The 1994–95 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League for Church & General (later acquired by Allianz), was the 64th edition of the National Hurling League, which ran from 8 October 1994 until 7 May 1995.
Kilkenny won the league, beating Clare by 2–12 to 0–9 in the final.
Structure There are eight teams in each division. Each plays each other team once, home or away, and receives two points for a win and one for a draw.
The top two teams in Division 1 advance to the semi-finals. The third- and fourth-placed teams in Division 1 go into the quarter-finals, as do the top two teams in Division 2.
The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted for the following season. The bottom two in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.
Division 1
Tipperary came into the season as defending champions of the 1993-94 season. Clare and Kilkenny joined Division 1 as the promoted teams.
On 7 May 1995, Kilkenny won the title after a 2-12 to 0-9 win over Clare in the final. It was their 9th league title overall and their first since 1989-90.
Antrim, Laois and Limerick were relegated from Division 1.
Tipperary's Michael Cleary was the Division 1 top scorer with 3-34.
Table
PosTeamPldWDLDiffPtsNotes1 Clare 76014012 National Hurling League runners-up2 Kilkenny 75022210 National Hurling League champions3 Cork 74121994 Galway 74121595 Tipperary 7304766 Limerick 7214-195 Relegated to Division 27 Laois 7115-623 Relegated to Division 28 Antrim 7025-242 Relegated to Division 2
Group stage
Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Scoring statistics
Top scorers overall
Rank Player Team Tally Total Matches Average1Michael ClearyTipperary3-344376.142Adrian RonanKilkenny0-333384.123Cyril LyonsClare2-232983.62Gary KirbyLimerick1-262964.83Barry EganCork0-292983.626D. J. CareyKilkenny6-102884.507Liam BurkeGalway0-272783.378Cathal MoranGalway0-242464.009Jim McInerneyGalway5-82373.2810John CarsonAntrim2-152145.25Eamon MorrisseyKilkenny2-152192.33
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Team Tally Total Opposition1Michael ClearyTipperary2-0612Laois2Michael ClearyTipperary1-0811Limerick3D. J. CareyKilkenny3-0110Offaly4Brian CunninghamCork2-039AntrimGary KirbyLimerick1-069CorkCyril LyonsClare1-069LaoisJohn CarsonAntrim1-069GalwayLiam BurkeGalway0-099LaoisBarry EganCork0-099TipperaryJohnny DooleyOffaly0-099Kilkenny
Division 2
On 26 March 1995, Waterford secured the title after an 0-11 to 0-6 win over Kerry in the final round of the group stage. Kerry and Offaly were also promoted to Division 1.
Carlow and Meath were relegated from Division 2.
Table
PosTeamPldWDLDiffPtsNotes1 Waterford 76012212 Division 2 champions, promoted to Division 12 Offaly 75023110 Promoted to Division 13 Kerry 7403118 Promoted to Division 14 Down 7403-185 Wexford 73042566 Meath 7223-1267 Dublin 7214-458 Carlow 7016-771Relegated to Division 3
Knock-out stage
Play-off
External links Results page
References