2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship


The 2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 135th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in [1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1887]. The provincial fixtures were released on 27 November 2021. The competition began on 16 April 2022 and concluded on 17 July 2022.
Limerick entered the competition as defending champion, having won the two previous editions.
Westmeath, having won the 2021 Joe McDonagh Cup, returned to the Leinster SHC for the first time since the 2017 competition.
The final was played on 17 July 2022 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Limerick and Kilkenny. Defending champion Limerick won the game by 1–31 to 2–26, claiming a first three-in-a-row, as well as a fourth title in five years.
Declan Hannon of Limerick became the first captain to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup four times.

Format

Leinster Championship

Participating counties : Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Laois, Westmeath, Wexford
Group stage : Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Leinster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the all-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team may face relegation to next years Joe McDonagh Cup.
Final : The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Leinster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Leinster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Munster Championship

Participating counties : Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
Group stage : Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Munster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the all-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team may face relegation to next years Joe McDonagh Cup.
Final : The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Munster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Munster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Joe McDonagh Cup

Participating counties : Antrim, Carlow, Down, Kerry, Meath, Offaly
Group stage : Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Joe McDonagh Cup final. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team are relegated to next years Christy Ring Cup.
Final : The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Joe McDonagh Cup champions and runners-up advance to the [|All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals].

All-Ireland Championship

Preliminary quarter-finals : The 3rd placed teams from the Leinster and Munster championships play the Joe McDonagh Cup champions and runners-up. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals : The winners of the preliminary quarter-finals join the Leinster and Munster runners-up to make up the quarter-final pairings. Teams who may have already met in the provincial championships are kept apart in separate quarter-finals. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals : The winners of the quarter-finals join the Leinster and Munster champions to make up the semi-final pairings. Teams who may have already met in the provincial championships are kept apart in separate semi-finals where possible. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the final.
Final : The two winners of the semi-finals contest this game.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Christy Ring Cup
Included in the Championship

Teams

General information

Seventeen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and six teams in the Joe McDonagh Cup.
CountyLast provincial titleLast championship titlePosition in 2021 championshipCurrent championship
Antrim––Preliminary RoundJoe McDonagh Cup
Carlow––Group Stage Joe McDonagh Cup
Clare19982013Round 2Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Cork20182005Runners-upMunster Senior Hurling Championship
Down––Group Stage Joe McDonagh Cup
Dublin20131938Quarter-finalsLeinster Senior Hurling Championship
Galway20182017Round 2Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Kerry18911891Runners-up Joe McDonagh Cup
Kilkenny20212015Semi-finalsLeinster Senior Hurling Championship
Laois19491915Round 1Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Limerick20212021ChampionsMunster Senior Hurling Championship
Meath––Group Stage Joe McDonagh Cup
Offaly19951998Champions Joe McDonagh Cup
Tipperary20162019Quarter-finalsMunster Senior Hurling Championship
Waterford20101959Semi-finalsMunster Senior Hurling Championship
Westmeath––Champions Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Wexford20191996Round 1Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Summary

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Team
1 Clare47
2 Limerick 47
3 Cork44
4 Waterford42
5 Tipperary40

2022 County Ranking (Championship)

PosTeamPositionNotes
1 LimerickAll-Ireland ChampionsMunster champions
2 KilkennyAll-Ireland Runners-upLeinster champions
3 GalwaySemi-FinalsHighest Ranked Connacht County
4 ClareSemi-Finals
5 CorkQuarter-Finals
6 WexfordQuarter-Finals
7 Dublin4th
8 Waterford4th
9 Westmeath5th
10 Tipperary5th
11 Laois6th Relegated
12 AntrimJoe McDonagh Cup championsHighest Ranked Ulster County
13 Kerry2nd
14 Carlow3rd
15 Offaly4th
16 Down5th
17 Meath6th Relegated
18 KildareChristy Ring Cup champions
19 Mayo2nd
20 Derry3rd
21 London4th
22 Sligo5th
23 Wicklow6th Relegated
24 TyroneNicky Rackard Cup champions
25 Roscommon2nd
26 Donegal3rd
27 Armagh4th
28 Fermanagh5th
29 Warwickshire6th Relegated
30 LouthLory Meagher Cup champions
31 Longford2nd
32 Leitrim3rd
33 Monaghan4th
34 Lancashire5th
35 Cavan6th

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Group Stage

TeamQualification Notes
1 Galway54107–1435–95+549Advance to Leinster SHC Final
2 Kilkenny530214–1174–96+516Advance to Leinster SHC Final
3 Wexford52218–1064–98+206Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals
4 Dublin53021–1096–106−126
5 Westmeath511310–919–125−313
6 Laois50054–8016–136−920Relegated to Joe McDonagh Cup

