2019 Walsh Cup

The 2019 Walsh Cup is an early-season inter-county hurling competition based primarily in the Irish province of Leinster.

2019 Walsh Cup

Tournament details
Province	Leinster
Year	2019
Sponsor	Bord na Móna
Winners
Champions	Galway (3rd win)
Manager	Micheál Donoghue
Captain	Pádraic Mannion
Runners-up
Runners-up	Wexford
Manager	Davy Fitzgerald
Captain	Shaun Murphy
Other
Matches played	9
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Seven counties competed – six from Leinster, Galway from Connacht and none from Ulster. No third-level college teams took part. Four Leinster counties plus Antrim from Ulster played in the second-ranked Kehoe Cup. The two remaining Leinster counties competed in the third-ranked Kehoe Shield.

It took place in December 2018 and January 2019 and was won by Galway.^[1][2][3][4]

Competition format

Three teams—Kilkenny, Galway, and Wexford — receive a bye to the semi-finals. The remaining four teams compete in an initial group stage, with each team playing the other teams once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The group winners advance to the semi-finals.

Results

Group stage

Games played 9 December 2018 – 6 January 2019.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Diff
Dublin	3	3	0	0	6	+19
Carlow	3	2	0	1	4	+6
Laois	3	1	0	2	2	–7
Offaly	3	0	0	3	0	–18

Semi-finals

Wexford	0-16 – 0-13	Kilkenny
Pádraig Foley 0-7 (6f), Harry Kehoe 0-3 (3f), Aidan Nolan, Ian Byrne, Jack O’Connor (f), Diarmuid O’Keeffe, Conor McDonald (f), Seamus Casey (f) 0-1 each	Report	Kevin Kelly 0-5 (4f), Martin Keoghan 0-2, Luke Scanlon, Conor Fogarty, Conor Delaney, Ger Malone, Paddy Deegan, Richie Hogan (f) 0-1 each

13 January 2019

14:00 GMT (UTC±0)

Semi-final

Bellefield GAA Complex, Enniscorthy

Referee: John Keenan (Wicklow)

Dublin	1-17 – 0-21	Galway
John Hetherton 0-8fs, Sean Moran 1-0pen, Eamonn Dillon 0-2, Donal Burke 0-2, Osin O’Rorke 0-2fs, Chris Crummey 0-2, Fergal Whitely 0-1	Report	Cathal Mannion 0-10 (5f), Brian Concannon 0-3 (1f), Davey Glennon 0-2 (1f), Sean Blehane 0-2, Padraic Mannion 0-1, Aidan Harte 0-1, Conor Whelan 0-1, Joe Canning 0-1 (sideline).

13 January 2019

14:00 GMT (UTC±0)

Semi-final

Parnell Park, Donnycarney

Referee: Paud O’Dwyer (Carlow)

Final

Wexford	0-20 – 1-23	Galway
I Byrne 0-5fs; P Foley (f, '65'), D Dunne, C McDonald, M O’Hanlon, P Morris 0-2 each; K Foley, C Dunbar, D O’Keeffe, M Fanning (pen), H Kehoe 0-1 each.	Report	J Canning 0-13 (10f, 1 '65'); A Harte 1-0; C Mannion 0-4, J Coyne, D Glennon, S Kilduff, S Bleahene, S Linnane, T Haran 0-1 each

20 January 2019

14:00 GMT (UTC±0)

Final

Bellefield GAA Complex, Enniscorthy

Referee: Seán Cleere (Kilkenny)