2024 Christy Ring Cup

The 2024 Christy Ring Cup was the twentieth edition of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005 and is the third-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by six GAA county teams ranked 18–23 in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The competition ran from 13 April to 2 June 2024.

The Christy Ring Cup final was played on 2 June 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Kildare and Derry, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Kildare won the match by 4-21 to 1-22 to claim their fifth cup title overall and a first title in two years.

London's Jack Goulding was the top scorer with 5-50.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup Kildare

Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup Wicklow

From Championship Promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup Meath

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup Mayo

Teams

General Information CountyLast Cup TitleLast Provincial titleLast All-Ireland titlePosition in 2023 ChampionshipAppearance Derry—2001—2nd18th Kildare2022——6th (Joe McDonagh Cup)18th London2012—19014th12th Sligo———3rd5th Tyrone———5th2nd Wicklow———Champions (Nicky Rackard Cup)19th

Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor DerryJohnny McGarveyCormac O'DohertyErrigal Group KildareBrian DowlingPaddy McKennaBrady Family LondonNeil RogersStephen FrawleyKevin Reid Dalata Hotel Group SligoStephen ShielClayton Hotel Sligo TyroneStephen McGarryOran McKeeMcAleer & Rushe WicklowJonathan O'NeillConor McNallyYuasa Battery.

Group Stage

Table TeamQualification1 Kildare550011-1165-65 +6910Advance to Final2 Derry54018-1134-76 +4983 London530213-966-80 +3764 Tyrone52035-7810-110 -4745 Wicklow51044-727-106 -4326 Sligo50055-7014-108 -650Relegated to Nicky Rackard Cup

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Knockout stage

Final

Stadia and locations

CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacity DerryDerryUlsterCeltic Park22,000 KildareNewbridgeLeinsterHawkfield8,200 LondonSouth RuislipBritainMcGovern Park3,000 SligoSligoConnachtMarkievicz Park18,558 TyroneOmaghUlsterO'Neill's Healy Park17,636 WicklowAughrimLeinsterEchelon Park Aughrim7,000

Statistics Top scorers

Overall

Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Jack GouldingLondon5-5065513.002Cormac O'DohertyDerry1-505368.833Jack SheridanKildare4-395168.504Gerard O'Kelly-LynchSligo3-384759.60Aidan KellyTyrone2-414759.606David QualterKildare2-202664.337Seánie GermaineWicklow1-212446.008Ruairí Ó MianáinDerry3-132254.409Seán GlynnKildare3-122154.2010James BurkeKildare2-111735.66John MullanDerry2-111762.83

In a single game

Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Jack GouldingLondon2-1319Sligo2Jack GouldingLondon2-1016Kildare3Cormac O'DohertyDerry1-1114Kildare4Jack SheridanKildare2-0713Derry5Gerard O'Kelly-LynchSligo2-0612KildareJack SheridanKildare1-0912DerryJack GouldingLondon0-1212Tyrone8Gerard O'Kelly-LynchSligo1-0811WicklowAidan KellyTyrone1-0811WicklowJack GouldingLondon1-0811DerryGerard O'Kelly-LynchSligo0-1111DerryAidan KellyTyrone0-1111DerryDavid QualterKildare0-1111Tyrone

Scoring events Widest winning margin: 26 points London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2) Most goals in a match: 4 Sligo 2-08 - 2-19 Kildare (Round 1) Tyrone 2-12 - 2-23 London (Round 1) London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2) Most points in a match: 41 Kildare 3-27 - 0-14 Wicklow (Round 2) Most goals by one team in a match: 4 London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2) Most points by one team in a match: 27 Kildare 3-27 - 0-14 Wicklow (Round 2) Highest aggregate score: 50 points London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2) Kildare 3-27 - 0-14 Wicklow (Round 2) Lowest aggregate score: 29 points Wicklow 0-12 - 0-17 Derry (Round 1)

Miscellaneous

First-time Christy Ring Cup meetings: Tyrone v Kildare (Round 4) Tyrone v Wicklow (Round 5) Kildare become the first county to qualify for 6 Christy Ring Cup finals.

2024 Christy Ring Cup

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