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Championship details | |
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Dates | 3 May - 7 September 2003 |
Teams | 22 |
All-Ireland champions | |
Winning team | Kilkenny (28th win) |
Captain | D. J. Carey |
Manager | Brian Cody |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Cork |
Captain | Alan Browne |
Manager | Dónal O'Grady |
Provincial champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Kilkenny |
Ulster | Antrim |
Connacht | Not Played |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 36 |
Goals total | 113 |
Points total | 1081 |
Top Scorer | Joe Deane (4-29) |
Player of the Year | J. J. Delaney |
All-Star Team | See here |
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The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Guinness Hurling Championship ) was the 117th since its establishment in 1887. The first matches of the season were played in May 2003, and the championship ended on 14 September 2003. Kilkenny went into the 2003 championship as defending champions, having won their twenty-seventh All-Ireland title the previous year.
The championship culminated with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by Kilkenny and Cork. It was their first meeting in the final since 1999. Kilkenny won the game by 1-14 to 1-11. It was their second All-Ireland title in succession.
Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Regraded to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Twenty two counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team in the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, ten teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and five teams in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.
Level on Pyramid | Competition | Champions | Runners-Up |
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Tier 1 | All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | Kilkenny | Cork |
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship | Kilkenny | Wexford | |
Munster Senior Hurling Championship | Cork | Waterford | |
Ulster Senior Hurling Championship | Antrim | Derry | |
Tier 2 | All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship | Wicklow | Roscommon |
Tier 3 | All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship | Cork | Kilkenny |
Tier 4 | All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship | Mayo | Donegal |
Preliminary Quarter-finals | Preliminary Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | ||||||||||||
Laois | 2-22 | |||||||||||||
Wicklow | 0-10 | Laois | 5-15 | |||||||||||
Meath | 2-10 | Carlow | 1-10 | |||||||||||
Carlow | 0-17 | Laois | 2-15, 0-15 | |||||||||||
Dublin | 1-18, 3-11 | |||||||||||||
Dublin | 4-17 | |||||||||||||
Kildare | 0-07 | Westmeath | 0-13 | |||||||||||
Westmeath | 2-15 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Kilkenny | 3-16 | ||||||||
Dublin | 0-10 | ||||||||
Kilkenny | 2-23 | ||||||||
Wexford | 2-12 | ||||||||
Wexford | 0-16 | ||||||||
Offaly | 1-12 |
Kildare | 0-7 - 2-15 | Westmeath |
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B. White (0-5), C. Boran (0-1), T. Spain (0-1). | D. Carty (1-3), F. Shaw (1-2), J. Shaw (0-6), P. Dowdall (0-2), A. Mitchell (0-2). |
Meath | 2-10 - 0-17 | Carlow |
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N. Horan (1-3), E. Lynam (1-2), C. Keena (0-2), K. Callaghan (0-1), M. Cole (0-1), C. Sheridan (0-1). | Pat Coady (0-7), K. English (0-2), S. Smithers (0-2), R. Foley (0-2), P. Kehoe (0-2), D. Murphy (0-1), B. Murphy (0-1), G. Doyle (0-1). |
Laois | 2-22 - 0-10 | Wicklow |
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Paul Cuddy (0-2), M McEvoy (1-0); J Young (0-7), R Jones (0-2); J Phelan (0-2), P Mahon (0-1), E Maher (0-1); B McCormack (0-3), L Tynan (1-3), L Wynne (0-1) | J Keogh (0-8, all frees); D Hyland (0-1), W O'Gorman (0-1) |
Dublin | 4-17 - 0-13 | Westmeath |
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G. Ennis (2-2), K. Flynn (1-3), D. Russell (1-1), L. Ryan (0-4), C. Keaney (0-3), T. McGrane (0-2), K. Horgan (0-1), M. Carton (0-1). | A. Mitchell (0-6), P, Dowdall (0-3), F. Shaw (0-1), N. Williams (0-1), J. Shaw (0-1), J. Forbes (0-1). |
Laois | 5-15 - 1-10 | Carlow |
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J Young 0-4 (3f), R Jones (1-5); J Phelan (1-1), P Mahon (0-1), B McCormack (0-2), L Tynan (1-1), D Culleton (2-1) | P Coady (0-5 (4f, 1 ‘65’)), K English (0-1); S Smithers (0-1), G Doyle (0-1); Des Murphy (1-1), P Coady (0-1) |
Dublin | 1-18 - 2-15 | Laois |
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M Carton (0-1), D Russell (0-1), K Flynn (1-0), T McGrane (0-13 (9 frees, 2 65s)), Shane Martin (0-2), G Ennis ( 0-1) | D Rooney (0-1), J Young (0-11 (8 frees, 1 65)), R Jones (0-1), T Fitzgerald (1-0), L Tynan (0-1), D Culleton (1-1) |
Dublin | 3-11 - 0-15 | Laois |
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T McGrane 2-3 (1f); S Martin 0-5; G Ennis 1-1; C Keaney 0-2 (1f, 1 65) | J Young 0-8 (5fs, 1 65); M McEvoy and R Jones 0-2 each; D Cuddy, J Phelan, L Tynan 0-1 each |
Kilkenny | 3-16 - 0-10 | Dublin |
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H. Shefflin 1-4 (0-1 free); T. Walsh 0-5; M. Comerford 0-3; E. Brennan 1-0; C. Phelan 1-0; DJ Carey 0-2 (0-1 free); R. Mullally 0-2 (0-1 free) | T. McGrane 0-4 (all frees); C. Keaney 0-2; K. Flynn 0-2 (0-1 65); S. Martin, S. Hiney, 0-1 each |
Wexford | 0-16 - 1-12 | Offaly |
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P. Codd 0-7 (0-5 from frees; 0-2 from 65s), M. Jordan, R. Jacob 0-2 each, R. McCarthy, B. Goff, C. McGrath, M. Jacob, D. Fitzhenry (pen.) 0-1 each | R. Hanniffy 1-1, G. Hanniffy, B. Carroll, M. Cordial 0-2, D. Murray 0-2 (from frees), Brian Whelehan 0-2 (frees), Barry Whelehan 0-1 |
Kilkenny | 2-23 - 2-12 | Wexford |
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H. Shefflin 1-8 (0-5 frees); E. Brennan 1-1; T. Walsh, D.J. Carey (0-1 free, 0-1 seventy) and D. Lyng 0-3 each; S. Dowling (0-1 free) and M. Comerford 0-2 each; C. Phelan 0-1 | B. Lambert 1-1; M. Jacob and P. Codd (0-3 frees), 0-4 each; C. McGrath 1-0; D. Stamp, A. Fenlon and B. Goff 0-1 each |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Waterford | 2-26 | |||||||||||||
Kerry | 1-12 | Waterford | 4-13, 1-12 | |||||||||||
Limerick | 4-13, 0-13 | |||||||||||||
Waterford | 3-12 | |||||||||||||
Cork | 3-16 | |||||||||||||
Cork | 1-18 | |||||||||||||
Clare | 2-17 | Clare | 0-10 | |||||||||||
Tipperary | 0-14 |
Waterford | 2-26 - 1-12 | Kerry |
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D. Bennett (0-10, 0-7 frees, 0-1 [65]); P. Flynn (2-2); K. McGrath (0-7); A. Moloney (0-2); E. Kelly (0-2); T. Browne, S. Prendergast, D. Shanahan(0-1) each | S. Brick (0-8, 0-3 frees); J. M. Dooley (1-0); M. Slattery, O. O’Connell, B. Brick, L. Boyle (0-1) each |
Clare | 2-17 - 0-14 | Tipperary |
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N. Gilligan 0-6 (0-3 frees); A. Quinn 1-2; J. O'Connor 1-1; C. Lynch 0-2; A. Markham 0-2; T. Carmody, T. Griffin, D. McMahon, S. McMahon (free), 0-1 each | E. Kelly 0-7 (0-4 frees); B. O'Meara 0-3; T. Dunne, C. Gleeson, L. Cahill, J. Carroll, 0-1 each |
Waterford | 4-13 - 4-13 | Limerick |
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P. Flynn 3-3 (1-2 frees); J. Mullane 1-0; D. Bennett 0-3 (0-1 free); E. Kelly 0-3; K. McGrath 0-3; A. Moloney 0-1 | C. Fitzgerald 1-4 (0-2 frees); A. O'Shaughnessy, M. Foley (1-0 free) and N. Moran 1-1 each; B. Begley 0-2; P. Kirby (free), D. Sheehan, E. Foley and T.J. Ryan 0-1 each |
