The 2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2023 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA. Kilkenny were the defending champions having defeated Galway in the 2022 final.
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 may face relegation 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
Antrim
From Championship Relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup
Laois
Teams
General Information Six counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: CountyLast Championship TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2022 Championship Antrim — —Champions (Joe McDonagh Cup) Dublin201319384th Galway20182017Runners-up Kilkenny20222015Champions Westmeath — —5th Wexford201919963rd
Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor AntrimDarren GleesonConor McCannFibrus DublinMicheál DonoghueEoghan O'Donnell and Cian O'CallaghanAIG GalwayHenry ShefflinDaithí Burke and Joseph CooneySupermac's KilkennyDerek LyngRichie Reid and Eoin CodyAvonmore WestmeathJoe FortuneAonghus Clarke and Killian DoyleRenault WexfordDarragh EganLee ChinZurich Insurance Group
Group stage Table TeamQualification1 Galway5320175116 +598Advance to Leinster Final2 Kilkenny5311163120 +4373 Dublin5221125117 +86Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals4 Wexford5203137141 -445 Antrim5113141167 -2636 Westmeath (R)510493173 -802Relegation to Joe McDonagh Cup
Matches
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Leinster Final
Stadia and locations
CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacityNeutral venueDublinLeinsterCroke Park82,300 AntrimBelfastUlsterCorrigan Park3,700 DublinDonnycarneyLeinsterParnell Park7,300 GalwayGalwayConnachtPearse Stadium26,197 KilkennyKilkennyLeinsterNowlan Park27,000 WestmeathMullingarLeinsterCusack Park11,500 WexfordWexfordLeinsterChadwicks Wexford Park18,000
Championship statistics
Scoring events
Widest winning margin: 34 points Galway 6-33 - 0-17 Westmeath (Round 3) Most goals in a match: 9 Wexford 4-23 - 5-18 Kilkenny (Round 5) Most points in a match: 56 Wexford 1-30 - 1-26 Antrim (Round 2) Most goals by one team in a match: 6 Galway 6-33 - 0-17 Westmeath (Round 3) Most points by one team in a match: 33 Galway 6-33 - 0-17 Westmeath (Round 3) Highest aggregate score: 75 points Antrim 3-20 - 5-31 Kilkenny (Round 3) Lowest aggregate score: 36 points Kilkenny 0-29 - 0-07 Westmeath (Round 1)
Miscellaneous
Kilkenny won the championship for a fourth year in a row Westmeath defeated Wexford in the championship for the first time since 1940.
See also
2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2023 Munster Senior Hurling Championship 2023 Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2) 2023 Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3) 2023 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4) 2023 Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)
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