The 2025 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2025 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA. Kilkenny were the defending champions having defeated Dublin in the 2024 final. Kilkenny beat Galway in the final to clinch their sixth win in a row and 77th overall.
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
Offaly
From Championship Relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup
Carlow
Teams
General Information Six counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: CountyLast Championship TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2024 Championship Antrim — —5th Dublin20131938Runners-up Galway201820174th Kilkenny20242015Champions Offaly 1995 1998Champions (Joe McDonagh Cup) Wexford201919963rd
Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor AntrimDavy FitzgeraldConor McCannFibrus DublinNiall Ó CeallacháinPaddy SmythStaycity GalwayMicheál DonoghueConor WhelanSupermac's KilkennyDerek LyngRichie Reid and Eoin CodyAvonmore OffalyJohnny KellyJason SampsonGlenisk WexfordKeith RossiterLee Chin and Kevin FoleyZurich Insurance Group
Group stage Table Source: TeamQualification1 Kilkenny (F)540115-1139-89 +428Advance to Leinster Final2 Galway (F)54019-13110-83 +4583 Dublin530213-11211-105 +136Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals4 Wexford (E)530212-956-106 +765 Offaly (E)51049-8110-108 -3026 Antrim (R)50054-8016-121 -770Relegation to Joe McDonagh Cup
(F) qualified for Leinster final (E) eliminated from All-Ireland championship (R) relegated to Joe McDonagh Cup
Fixtures
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Leinster Final
Stadia and Locations
CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacityNeutral venueDublinLeinsterCroke Park82,300 AntrimBelfastUlsterCorrigan Park3,700 DublinDonnycarneyLeinsterParnell Park8,500 GalwayGalwayConnachtPearse Stadium26,197 KilkennyKilkennyLeinsterNowlan Park27,000 OffalyTullamoreLeinsterGlenisk O'Connor Park20,000 WexfordWexfordLeinsterChadwicks Wexford Park18,000
Statistics
Top Scorers
Top Scorer Overall RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage1 Lee Chin Wexford 3-56 65 5 132 Cathal Mannion Galway 2-54 60 5 123 Seán Currie Dublin 4-44 56 5 11.204 Brian Duignan Offaly 2-37 43 5 8.65 James McNaughton Antrim 2-35 41 4 10.256 TJ Reid Kilkenny 5-26 41 4 10.257 Martin Keoghan Kilkenny 6-08 26 5 4.508 Eoin Cody Kilkenny 2-18 24 2 12.009 Cian O'Sullivan Dublin 2-14 20 5 410Billy Ryan Kilkenny2-131953.80
In A Single Game RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition1 Cathal Mannion Galway 0-17 17 Wexford2 Lee Chin Wexford 0-16 16 Antrim Eoin Cody Kilkenny 1-13 16 Antrim Lee Chin Wexford 1-13 16 Kilkenny4 TJ Reid Kilkenny 2-09 15 Offaly5 Seán Currie Dublin 1-11 14 Wexford Cathal Mannion Galway 2-08 14 Offaly7 James McNaughton Antrim 1-09 12 Kilkenny Seán Currie Dublin 0-12 12 Antrim Lee Chin Wexford 0-12 12 Galway Brian Duignan Offaly 1-09 12 WexfordTJ Reid Kilkenny 1-09 12 DublinSeán Currie Dublin 2-06 12 Kilkenny
Scoring events
Widest winning margin: 28 points Galway 6-27 - 1-14 Antrim (Round 4) Most goals in a match: 8 Kilkenny 5-19 - 3-21 Dublin (Round 4) Most points in a match: 45 Kilkenny 3-24 - 0-21 Galway (Round 1) Dublin 3-26 - 4-19 Wexford (Round 2) Galway 1-29 - 2-16 Wexford (Round 3) Most goals by one team in a match: 6 Galway 6-27 - 1-14 Antrim (Round 4) Most points by one team in a match: 30 Antrim 2-12 - 2-30 Kilkenny (Round 2) Highest aggregate score: 66 points Dublin 3-26 - 4-19 Wexford (Round 2) Lowest aggregate score: 43 points Wexford 2-17 - 1-17 Offaly (Round 4) Wexford 2-19 - 1-15 Kilkenny (Round 5) Offaly 3-15 - 1-16 Antrim (Round 5)
Miscellaneous
See also
2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2) 2025 Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3) 2025 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4) 2025 Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)
References