Waterford | 1-12 - 0-13 | Limerick |
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P. Flynn 1-7 (0-3 frees); D. Bennett 0-2 frees; E. Kelly, D. Shanahan and E. McGrath 0-1 each | C. Fitzgerald 0-6 (0-4 frees); E. Foley 0-3 (0-1 free); B. Begley 0-2; P. Kirby and C. Carey 0-1 each |
Cork | 1-18 - 0-10 | Clare |
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J. Deane 1-8 (0-7 frees); S. O hAilpín 0-3; N. McCarthy 0-2; J. Gardiner (free), T. McCarthy, D. O'Sullivan (free), B. O'Connor and M. O'Connell 0-1 each | N. Gilligan 0-4 (0-1 free); T. Carmody 0-3; B. Murphy, C. Plunkett (seventy) and A. Markham 0-1 each |
Cork | 3-16 - 3-12 | Waterford |
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J. Deane 1-4 (0-2 frees); A. Browne 1-1; B. O'Connor 0-4; J. Gardiner 0-4 (0-2 frees, 0-1 seventy); S. O hAilpín 1-0; N. McCarthy 0-2; T. Kenny 0-1 | J. Mullane 3-1; D. Bennett 0-4; D. Bennett 0-4 (0-2 frees); P. Flynn 0-4 (0-1 free); E. Kelly, E. McGrath and T. Browne 0-1 each |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
New York | 1-10 | |||||||||||||
Derry | 0-15 | |||||||||||||
Derry | 1-12 | |||||||||||||
Antrim | 3-21 | |||||||||||||
Antrim | 0-21 | |||||||||||||
Antrim | 8-27 | Down | 2-12 | |||||||||||
London | 1-05 |
Antrim | 8-27 - 1-5 | London |
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B. McFall (3-7), G. O'Kane (2-5), A. Mort (2-1), C. McGuckian (0-7), P. Richmond (1-3), P. Close (0-1), J. Boyle (0-1), M. Herron (0-1), K. McKeegan (0-1). | M. O'Hara (1-4), K. Murray (0-1). |
New York | 1-10 - 0-15 | Derry |
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T. Fletcher (0-8), R. Ryan (1-0), M. Stretch (0-1), J. Maddem (0-1). | O. Collins (0-7), J. O'Dwyer (0-5), R. Convery (0-1), D. McGrellis (0-1). |
Antrim | 0-21 - 2-12 | Down |
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B McFall 0-7 (0-6, 1 sideline), L Richmond 0-4, C McGuckian 0-3, G O'Kane, L Watson 0-2 each, P Richmond, A Delargy, Darren Quinn 0-1 each | S Clarke 1-7 (0-7f), G Savage 1-1, G Johnson 0-2, G Adair, S Wilson (f) 0-1 each |
Antrim | 3-21 - 1-12 | Derry |
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J Connolly (0-1), P Richmond (0-3), C McGuckian (0-1), L Richmond (0-2), L Watson (0-4), A Delargy (1-1), B McFall (2-9, 0-4f) | P O’Kane (0-1), R Convery (0-1), Gregory Biggs (1-2), O Collins (0-6, 4f), R Kennedy (0-1), M Collins (0-1) |
Kerry | 3-15 - 0-13 | Westmeath |
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D Young (0-1), P O’Connell (1-3, 1f), B Brick (0-1), L Boyle (0-1), S Brick (1-1), M Slattery (1-5, 3f), I McCarthy (0-1) | B Murtagh 0-1, N Gavin 0-1, P Dowdall 0-2, J Shaw 0-4 (2f), B Kennedy 0-1; A Mitchell 0-4 (2f) |
Kerry | 3-15 - 3-7 | Carlow |
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M. Slattery (1-6), S. Brick (1-3), M. Conway (1-1), P. O'Connell (0-3), G. O'Brien (0-1), L. Boyle (0-1). | P. Coady (0-4), D. Murphy (1-0), A. Quirke (1-0), S. Murphy (1-0), K. English (0-2), R. Foley (0-1). |
Clare | 2-11 - 1-15 | Galway |
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J Reddan (0-1), T Griffin (1-3), N Gilligan (0-6, 4f 1 65), B Murphy (1-1), | A Kerins (0-2), R Gantley (0-6 frees), (O Fahy 1-1), D Tierney (0-2), M Kerins (0-1), K Broderick (0-2) |
Tipperary | 3-28 - 0-13 | Laois |
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P Kelly (0-3, 165, 1f), M O’Leary (0-3), C Gleeson (0-3), G O’Grady (0-2)), J Carroll (0-1), E Kelly (2-8), D Byrne (0-6, 2f), B O’Meara (1-1), L Corbett (0-1)) | C Coonan (0-1)), J Young (0-5, 1pen, 165, 2f), J Phelan (0-1), E Maher (0-2)), L Tynan (0-1), B McCormack (0-2), D Cuddy (0-1) |
Offaly | 1-20 - 1-14 | Dublin |
