2021 Laois Senior Hurling Championship

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2021 Laois Senior Hurling Championship
Dates28 August - 7 November 2021
Teams8
SponsorLaois Shopping Centre
Champions Colours of Tipperary.svg Clough–Ballacolla (10th title)
Stephen Maher (captain)
Declan Laffan (manager)
Runners-up Flag of Italy.svg Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton
Colm Stapleton (captain)
Ciarán Comerford (manager)
Relegated Colours of Roscommon.svg Abbeyleix St Lazarian's
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The 2021 Laois Senior Hurling Championship was the 128th staging of the Laois Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Laois County Board in 1888. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 8 July 2021. [1] [2] The championship ran from 28 August to 7 November 2021.

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Clough–Ballacolla entered the championship as the defending champions. [3]

The final was played on 7 November 2021 at MW Hire O'Moore Park in Port Laoise, between Clough–Ballacolla and Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton, in what was their second consecutive meeting in the final. Clough–Ballacolla won the match by 1–25 to 2–21 to claim their 10th championship title overall and a second title in succession. [4]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

From Championship

Relegated to the Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

Quarter-finals

10 October 2021Quarter-final Camross 1-23 - 0-12 Castletown MW Hire O'Moore Park

Semi-finals

Final

7 November 2021Final Clough–Ballacolla 1-25 - 2-21 Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton MW Hire O'Moore Park
S Maher 0-14 (0-10 frees, 0-2 65s), W Dunphy 0-5, S Bergin 1-1, A Corby and L Cleere 0-2 each, W Hyland 0-1.PJ Scully 0-12 (0-9 frees, 0-1 S/L and 0-1 '65), D Quinlan 1-1, S Dunphy 1-1, A Dunphy 0-3, J Campion 0-2, C Stapleton 0-1, N Foyle 0-1.Referee: J Lalor (Shanahoe)

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References

  1. ↑ "Draws made for 2021 Laois club hurling championships". Laois Today. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Draws made for 2021 Laois hurling championships as 2020 finalists kept apart in senior draw". Laois Live. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Maher fires Clough Ballacolla to 2020 Laois SHC title". Irish Examiner. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Lowry, Brian (7 November 2021). "Laois SHC final: History for Clough Ballacolla in pulsating county final". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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