2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

The 2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship is the 2019 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA.^[1]

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Tournament details
Year	2019
Date	11 May–30 June
Teams	5
Defending champions	Galway
Winners
Champions	Wexford (21st win)
Manager	Davy Fitzgerald
Captain	Lee Chin Matthew O'Hanlon
Qualify for	Leinster SHC Final All-Ireland SHC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Manager	Brian Cody
Captain	T. J. Reid
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	Laois
Relegated team(s)	Carlow
Other
Matches played	11
← 2018 2020 →

Galway were the defending champions, but were eliminated in controversial circumstances in Round 5 and finished fourth in the province, despite having the same number of points as Dublin and Leinster finalists Kilkenny and Wexford. Wexford defeated Kilkenny in the final.

Teams

The Leinster championship was contested by four counties from the Irish province of Leinster, as well as one county from the Irish province of Connacht, where the sport is only capable of supporting one county team at this level.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Carlow	Carlow	Netwatch Cullen Park	21,000
Dublin	Dublin	Parnell Park	9,000
Galway	Galway	Pearse Stadium	26,197
Kilkenny	Kilkenny	Nowlan Park	27,800
Wexford	Wexford	Innovate Wexford Park	25,000

Personnel and colours

Team	Colours	Captain(s)	Manager(s)	Most recent success			Main Sponsor
All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Carlow		Diarmuid Byrne Richard Coady	Colm Bonnar				IT Carlow
Dublin		Seán Moran	Mattie Kenny	1938	2013	2011	AIG
Galway		David Burke	Micheál Donoghue	2017	2018	2017	Supermac's
Kilkenny		T. J. Reid	Brian Cody	2015	2016	2018	Glanbia
Wexford		Lee Chin Matthew O'Hanlon	Davy Fitzgerald	1996	2004	1972–73	Gain

Group table

Key to colours

	Advance to Leinster final
	Advance to preliminary quarter-finals
	Relegation

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Kilkenny	4	2	1	1	8-85	5-76	18	5
2	Wexford	4	1	3	0	4-84	2-75	15	5
3	Dublin	4	2	1	1	7-84	5-79	11	5
4	Galway	4	2	1	1	4-84	6-75	3	5
5	Carlow (R)	4	0	0	4	3-64	8-96	–47	0

Carlow were relegated to the 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup, because the winners of the 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup were from Leinster (Laois).

Group matches

Round 1

Kilkenny v Dublin

11 May 2019 Round 1	Kilkenny	2-23 (29) – (24) 1-21	Dublin	Kilkenny
19:00		(HT: 0-12 - 1-13)		Venue: Nowlan Park
	Gls: TJ Reid 2 (1pen) Pts: TJ Reid 12 (11f, 1’65) A Murphy 3, G Aylward 2, R Leahy 2, A Mullen 1, W Walsh 1, T Walsh 1, P Walsh 1	Report	Gls: S Moran 1 (1 pen). Pts: D Treacy 6 (6f), S Moran 2 (1 pen, 1f), D Sutcliffe 4, C Crummey 2, F Whitely 2, S Treacy 1, D O’Connell 1, P Ryan 1, L Rushe 1, T Connolly 1.	Referee: C McAllister (Cork) Attendance: 9,495 TV: Sky Sports

Galway v Carlow

12 May 2019 Round 1	Galway	1-24 (27) – (21) 1-18	Carlow	Salthill
15:30		(HT: 0-14 - 0-8)		Venue: Pearse Stadium
	Gls: C Cooney 1 Pts: N Burke 6 (6f), C Whelan 4, C Mannion 3, C Cooney 3, J Flynn 3, J Grealish 1, P Mannion 1, D Burke 1, B Concannon 1, D Glennon 1	Report	Gls: C Nolan 1 Pts: M Kavanagh 11 (6f), S Murphy 2, C Nolan 2, J Kavanagh 1, J M Nolan 1, J Doyle 1	Referee: C Lyons (Cork) Attendance: 6,097

Round 2

Carlow v Kilkenny

19 May 2019 Round 2	Carlow	1-14 (17) – (31) 3-22	Kilkenny	Carlow
15:00				Venue: Netwatch Cullen Park
	Gls: J Doyle 1 Pts: M Kavanagh 5 (4f), C Nolan 3 (1f), S Murphy 2, J Doyle 1, J Kavanagh 1, D English 1, B Tracy 1 (1f)	Report	Gls: TJ Reid 1 (1pen), C Fennelly 1, G Aylward 1 Pts: TJ Reid 12 (8f, 1'65), J Donnelly 2, A Murphy 2, C Fennelly 1, G Alyward 1, R Leahy 1, W Walsh 1, A Mullen 1, B Ryan 1	Referee: A Kelly (Galway) Attendance: 7,050

Dublin v Wexford

19 May 2019 Round 2	Dublin	1-22 (25) – (25) 2-19	Wexford	Dublin
15:00				Venue: Parnell Park
	Gls: S Moran 1 (1f) Pts: P Ryan 10 (7f, 1'65), C Boland 3, S Moran 2 (1f), C Keaney 2, T Connolly 2, C Crummey 1, E Dillon 1, F Whitely 1	Report	Gls: L Og McGovern 1, R O'Connor 1 Pts: L Chin 11 (8f, 2'65), C McDonald 3 (2sl), S Murphy 3, L Og McGovern 1, A Nolan 1.	Referee: F Horgan (Tipperary)

