The 2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 51st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. It was the first club championship to be held for two years as the 2020–21 edition was cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The competition began on 27 November 2021 and concluded on 12 February 2022.
The defending champion was Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny.
The final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 12 February 2022, between Ballygunner of Waterford and Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny, in what was a first ever meeting in a final. Ballygunner won the match by 2–17 to 1–19 to claim a first title.
T. J. Reid of Ballyhale was the competition's top scorer, finishing with 2–31.
Format
County Championships
The top hurling teams in Ireland's counties compete in their senior club championship. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions – it can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc or a combination.
Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team which is an amalgamation of two or more clubs, a divisional team or a university team wins a county's championship, a single club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules. Normally it is the club team that exited the county championship at the highest stage.
Provincial Championships
Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. Connacht discontinued their senior club championship after 2007 but they do organise intermediate and junior championships. The Galway champions represent Connacht in the All-Ireland senior club semi-finals as Galway club hurling is at higher level than the hurling in the other four Connacht counties.
Some Leinster, Munster and Ulster counties enter their senior champions in the All-Ireland intermediate club championship (tier 2) as it is recognised that club hurling is weak in those counties.
All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in all matches including the final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.
All-Ireland
The Leinster, Munster and Ulster champions and the Galway county champions compete in two semi-finals. The All-Ireland Club SHC final took place at Croke Park on 13 February 2022. The decider was traditionally played at Croke Park on 17 March (St Patrick's Day). but this was discontinued for the 2019–20 edition of the competition.
All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals or final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.
Team summaries
TeamCountyCaptainManager(s)Most recent successAll-IrelandProvincialCounty# Ballycran DownLiam SavageJamie FowlerJames Henry Hughes19932019 Ballyea ClareJack BrowneRobbie Hogan20162018 Ballygunner WaterfordBarry CoughlanDarragh O'Sullivan20182020 Ballyhale Shamrocks KilkennyColin FennellyJames O'Connor202020192020 Clough–Ballacolla LaoisStephen MaherDeclan Laffan2020 Cúchulains Dunloy AntrimPaul ShielsGregory O'Kane20092020 Kilmacud Crokes DublinCaolan ConwayKieran DowlingDonal McGovern2014 Kilmallock LimerickPhilip O'LoughlinTony Considine20142014 Loughmore–Castleiney TipperaryNoel McGrathFrankie McGrath20072013 Midleton CorkConor LehaneGer FitzGerald198819872013 Mount Leinster Rangers CarlowMichael DoyleConor Phelan20132020 Raharney WestmeathSeán QuinnBrendan McKeogh 2016 Rapparees WexfordKevin FoleyDeclan Ruth1978 Slaughtneil DerryCormac O'DohertyMichael McShane20192020 St Rynagh's OffalyConor ClancyKen Hogan19932020 St Thomas' GalwayConor CooneyKenneth Burke20132020
Leinster
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster
Semi-final
Final
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1T. J. ReidBallyhale Shamrocks2–313757.402Eoin CodyBallyhale Shamrocks3–172655.20Stephen MaherClough–Ballacolla2–202638.66Pauric MahonyBallygunner0–262655.205Billy O'KeeffeBallygunner5–102555.006Dessie HutchinsonBallygunner2–172354.607Cormac O'DohertySlaughtneil0–212137.008Ronan HayesKilmacud Crokes2–111728.509Brendan RogersSlaughtneil2-091535.00Adrian MullenBallyhale Shamrocks1–121553.00
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Ronan HayesKilmacud Crokes2-0612RaharneyStephen MaherClough–Ballacolla1-0912Rapparees StarlightsDenis MurphyMount Leinster Rangers0–1212Ballyhale Shamrocks4T. J. ReidBallyhale Shamrocks2-0511St Thomas'Stephen MaherClough/Ballacolla1-0811Kilmacud CrokesLuke O'ConnorSt Rynagh's1-0811Ballyhale ShamrocksConor CooneySt Thomas'0–1111Ballyhale ShamrocksMicheál HoulihanKilmallock0–1111Midleton9Killian DoyleRaharney0–1010Kilmacud Crokes10Eoin CodyBallyhale Shamrocks2-039St Rynagh'sBilly O'KeeffeBallygunner2-039SlaughtneilEoin CodyBallyhale Shamrocks1-069Clough–Ballacolla
Miscellaneous Clough–Ballacolla qualified for the Leinster semi-finals and final for the first time. Ballygunner became the first team from Waterford to win the title.
Awards
Team of the Year Stephen O'Keeffe Ian Kenny Joey Holden Fintan Burke Philip Mahony Richie Reid Darragh Corcoran Cormac O'Doherty Paddy Leavey Mikey Mahony T. J. Reid Billy O'Keeffe Dessie Hutchinson Brendan Rogers Eoin Cody
Hurler of the Year PLAYER NAME (Club) Also nominated: PLAYER NAME (Club) & PLAYER NAME (Club)
References