The 2025 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 125th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897. The draw for the group stage pairings was made on 27 January 2025. The championship ran from 12 July to 7 September 2025.
Ballygunner entered the championship as the defending champions. Brickey Rangers were relegated after just one season in the top flight after losing a playoff to Ferrybank.
The final was played on 7 September 2025 at Walsh Park in Waterford, between Ballygunner and Mount Sion, in what was their 16th meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in the final in three years. Ballygunner won the match by 2–25 to 1–16 to claim their 24th championship title overall and a 12th championship title in succession.
Tom O'Connell was the championship's top scorer with 4–68.
Format change
A motion by the Ferrybank club proposing two groups of six teams was passed prior to the championship draw. The top two teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals. The remaining four teams in each group qualify for the preliminary quarter-finals.
Team changes To Championship
Promoted from the Waterford Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Brickey Rangers
From Championship
Relegated to the Waterford Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Tallow
Group A Group A table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Mount Sion5500146757110 Lismore540111690268 Passage5302111113−26 Fourmilewater5203121110114 Dungarvan510489111−222 Ferrybank500566150−840
Group A results
Group B Group B table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Ballygunner5500166689810 Roanmore5311112120−87 De La Salle530211810996 Clonea520297113−164 Abbeyside511398118−203 Brickey Rangers500586149−630
Group B results
Knockout stage Preliminary quarter-finals
Relegation playoffs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Tom O'ConnellBrickey Rangers4–6880810.002Dessie HutchinsonBallygunner7–577889.753Mark O'BrienFerrybank0–717188.874Gavin O'BrienRoanmore1–656879.715Reuben HalloranDe La Salle1–606379.006Martin O'NeillMount Sion1–596278.857Tom CareyPassage4–445678.008Patrick CurranDungarvan1–454859.609Bill PowerClonea0–464667.6610Evan SpellmanFourmilewater0–434376.14
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Dessie HutchinsonBallygunner2–1016Brickey Rangers2Tom O'ConnellBrickey Rangers2–0915PassagePatrick CurranDungarvan1–1212Clonea4Martin O'NeillMount Sion1–1114Dungarvan5Reuben HalloranDe La Salle1–1013Brickey RangersTom O'ConnellBrickey Rangers1–1013FerrybankGavin O'BrienRoanmore0–1313FourmilewaterGavin O'BrienRoanmore0–1313Brickey Rangers9Dessie HutchinsonBallygunner1–0912AbbeysidePatrick CurranDungarvan0–1212PassageBill PowerClonea0–1212AbbeysideTom O'ConnellBrickey Rangers0–1212Roanmore
References