Round 3

Galway v Wexford

26 May 2019 Round 3	Galway	0-16 (16) – (16) 0-16	Wexford	Salthill
16:00		(HT: 0-10 - 0-04)		Venue: Pearse Stadium
	Pts: J Flynn 6 (3f, 1'65), N Burke 4 (3f, 1'65), C Whelan 3, D Burke 1, C Cooney 1, C Mannion 1		Pts: L Chin 7 (6f, 1'65), C Dunbar 2, R O’Connor 2, D O’Keeffe 1, A Nolan 1, L Og McGovern 1, C McDonald 1, S Murphy 1.	Referee: J Murphy (Limerick) Attendance: 12,624 TV: RTÉ

Carlow v Dublin

2 June 2019 Round 3	Carlow	1-13 (16) – (28) 2-22	Dublin	Carlow
15:00		(HT: 0-08 - 2-10)		Venue: Netwatch Cullen Park
	Gls: J Doyle 1 Pts: M Kavanagh 4 (2f), C Nolan 4 (2f), S Whelan 2, J Kavanagh 1, JM Nolan 1, E Byrne 1,		Gls: E Dillon 2 Pts: P Ryan 9 (5f), C Kearney 4, R Hayes 2, E Dillon 2, F Whitely 2, E O'Donnell 1, T Connolly 1, C Boland 1	Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow) Attendance: 3,500

Round 4

Wexford v Carlow

8 June 2019 Round 4	Wexford	2-28 (34) – (19) 0-19	Carlow	Wexford
19:00				Venue: Innovate Wexford Park
	Gls: C McDonald 1, R O'Connor 1 Pts: L Chin 11 (8 frees, 1 '65), C McDonald 4, C Dunbar 3, P Morris 2, D O'Keeffe 2, P Foley 2, R O'Connor 1, S Casey 1, J O'Connor 1, D Dunne 1.	Report	Pts: M Kavanagh 13 (1 '65, 9 frees), C Nolan 2, E Nolan 1, S Whelan 1, JM Nolan 1, E Byrne 1.	Referee: C Cunning (Antrim) Attendance: 6,500

Kilkenny v Galway

9 June 2019 Round 4	Kilkenny	2-22 (28) – (29) 3-20	Galway	Kilkenny
14:00				Venue: Nowlan Park
	Gls: TJ Reid 2. Pts: TJ Reid 11 (6f, 1'65'), B Ryan 3, B Sheehan 2, R Leahy 2, C Fennelly 1, A Murphy 1, P Deegan 1, C Fennelly 1.	Report	Gls: C Whelan 1, B Concannon 1, J Coen 1. Pts: C Mannion 8 (1f), J Flynn 3 (2f), C Whelan 2, A Tuohey 2, B Concannon 2, J Coen 1, J Glynn 1, David Burke 1.	Referee: C Lyons (Cork) Attendance: 15,778 TV: RTÉ

Round 5

Wexford v Kilkenny

15 June 2019 Round 5	Wexford	0-21 (21) – (21) 1-18	Kilkenny	Wexford
19:00				Venue: Innovate Wexford Park
	Pts: L Chin 6 (6f), D O'Keeffe 4, R O'Connor 2, P Morris 2, C McDonald 2, J O'Connor 2, P Foley 2 (2f), K Foley 1	Report	Gls: A Mullen 1 Pts: TJ Reid 7 (7f), A Mullen 3, C Fennelly 2, P Murphy 1, J Holden 1, C Fogarty 1, P Walsh 1, P Deegan 1, W Walsh 1	Referee: Fergal Horan (Tipperary) Attendance: 15,200 TV: Sky Sports

Dublin v Galway

15 June 2019 Round 5	Dublin	3-19 (28) – (24) 0-24	Galway	Dublin
19:00				Venue: Parnell Park
	Gls: E Dillon 1, S Moran 1 (p), C Crummey 1 Pts: O O'Rorke 9 (5f, 1 '65), C Keaney 3, D Sutcliffe 2, C Boland 2, E Dillon 1, L Rushe 1, A Nolan 1	Report	Pts: C Mannion 9 (7f), D Burke 3, J Flynn 3, J Canning 2, C Callanan 1 (f), J Coen 1, D Glennon 1, C Whelan 1, B Concannon 1, J Cooney 1, P Mannion 1	TV: Sky Sports

Final

Main article: 2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final

Wexford v Kilkenny

30 June 2019 Final

Report

Wexford	1-23 (26) – (23) 0-23	Kilkenny
(HT: 0-14 - 0-15)
Gls: M Fanning 1. Pts: L Chin 9 (7f, 1 65), C McDonald 4, R O'Connor 4, D O'Keeffe 2, S Donohoe 1, P Morris 1, L Og McGovern 1, M Fanning 1, J O'Connor 1.		Pts: TJ Reid 12 (7f, 1 65), A Mullen 3, W Walsh 2, C Fennelly 2, A Murphy 1, J Maher 1, E Murphy 1, G Aylward 1.

Croke Park, Dublin Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow) Attendance: 51,482

See also

• 2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
  • 2019 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
  • 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup