2011 Walsh Cup

2011 Walsh Cup

Tournament details
Province	Leinster
Year	2011
Winners
Champions	Dublin (5th win)
Manager	Anthony Daly
Captain	Liam Ryan
Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Manager	Brian Cody
Captain	T. J. Reid

The 2011 Walsh Cup was a hurling competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA, a team from Connacht GAA and a team from Ulster GAA. The competition differs from the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship as it also features further education colleges from both Leinster and Connacht and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. The four losers of the first round enter the Walsh Shield. The winners of the Walsh Cup were Dublin, who defeated Kilkenny in the final, and the winners of the Walsh Shield were Offaly, who defeated Carlow in a replay, following the abandonment on the initial fixture in extra time.

Walsh Cup

	First round 15/16 January 2011					Quarter-finals 23 January 2011					Semi-finals 30 January 2011					Final 27 February 2011
	NUI Galway		0-22
	Offaly		1-10			NUI Galway		2-12
						Kilkenny		3-16
											Kilkenny		3-16
	Laois		0-24								Laois		1-09
	UCD		2-14			Laois		0-24
						Wexford		2-14
																Kilkenny		2-13
	DIT		2-18													Dublin		2-17
	Carlow		1-12			DIT		2-12
						Galway		0-20
											Galway		3-13
	Antrim		3-12								Dublin		1-20
	Westmeath		2-11			Antrim		0-12
						Dublin		2-13

First round

16 January 2011

Westmeath	2-11 - 3-12	Antrim

Mullingar

16 January 2011

Carlow	1-12 - 2-18	DIT

Carlow

16 January 2011

Laois	0-24 - 2-14	UCD

Rathdowney

15 January 2011

Offaly	0-22 - 1-10	NUI Galway

Banagher

Quarter-finals

23 January 2011

Dublin	2-13 - 0-12	Antrim

Parnell Park, Dublin

23 January 2011

DIT	2-12 - 0-20	Galway

Ballinasloe

23 January 2011

Laois	0-24 - 2-14	Wexford

Rathdowney

23 January 2011

NUI Galway	2-12 - 3-16	Kilkenny

Galway

Semi-finals

30 January 2011

Dublin	1-20 - 3-13	Galway

Parnell Park, Dublin

30 January 2011

Kilkenny	3-16 - 1-09	Laois

Galway

Final

27 February 2011

Dublin	2-17 - 2-13	Kilkenny
C Clinton 1-4, R O’Dwyer 0-6 (0-4f), D Plunkett 1-1, S Ryan 0-3, J McCaffrey (0-1 ‘65’), L Ryan, D O’Dwyer 0-1 each.	Report	TJ Reid 1-6 (0-3f, 0-1 65), M Fennelly 1-0, A Fogarty 0-2, M Rice, J Fitzpatrick, J Mulhall, N Walsh, E Guinan 0-1 each.

Parnell Park, Dublin

Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

Walsh Shield

The Walsh Shield consists of the 4 losing teams from the first round of the Walsh Cup.

	Semi-finals					Final
	Westmeath		0-16
	Carlow		2-13			Offaly		3-23
	U.C.D.		0-12			Carlow		2-14
	Offaly		0-23

Semi-finals

28 January 2011

Westmeath	0-16 - 2-13	Carlow

Mullingar

30 January 2011

UCD	0-12 - 0-23	Offaly

Banagher

References

5 February 2011

Carlow	0-13 - 1-10 A.E.T.	Offaly

Dr Cullen Park, Carlow

15 June 2011

Final Replay

Carlow	2-14 - 3-23	Offaly