2025 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship


The 2025 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2025 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA. Kilkenny were the defending champions having defeated Dublin in the 2024 final. Kilkenny beat Galway in the final to clinch their sixth final in a row and 77th overall.

Format

Group stage (15 matches)

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 will be relegated to next years Joe McDonagh Cup.

Final (1 match)

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.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Joe McDonagh Cup

From Championship

Relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup

Teams

General Information

Six counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship:
CountyLast Championship TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2024 Championship
Antrim5th
Dublin20131938Runners-up
Galway201820174th
Kilkenny20242015Champions
Offaly19951998Champions
Wexford201919963rd

Group stage

Table

Source:
TeamQualification
1 Kilkenny '540115-1139-89+428Advance to Leinster Final
2 Galway '54019-13110-83+458Advance to Leinster Final
3 Dublin530213-11211-105+136Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals
4 Wexford '530212-956-106+76
5 Offaly '51049-8110-108-302
6 Antrim '50054-8016-121-770Relegation to Joe McDonagh Cup

Stadia and Locations

CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacity
Neutral venueDublinLeinsterCroke Park82,300
AntrimBelfastUlsterCorrigan Park3,700
DublinDonnycarneyLeinsterParnell Park8,500
GalwayGalwayConnachtPearse Stadium26,197
KilkennyKilkennyLeinsterNowlan Park27,000
OffalyTullamoreLeinsterGlenisk O'Connor Park20,000
WexfordWexfordLeinsterWexford Park18,000

Statistics

Scoring events

  • Widest winning margin: 28 points
  • * Galway 6-27 - 1-14 Antrim
  • Most goals in a match: 8
  • * Kilkenny 5-19 - 3-21 Dublin
  • Most points in a match: 45
  • * Kilkenny 3-24 - 0-21 Galway
  • * Dublin 3-26 - 4-19 Wexford
  • * Galway 1-29 - 2-16 Wexford
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 6
  • * Galway 6-27 - 1-14 Antrim
  • Most points by one team in a match: 30
  • * Antrim 2-12 - 2-30 Kilkenny
  • Highest aggregate score: 66 points
  • * Dublin 3-26 - 4-19 Wexford
  • Lowest aggregate score: 43 points
  • *Wexford 2-17 - 1-17 Offaly
  • *Wexford 2-19 - 1-15 Kilkenny
  • *Offaly 3-15 - 1-16 Antrim