 2	Laois	2-10 – 1-9	Westmeath	19:00 - Pearse Park

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July 2, 2006 Round 2	Waterford	1-25 – 2-20	Galway	14:00 - Walsh Park Attendance: 14,000

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July 8, 2006 Round 3	Waterford	2-17 – 1-13	Laois	14:45 - O'Moore Park Attendance: 9,250

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July 8, 2006 Round 3	Galway	3-21 – 0-6	Westmeath	19:00 - Pearse Stadium Attendance: 1,500

Hurling Championship Qualifiers - Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	Scores For	Scores Against	Sco. Diff.
Clare	6	3	3	0	0	8-57	2-35	+40
Limerick	4	3	2	0	1	4-55	5-53	-1
Offaly	2	2	1	0	2	4-45	4-61	-16
Dublin	0	3	0	0	3	2-46	7-54	-23

June 17, 2006 Round 1	Offaly	1-17 – 0-17	Dublin	19:00 - Parnell Park Referee: John Kelly

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June 18, 2006 Round 1	Clare	2-21 – 0-10	Limerick	16:00 - Cusack Park Referee: Séamus Roche

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July 1, 2006 Round 2	Clare	4-21 – 1-16	Dublin	19:00 - Parnell Park

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July 1, 2006 Round 2	Limerick	2-29 – 2-19	Offaly	19:00 - O'Connor Park

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July 8, 2006 Round 3	Clare	2-15 – 1-9	Offaly ]	19:30 - Cusack Park

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July 8, 2006 Round 3	Limerick	2-16 – 1-13	Dublin	19:30 - Páirc na nGael

Relegation Playoff

July 15, 2006	Dublin	0-16 – 0-8	Westmeath	Referee: Diarmuid Kirwan (Cork)

Westmeath are relegated to the Christy Ring Cup for the 2007 season.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

	Quarterfinals 22nd/23 July					Semifinals 6th/13 August					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

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July 22, 2006 Quarter-Final	Cork	0-19 – 0-18	Limerick	16:15 - Semple Stadium Attendance: 33,000

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July 22, 2006 Quarter-Final	Kilkenny	2-22 – 3-14	Galway	18:00 - Semple Stadium Attendance: 33,000

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July 23, 2006 Quarter-Final	Clare	1-27 – 1-15	Wexford	14:15 - Croke Park Attendance: 45,928

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July 23, 2006 Quarter-Final	Waterford	1-22 – 3-13	Tipperary	16:00 - Croke Park Attendance: 45,928 Referee: Barry Kelly

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August 6, 2006 Semi-Final	Cork	1-16 – 1-15	Waterford	16:00 - Croke Park Attendance: 61,753 Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly)

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August 13, 2006 Semi-Final	Kilkenny	2-21 - 1-16	Clare	16:00 - Croke Park Attendance: 70,978

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September 3, 2006 Final	Kilkenny	1-16 - 1-13	Cork	15:30 - Croke Park Attendance: 82,275 Referee: Barry Kelly (Westmeath)

Main article: 2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

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Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Score	Total
1	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	2-46	52
2	Eoin Kelly	Tipperary	3-38	47
3	James Young	Laois	1-33	36
4	Niall Gilligan	Clare	3-26	35
5	David Curtin	Dublin	0-33	33
6	Joe Deane	Cork	0-32	32
7	Andrew Mitchell	Westmeath	0-30	30
8	Dave Bennett	Waterford	0-27	27

External links

• Official GAA Website
• RTÉ Sport Website
• Hurling Statistics