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Barry Whelehan (0-4), B. Carroll (0-4), D. Murray (0-4), N. Coughlan (1-0), R. Hanniffy (0-3), M. Cordial (0-2), S. Brown (0-1), S. Whelehan (0-1), Brian Whelehan (0-1). | T. McGrane (0-8), M. Carton (1-3), K. Flynn (0-2), C. Keaney (0-1). |
Galway | 1-17 - 1-18 | Tipperary |
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R. Gantley 0-7 (0-5 frees); D. Hayes 1-1; K. Broderick 0-2; D. Tierney 0-2; A. Kerins 0-2; O. Canning, R. Murray, O. Fahy, 0-1 each | L. Corbett 0-4; B. Dunne 1-1; M. O'Leary 0-3; B. O'Meara 0-2; J. Carroll 0-2; E. Kelly 0-2 (frees); P. Kelly, G. O'Grady, C. Gleeson, E. Enright, 0-1 each |
Limerick | 0-14 - 1-18 | Offaly |
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C Fitzgerald 0-5 (0-3 frees); C Smith 0-2; N Moran 0-2; D Sheehan 0-2; J Meskell (free) | R Hanniffy 0-7 (0-5 frees), B Murphy 1-3; B Carroll 0-2; Barry Whelehan 0-2; C Gath 0-2; Brian Whelehan (65), S Whelehan, 0-1 each |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Tipperary | 2-16 | |||||||||||||
Offaly | 2-11 | Kilkenny | 3-18 | |||||||||||
Tipperary | 0-15 | |||||||||||||
Kilkenny | 1-14 | |||||||||||||
Cork | 1-11 | |||||||||||||
Wexford | 3-17, 2-07 | |||||||||||||
Wexford | 2-15 | Cork | 2-20, 3-17 | |||||||||||
Antrim | 2-12 |
Tipperary | 2-16 - 2-11 | Offaly |
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E. Kelly 0-5 (0-3 frees); J. Carroll, B. O'Meara 1-0 each; P. Kelly 0-3 (0-1 free); T. Dunne 0-3 (0-2 '65's); B. Dunne, M. O'Leary, L. Corbett, E. Corcoran, C. Gleeson 0-1 each | G. Hanniffy 1-2; N. Coughlan 1-1; B. Carroll 0-2 frees; R. Hanniffy 0-2 (0-1 free); B. Murphy, C Cassidy, M. Cordial, S. Whelahan 0-1 each |
Wexford | 2-15 - 2-12 | Antrim |
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P Codd 1-7 (1-5 frees), C McGrath 1-0, L Murphy 0-3, R Jacob 0-2, M Jacob, R McCarthy, B Lambert 0-1 each | C Herron 1-2 (1-1 65), C McGuckian 1-1, A Delargy 0-4, B McFall 0-2 (0-1 free), J Watson, C Richmond, G O'Kane 0-1 each |
Cork | 2-20 - 3-17 | Wexford |
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J. Deane 1-7 (0-4 frees); Setanta Ó hAilpín 1-3; J. Gardiner 0-4; A. Browne 0-2; N. McCarthy, B. O'Connor, T. McCarthy and M. O'Connell 0-1 each | P. Codd 1-5 (0-3 frees, 0-1 70); M. Jacob 1-4; R. McCarthy 1-0; A. Fenlon 0-3 (0-2 sideline); L. Murphy, M. Jordan 0-2 each; R. Jacob 0-1 |
Cork | 3-17 - 2-7 | Wexford |
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J Deane 1-5 (4f), T McCarthy 1-1, B O'Connor 0-4, A Browne 1-0, J Gardiner 0-3 (2 '65', 1f), M O'Connell 0-2, N McCarthy, Setanta Ó hAilpín 0-1 each | M Jordan 1-2, L Murphy 1-0, P Codd 0-3 (3f), M Jacob, A Fenlon 0-1 each |
Kilkenny | 1-14 - 1-11 | Cork |
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M. Comerford 1-4; H. Shefflin 0-6 (0-4 frees); T. Walsh 0-3; D. Lyng 0-1 | J. Deane 0-5 (0-4 frees); S. Ó hAilpín 1-0; N. McCarthy 0-2; T. McCarthy, B. O'Connor, J. O'Connor and S. McGrath 0-1 each |
Rank | Player | County | Tally [1] | Total | Matches | Average |
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1 | Joe Deane | Cork | 4-29 | 41 | 5 | 8.2 |
2 | Brian McFall | Antrim | 5-25 | 40 | 4 | 10.0 |
Paul Codd | Wexford | 2-34 | 40 | 6 | 6.67 | |
4 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 6-19 | 37 | 5 | 7.4 |
5 | Tomás McGrane | Dublin | 2-30 | 36 | 5 | 7.2 |
Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 2-30 | 36 | 5 | 7.2 | |
7 | James Young | Laois | 0-35 | 35 | 5 | 7.0 |
8 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 3-25 | 34 | 4 | 8.5 |
9 | Mike Slattery | Kerry | 3-23 | 32 | 5 | 6.4 |
10 | Ollie Collins | Derry | 0-28 | 28 | 3 | 9.33 |
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