Antrim beat Kerry in the 2022 Joe McDonagh Cup final and were promoted to the 2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship. Laois were relegated to the 2023 Joe McDonagh Cup as they finished last in the 2022 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Group Stage

TeamQualification Notes
1 Clare43106–1047–79+227Advance to Munster SHC Final
2 Limerick43106–973–85+217Advance to Munster SHC Final
3 Cork42028–894–96+54Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals
4 Waterford41037–767–103−272
5 Tipperary40045–8311–96−310

Semi-finals

Statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorer overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1T. J. Reid Kilkenny2–657188.87
2Conor Cooney Galway1–606387.87
3Lee Chin Wexford1–596278.85
4Tony Kelly Clare1–586178.71
5Donal Burke Dublin0–5959511.80
6Killian Doyle Westmeath0–5858511.60
7Aaron Gillane Limerick3–475669.33
8Diarmaid Byrnes Limerick0–363675.14
9Patrick Horgan Cork0–343465.66
10Noel McGrath Tipperary0–333348.25

;In a single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Tony Kelly Clare0–1616 Limerick
2Lee Chin Wexford0–1414 Kerry
2Killian Doyle Westmeath0–1414 Galway
2Killian Doyle Westmeath0–1414 Kilkenny
2Donal Burke Dublin0–1414 Galway
6Donal Burke Dublin0–1313 Laois
6Noel McGrath Tipperary0–1313 Cork
6Conor Cooney Galway0–1313 Dublin
6Aaron Gillane Limerick0–1313 Waterford
6Noel McGrath Tipperary0–1313 Limerick
6Tony Kelly Clare0–1313 Limerick

Miscellaneous

  • Cork's Patrick Horgan surpassed Joe Canning to become the championship's all-time top scorer.
  • Cork's seventeenth year in a row without an All-Ireland senior title, their longest dry spell since the founding of the championship.
  • It was the first championship meeting between Cork and Antrim since 2010.
  • It was the first championship meeting between Wexford and Kerry since the 1891 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final.
  • This was the first year Down competed in the championship since 2004.
  • It was the first All-Ireland final between Kilkenny and Limerick since 2007.
  • It was the first Munster final between Clare and Limerick since 1995.
  • It was the first Leinster final between Galway and Kilkenny since 2020.
  • It was the first Joe McDonagh Cup final between Antrim and Kerry since 2020.
  • This was Kilkenny's seventh season in a row without a title, their worst streak since 1984–1991. The last time Kilkenny lost three All Ireland finals per appearance was in 1940, 1945 and 1946 to Limerick, Tipperary and Cork respectively.
  • Limerick join an elite group of hurling teams to have won 3 All Ireland's in a row. Kilkenny achieved this feat in 2008, previous to that Cork won it in 1978 and Tipperary last completed it in 1951.

Live television coverage

RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland, provided the majority of the live television coverage of the hurling championship with 17 games shown.
Sky Sports also broadcast a number of matches and had exclusive rights to some games.

Awards

;Sunday Game Team of the Year
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked 17 July on the night of the final.
The panel consisting of Jackie Tyrrell, Brendan Cummins, Donal Óg Cusack, Davy Fitzgerald, Shane Dowling, and Ursula Jacob chose Diarmaid Byrnes as the Sunday game player of the year from a list that also contained TJ Reid and Barry Nash.
  • 1. Nickie Quaid
  • 2. Sean Finn
  • 3. Huw Lawlor
  • 4. Barry Nash
  • 5. Diarmuid Byrnes
  • 6. Declan Hannon
  • 7. Pádraic Mannion
  • 8. Adrian Mullen
  • 9. David Fitzgerald
  • 10. Gearoid Hegarty
  • 11. Kyle Hayes
  • 12. Shane O'Donnell
  • 13. Aaron Gillane
  • 14. TJ Reid
  • 15. Tony Kelly
;All Star Team of the Year
On 28 October, the All-Star winners were presented at a black-tie ceremony at the Convention Centre in Dublin.
Diarmaid Byrnes was named as the All Stars Hurler of the Year with Mikey Butler named the All Stars Young Hurler of the Year.
Pos.PlayerTeamAppearances
GK Nickie QuaidLimerick2
RCB Mikey ButlerYHOTYKilkenny1
FB Huw LawlorKilkenny1
LCB Barry NashLimerick2
RWB Diarmaid ByrnesHOTYLimerick3
CB Declan HannonLimerick3
LWB Pádraic MannionGalway3
MD David FitzgeraldClare1
MD Adrian MullenKilkenny1
RWF Gearóid HegartyLimerick2
CF Kyle HayesLimerick3
LWF Shane O'DonnellClare1
RCF Aaron GillaneLimerick3
FF T. J. ReidKilkenny6
LCF Tony KellyClare4