2017–18 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship


The 2017–18 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 48th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The competition began on 8 October 2017 and ended on 24 March 2018.
The defending champion was Cuala of Dublin. Liam Mellows of Galway and Dicksboro of Kilkenny returned to the championship after long absences.
Cuala defeated Na Piarsaigh by 2–17 to 1–17 in the [|final replay] on 24 March 2018 to win the competition. This was the club's second successive title.
Cuala's David Treacy was the competition's top scorer, finishing with 0–44.

Format

County Championships
Ireland's counties play their county championships between their senior hurling clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc or a combination.
Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team which is an amalgamation of two or more clubs or a university team wins a county's championship, a club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules.
Provincial Championships
Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. Connacht discontinued their senior club championship after 2007. They do organise intermediate and junior championships and are represented in the All-Ireland senior club semi-finals by the Galway champions. Some counties enter their senior clubs in the All-Ireland intermediate club championship as it is recognised that club hurling is weak in those counties.
All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time.
All-Ireland
The two semi-finals are usually played on a Saturday in early February. The All-Ireland Club SHC final is traditionally played at Croke Park on 17 March.
All matches are knock-out. If it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals or final, two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way. If the score is still level at the end of extra time the match is replayed.
Initial Schedule
County championships April 2017 to November 2017

Provincial championships October 2017 to December 2017

All-Ireland semi-finals early February 2018

All-Ireland final 17 March 2018

County Finals

Leinster County Finals

Carlow SHC
Dublin SHC
Kilkenny SHC
Laois SHC
Offaly SHC
Westmeath SHC
'''Wexford SHC'''

Munster County Finals

Clare SHC
Cork SHC
  • As Imokilly are an amalgamation team, Blackrock proceed to the Munster Club Championship
Limerick SHC
Tipperary SHC
'''Waterford SHC'''

Ulster County Finals

Antrim SHC
Derry SHC
'''Down SHC'''

Galway County Final

'''Galway SHC'''

Statistics

Top scorers

;Overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1David TreacyCuala0–535368.83
2Ronan LynchNa Piarsaigh0–323256.40
3Cormac O'DohertySlaughtneil2–2430310.00
4Pauric MahonyBallygunner1–242739.00
5Con O'CallaghanCuala3–152464.00
6Adrian BreenNa Piarsaigh1–172054.00
7Peter CaseyNa Piarsaigh2–111753.40
7Ciarán SlevinKilcormac–Killoughey0–171735.66
8Shane DowlingNa Piarsaigh1–111434.66
9Caolan BailieBallygalget2-061226.00
9Kevin DownesNa Piarsaigh1-091252.40

;Single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Ronan LynchNa Piarsaigh0–1515Blackrock
2Pauric MahonyBallygunner1–1114Thurles Sarsfields
2Ronan LynchNa Piarsaigh0–1414Slaughtneil
3Cormac O'DohertySlaughtneil1–1013Ballygalget
4David TreacyCuala0–1212Na Piarsaigh
5Niall O'BrienCastletown Geoghegan1-0811Kilcormac–Killoughey
5Cormac O'DohertySlaughtneil0–1111Dunloy
5Pauric MahonyBallygunner0–1111Sixmilebridge
5Joe ColemanSt Martin's0–1111Cuala
6David TreacyCuala0–1010Kilcormac–Killoughey

Awards

The Club Player Awards were initiated in 2018. Below is the first selection from hurling.
Team of the Year
  1. Seán Brennan
  2. Mike Casey
  3. Cian O'Callaghan
  4. Alan Dempsey
  5. Cathal King
  6. Seán MoranHOTY
  7. Philip Mahony
  8. Darragh O'Connell
  9. Ronan Lynch
  10. David Treacy
  11. Brendan Rogers
  12. Adrian Morrissey
  13. Adrian Breen
  14. Kevin Downes
  15. Con O'Callaghan
Hurler of the Year
Also nominated: PLAYER NAME & PLAYER NAME