2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship


The 2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 51st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. It was the first club championship to be held for two years as the 2020–21 edition was cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The competition began on 27 November 2021 and concluded on 12 February 2022.
The defending champion was Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny.
The [|final] was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 12 February 2022, between Ballygunner of Waterford and Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny, in what was a first ever meeting in a final. Ballygunner won the match by 2–17 to 1–19 to claim a first title.
T. J. Reid of Ballyhale was the competition's top scorer, finishing with 2–31.

Format

County Championships
The top hurling teams in Ireland's counties compete in their senior club championship. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions – it 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, a divisional team or a university team wins a county's championship, a single club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules. Normally it is the club team that exited the county championship at the highest stage.
Provincial Championships
Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. Connacht discontinued their senior club championship after 2007 but they do organise intermediate and junior championships. The Galway champions represent Connacht in the All-Ireland senior club semi-finals as Galway club hurling is at higher level than the hurling in the other four Connacht counties.
Some Leinster, Munster and Ulster counties enter their senior champions 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 in all matches including the final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.
All-Ireland
The Leinster, Munster and Ulster champions and the Galway county champions compete in two semi-finals. The All-Ireland Club SHC final took place at Croke Park on 13 February 2022. The decider was traditionally played at Croke Park on 17 March. but this was discontinued for the 2019–20 edition of the competition.
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 in the semi-finals or final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.

Final

Statistics

Top scorers

;Overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1T. J. ReidBallyhale Shamrocks2–313757.40
2Eoin CodyBallyhale Shamrocks3–172655.20
2Stephen MaherClough–Ballacolla2–202638.66
2Pauric MahonyBallygunner0–262655.20
5Billy O'KeeffeBallygunner5–102555.00
6Dessie HutchinsonBallygunner2–172354.60
7Cormac O'DohertySlaughtneil0–212137.00
8Ronan HayesKilmacud Crokes2–111728.50
9Brendan RogersSlaughtneil2-091535.00
9Adrian MullenBallyhale Shamrocks1–121553.00

;In a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Ronan HayesKilmacud Crokes2-0612Raharney
1Stephen MaherClough–Ballacolla1-0912Rapparees Starlights
1Denis MurphyMount Leinster Rangers0–1212Ballyhale Shamrocks
4T. J. ReidBallyhale Shamrocks2-0511St Thomas'
4Stephen MaherClough/Ballacolla1-0811Kilmacud Crokes
4Luke O'ConnorSt Rynagh's1-0811Ballyhale Shamrocks
4Conor CooneySt Thomas'0–1111Ballyhale Shamrocks
4Micheál HoulihanKilmallock0–1111Midleton
9Killian DoyleRaharney0–1010Kilmacud Crokes
10Eoin CodyBallyhale Shamrocks2-039St Rynagh's
10Billy O'KeeffeBallygunner2-039Slaughtneil
10Eoin CodyBallyhale Shamrocks1-069Clough–Ballacolla

Miscellaneous

Awards

Team of the Year
  1. Stephen O'Keeffe
  2. Ian Kenny
  3. Joey Holden
  4. Fintan Burke
  5. Philip Mahony
  6. Richie Reid
  7. Darragh Corcoran
  8. Cormac O'Doherty
  9. Paddy Leavey
  10. Mikey Mahony
  11. T. J. Reid
  12. Billy O'Keeffe
  13. Dessie Hutchinson
  14. Brendan Rogers
  15. Eoin Cody
Hurler of the Year
  • PLAYER NAME
Also nominated: PLAYER NAME & PLAYER NAME