2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

The 2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship is the 137th edition of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Leinster Council in 1888 and is the highest-tier of Hurling for senior county teams in Leinster (as well as Connacht and Ulster). It is contested by six Leinster affiliated GAA county teams ranked 1–6 in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Kilkenny were the defending champions having defeated Galway in the 2023 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 will be relegated 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

Carlow

From Championship Relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup

Westmeath

Teams

General Information Six counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: CountyLast Championship TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2023 Championship Antrim — —5th Carlow — —Champions (Joe McDonagh Cup) Dublin201319383rd Galway20182017Runners-up Kilkenny20232015Champions Wexford201919964th

Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor AntrimDarren GleesonConor McCannFibrus Carlow DublinMicheál DonoghueEoghan O'Donnell and Cian O'CallaghanAIG GalwayHenry ShefflinDaithí Burke and Joseph CooneySupermac's KilkennyDerek LyngRichie Reid and Eoin CodyAvonmore WexfordKeith RossiterLee ChinZurich Insurance Group

Group stage

Table TeamQualification1 Kilkenny53208-1317-99 +358Advance to Leinster Final2 Dublin531110-1244-113 +2973 Wexford52128-1256-100 +315Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals4 Galway52127-1206-112 +1155 Antrim52038-8914-129 -5846 Carlow50146-9110-127 -481Relegated to Joe McDonagh Cup

Leinster round 1

Leinster round 2

Leinster round 3

Leinster round 4

Leinster round 5

Knockout stage

Leinster Final

Kilkenny advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and Dublin advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals

Stadia and locations

CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacityNeutral venueDublinLeinsterCroke Park82,300 AntrimBelfastUlsterCorrigan Park3,700 CarlowCarlowLeinsterDr Cullen Park11,000 DublinDonnycarneyLeinsterParnell Park7,300 GalwayGalwayConnachtPearse Stadium26,197 KilkennyKilkennyLeinsterNowlan Park27,000 WexfordWexfordLeinsterChadwicks Wexford Park18,000

Championship statistics

Scoring events

Widest winning margin: 32 points Kilkenny 5-30 - 0-13 Antrim (Round 1) Most goals in a match: 6 Antrim 4-22 - 2-22 Carlow (Round 5) Most points in a match: 52 Galway 2-23 - 0-29 Kilkenny (Round 2) Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Kilkenny 5-30 - 0-13 Antrim (Round 1) Most points by one team in a match: 32 Carlow 1-13 - 2-36 Wexford (Round 4) Highest aggregate score: 62 points Dublin 3-32 - 1-18 Antrim (Round 3) Antrim 4-22 - 2-22 Carlow (Round 5) Lowest aggregate score: 46 points Carlow 1-20 - 1-20 Kilkenny (Round 3)

Miscellaneous

Carlow and Kilkenny ended in a draw for the first ever time ever.

2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

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