2021 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship


The 2021 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 91st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 30 June 2021 and ended on 21 August 2021.
The 2021 championship was the first in over 90 years to begin before the previous year's championship had concluded. The number of participating teams also increased, with Down and Meath joining the Leinster Championship. Galway entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a fifth successive title.
The final, the first to be played at Semple Stadium in Thurles in over 30 years, was played on 21 August 2021 between Cork and Galway, in what was their first meeting in a final in four years. Cork won the match by 1-23 to 0-12 to claim their 19th championship title overall and their first title since 2001.
Cork's Jack Leahy was the championship's top scorer with 4-41.

Statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorer overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Jack LeahyCork4-4153413.25
2Harry ShineKilkenny2-2834311.33
3Fionn MaherKildare0-292939.66
4Luke RocheWexford1-232638.66
5Denis McSweeneyDublin3-1221210.50
6Joe EnnisMeath2-131929.50
6Patrick FitzgeraldWaterford0-191929.50
8Darragh MinogueOffaly2-101628.00
9Rory BurkeGalway0-151527.50
10Diarmuid HealyCork0-141443.50

;In a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Harry ShineKilkenny2-1521Offaly
2Jack LeahyCork3-0918Clare
3Jack LeahyCork1-1417Limerick
4Fionn MaherKildare0-1515Carlow
5Denis McSweeneyDublin2-0814Meath
5Joe EnnisMeath1-1114Westmeath
7Adam ScreeneyOffaly1-0811Kilkenny
7Patrick FitzgeraldWaterford0-1111Tipperary
7Jack LeahyCork0-1111Waterford
10Luke RocheWexford1-0710Kildare
10Rory BurkeGalway0-1010Kilkenny

Awards

'''Team of the Year'''