All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2006

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2006

All-Ireland Champions
Winners	Kilkenny (29th win)
Captain	Jackie Tyrell
Manager	Brian Cody
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
Additional Information
Player of the Year	[[]]
All-Star Team	See here
Matches played	29

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

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

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

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

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

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

[edit] 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

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

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

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

[edit] Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

May 7, 2006 1st Round
	Image:Antrim crest.gif Antrim	2-16 – 1-14	London	14:00 - Emerald Grounds Attendance: Referee: A. Heagney

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

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

[edit] Hurling Championship Qualifiers - Group A

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

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

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

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

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

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

[edit] Hurling Championship Qualifiers - Group B

June 17, 2006 Round 1
	Offaly	1-17 – 0-17	Dublin Image:Dublinnewcrest.png	19:00 - Parnell Park Attendance: Referee: John Kelly

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

July 1, 2006 Round 2
	Clare	4-21 – 1-16	Dublin Image:Dublinnewcrest.png	19:00 - Parnell Park Attendance: Referee:

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

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

July 8, 2006 Round 3
	Limerick	2-16 – 1-13	Dublin Image:Dublinnewcrest.png	19:30 - Páirc na nGael Attendance: Referee:

[edit] Relegation Playoff

July 15, 2006
	Image:Dublinnewcrest.png Dublin	0-16 – 0-8	Westmeath	Attendance: Referee:Diarmuid Kirwan (Cork)

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

[edit] All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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

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

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

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

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

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

[edit] All-Ireland Hurling Final

[edit] Top Scorers

[edit] External links

• Official GAA Website
• RTÉ Sport Website
• Hurling Statistics

[edit] Videos