2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

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All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 2014
Championship Details
Dates28 May - 13 September 2014
Teams18
All Ireland Champions
Winners Clare (4th win)
Captain Tony Kelly
Manager Gerry O'Connor & Donal Moloney
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Wexford
CaptainShane O'Gorman
Manager J. J. Doyle
Provincial Champions
Munster Clare
Leinster Wexford
Ulster Antrim
Connacht Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played17
Total Goals58 (3.4 per game)
Total Points533 (31.3 per game)
Top Scorer Colours of Wexford.svg Jack Guiney (1-35)
2013
2015

The 2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 51st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship for players under the age of twenty-one since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship began on 28 May 2014 and ended on 13 September 2014.

Contents

Clare were the defending champions and successfully retained their title and winning three-in-a-row after beating Wexford by 2-20 to 3-11 in the final. [1]

Results

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

28 May 2014Quarter-final Dublin 1-17 - 1-10 Laois Parnell Park
19:30P Winters (0-9), C Cronin (1-3), O O'Rorke (0-3), T Devlin (0-1) C Boland (0-1). Report S Maher (0-4), T Dowling (1-0), PJ Scully (0-1), C Collier (0-1), B Conroy (0-1), C Dwyer (0-1), P Lalor (0-1), Campion (0-1).Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow)
4 June 2014Quarter-final Westmeath 3-19 - 0-10 Carlow Cusack Park
19:30N O’Brien 0-8 (3f), R Greville 2-1, D Lynch 1-2, C Scally 0-3, G Greville (f), T Gallagher, M Heaney, A Clarke, J Boyle 0-1 each. Report M Kavanagh 0-5 (4f), S Murphy 0-3, C Wall, J Doyle 0-1 each.
4 June 2014Quarter-final Kilkenny 0-10 - 2-14 Wexford Nowlan Park
19:30R Reid 0-5 (3f, 2 65); M Mansfield 0-2; H O’Neill, C Martin, C Prendergast 0-1 each. Report R Clarke 1-2; P Sutton 1-0; J Guiney 0-3 (2f); C Davitt, G Moore, C McDonald 0-2 each; A Kenny, P Doyle, K Foley 0-1 each.
25 June 2014Semi-final Westmeath 0-13 - 2-8 Dublin Cusack Park
19:30N O'Brien 0-8 (6fs, 1'65), R Greville, A Clarke 0-2 each, D Fennell 0-1 Report C Boland 1-1, P Winters 0-4 (3fs), C Cronin 1-0, C Conway 0-2, A Clabby 0-1
25 June 2014Semi-final Wexford 2-17 - 0-13 Offaly Wexford Park
19:30J Guiney 0-9 (6fs), R Clarke, C McDonald 1-2 each, A Nolan 0-2, C Devitt, K Foley 0-1 each Report C Mulrooney (3fs, 1 '65'), P Geraghty 0-4 each, E Nolan 0-3 (f), J O'Connor, A Kelly 0-1 each
9 July 2014Final Wexford 1-20 - 0-18 Dublin Parnell Park
19:30J Guiney 0-8 (0-4f, 0-1 ’65), C McDonald 1-3, A Nolan 0-4, R Clarke 0-2, P Foley, G Moore, P Sutton 0-1 each. Report P Winters 0-9 (0-7f), C Conway 0-3, O O’Rorke, G Whelan 0-2 each, S Boland, C Dooley (0-1f) 0-1 each.

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

4 June 2014Quarter-final Limerick 1-14 - 2-20 Clare Gaelic Grounds
19:30S Dowling 0-8 (8f); K O’Brien 1-0; M Carmody, D Morrissey, C Lynch, M Fitzgibbon, P Ryan, D O’Donovan, 0-1 each. Report B Duggan 0-8 (5f); T Kelly 0-4; A Cunningham 1-1; P Duggan 1-1; S Gleeson 0-2; J Shanahan 0-2; C Galvin, S Morey, 0-1 each.
16 July 2014Semi-final Clare 5-19 - 1-25
(A.E.T.)
Tipperary Cusack Park
19:30B Duggan (0-8, 0-4 frees, 0-2 ’65); A Cunningham (2-2); D Reidy, P Duggan (1-1); S O’Donnell (1-0); C Galvin (0-3); G O’Connell, J Shanahan (0-2 each) Report J Forde (0-12, 0-7 frees); C O’Riordan (0-3); T Gallagher (1-0); D McCormack (0-2); S Maher, B Maher, R Maher, C Hammersley, S Cahill, T Fox, S Kennedy, L McGrath (0-1 each)
16 July 2014Semi-final Waterford 0-16 - 3-18 Cork Walsh Park
19:30A Gleeson 0-7 (3f, 2 65s); J Dillon 0-3; G O’Brien 0-2; R Barry, R Donnelly, J Barron, S Bennett, 0-1 each. Report R O’Shea 0-8 (4f, 1 65); A Spillane 2-1; A Cadogan 1-3; C Spillane 0-3; S O’Keeffe 0-2; C Burke 0-1
30 July 2014Final Clare 1-28 - 1-13 Cork Cusack Park
19:15B Duggan (0-10, 0-5 frees, ’0-1 65); A Cunningham (0-4); G Galvin, T Kelly (0-1 ’65), D Reidy (0-3 each); S O’Donnell (1-0); S Gleeson, P Duggan (0-2 each); C O’Connel (0-1) Report R O’Shea (0-7, 0-4 frees, 0-1 ’65); M Collins (0-3), A Spillane (1-0); S O’Keefe, K McIntyre, M Sugrue (0-1)Attendance: 12,995

Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship

13 July 2014Quarter-final Tyrone 2-8 - 1-17 Armagh Healy Park
12:45
16 July 2014Semi-final Down 3-24 - 3-7 Armagh Páirc Esler
19:30P Mason (0-9, 5f), B Nicholson (2-1), M Nicholson (1-2), E Sands (0-4), J McManus (0-3), J Doran (0-2), L Savage (0-1), C O'Neill (0-1), D Freer (0-1). Report C Gorman (1-1), D McKenna (1-0), T Nevin (1-0), N Green (0-2f), C Duffy (0-2), C McAnallen (0-1f), C Farrell (0-1).
16 July 2014Semi-final Antrim 3-23 - 0-10 Derry Páirc Mac Uílín
19:30C Clarke (1-7, 0-2f, 1'65), S McCaughan (2-1), N McKenna (0-3), D McCloskey (0-3), R McCambridge (0-2), J O'Connell (0-2), M Bradley (0-2), C McNaughton (0-2), D McGuinness (0-1). Report S Farren (0-5f), J O'Dwyer (0-3), T McCloskey (0-1), T O'Kane (0-1).
23 July 2014Final Down 1-5 - 7-17 Antrim Athletic Grounds
19:00C Fitzsimmon 1-1, E Sands 0-2, J McGrath, P Mason 0-1 each. Report C Clarke 1-6 (2f), S McCaughan 2-1, C Burke 2-0, N McKenna 1-2, Seán McAfee 1-0, D McKernan 0-2, J McGreevey, M Dudley, D McCloskey, R McCambridge, Stephen McAfee, E McCaughen 0-1 each.Referee: A Nash (Derry)

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

23 August 2014Semi-final Clare 4-28 - 1-10 Antrim Semple Stadium
16:00A Cunningham (3-3), T Kelly (1-3), C O’Connell (0-6, 5f), B Duggan (0-5, 3f), D Reidy (0-3), C Galvin (0-2), S O’Donnell (0-2), J Shanahan (0-1), E Enright (0-1), N Deasy (0-1), S Gleeson (0-1). Report Sean McAfee (1-0), C Clarke (0-3, 1f), Stephen McAfee (0-3), S McCaughan (0-1), C Burke (0-1), M Bradley (0-1), D McKernan (0-1).Referee: B Redmond
23 August 2014Semi-final Wexford 1-21 - 1-19 Galway Semple Stadium
18:00J Guiney (1-8, 0-7f), C McDonald (0-3), K Foley (0-3), G Moore (0-3), P Foley (0-2), A Nolan (0-1), C Devitt (0-1). Report P Brehony (1-6), S Maloney (0-6, 3f), C Mannion (0-3), A Tuohy (0-1), E Burke (0-1), J Glynn (0-1), B Molloy (0-1).Referee: D Kirwan
13 September 2014Final Clare 2-20 - 3-11 Wexford Semple Stadium
19:00T Kelly 0-7, A Cunningham 1-2, D Reidy 1-1, C Galvin 0-4, B Duggan 0-4 (2f), J Shanahan 0-1, G O’Connell 0-1 Report J Guiney 0-7 (6f, 1 ’65′), D Dunne 2-0, C McDonald 1-1 G Moore 0-2, C Devitt 0-1Attendance: 15,081
Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Statistics

Discipline

Top scorers

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Jack Guiney Wexford 1-353857.60
2 Bobby Duggan Clare 0-353557.00
3 Aaron Cunningham Clare 7-123356.60
4 Ciarán Clarke Antrim 2-162237.33
Paul Winters Dublin 0-222237.33
6 Conor McDonald Wexford 3-112054.00
Tony Kelly Clare 1-172045.00
8 Niall O'Brien Westmeath 0-161628.00
9Saul McCaughan Antrim 4-031535.00
Rob O'Shea Cork 0-151527.50

Single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1 Aaron Cunningham Clare 3-0312 Antrim
Jason Forde Tipperary 0-1212 Clare
3 Jack Guiney Wexford 1-0811 Galway
4 Ciarán Clarke Antrim 1-0710 Derry
Bobby Duggan Clare 0-1010 Cork
6 Ciarán Clarke Antrim 1-069 Down
Paul Winters Dublin 0-099 Laois
Jack Guiney Wexford 0-099 Offaly
Paul Winters Dublin 0-099 Wexford
Peter Mason Down 0-099 Armagh

Awards

Team of the Year

  1. Oliver O'Leary
  2. Cathal Barrett
  3. Liam Ryan
  4. Séadna Morey
  5. Andrew Kenny
  6. Conor Cleary
  7. Jamie Shanahan
  8. Colm Galvin
  9. Eoin Enright
  10. Jack Guiney
  11. Tony Kelly
  12. Pádraig Brehony
  13. Jason Forde
  14. Conor McDonald
  15. Aaron Cunningham

References

  1. "Clare seal first part of dream All-Ireland double". Irish Independent. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.