2021 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

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Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Tournament details
ProvinceLeinster
Year2021
TrophyBob O'Keeffe Cup
Date26 June – 17 July 2021
Teams6
Defending champions Kilkenny
Winners
Champions Kilkenny (73rd win)
Manager Brian Cody
Captain Adrian Mullen
Qualify for Leinster SHC Final
All-Ireland SHC
Runners-up
Runners-up Dublin
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s) Westmeath
Relegated team(s) Antrim
Other
Matches played5
Website Leinster GAA
  2020
2022  

The 2021 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2021 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA. [1] Kilkenny were the defending champions and eventual champions, defeating Dublin in the final. [2] [3]

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Teams

The Leinster championship was contested by four counties from the Irish province of Leinster, as well as one county from the province of Connacht and one county from the province of Ulster where the sport is only capable of supporting one county team at this level.

TeamStadiumLocationCapacity
Antrim Corrigan Park Belfast 2,100
Croke Park Jones' Road 82,300
Dublin Parnell Park Donnycarney 8,500
Galway Pearse Stadium Salthill 26,197
Kilkenny UPMC Nowlan Park O'Loughlin Road 27,000
Laois O'Moore Park Portlaoise 22,000
Wexford Innovate Wexford Park Clonard Road 18,000

Personnel and general information

TeamColoursManagerCaptainVice-captainSponsorMost recent success
All-IrelandProvincialLeague
Antrim Colours of Antrim.svg Darren Gleeson
Dublin Colours of Dublin.svg Mattie Kenny Danny Sutcliffe AIG 1938 2013 2011
Galway Colours of Galway.svg Shane O'Neill Pádraic Mannion Conor Whelan Supermacs 2017 2018 2017
Kilkenny Colours of Kilkenny.svg Brian Cody Adrian Mullen Joey Holden Glanbia 2015 2020 2018
Laois Colours of Laois.svg Eddie Brennan Enda Rowland Willie Dunphy MW Hire Group 1915 1949
Wexford Colours of Wexford.svg Davy Fitzgerald Gain 1996 2019 1972-73

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
      
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 3-31
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 0-22
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 1-18
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1-14
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 0-19
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 1-25
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 2-37
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 2-29
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 5-31
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 1-23

Fixtures

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Relegation playoff

10 July 2021Playoff Antrim Colours of Antrim.svg 2-21 - 2-27 Colours of Laois.svg Laois Parnell Park
Report Referee: Sean Cleere (Kilkenny)

Final

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