2022 Antrim Senior Hurling Championship

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2022 Antrim Senior Hurling Championship
Dates5 August - 16 October 2022
Teams8
SponsorBathshack
Champions Colours of Kerry.svg Cúchulains Dunloy (16th title)
Paul Shiels (captain)
Ryan Elliott (captain)
Gregory O'Kane (manager)
Runners-up Colours of Galway.svg Ruairí Óg, Cushendall
Relegated Colours of Limerick.svg Carey Faughs
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored47 (2.76 per match)
Points scored644 (37.88 per match)
2021 (Previous)(Next) 2023

The 2022 Antrim Senior Hurling Championship was the 122nd staging of the Antrim Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Antrim County Board in 1901. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 14 March 2022. [1] The championship ran from 5 August to 16 October 2022.

Contents

Cúchulains Dunloy entered the championship as the defending champions. [2]

The final was played on 16 October 2022 at Corrigan Park in Belfast, between Cúchulains Dunloy and Ruairí Óg, Cushendall, in what was their first meeting in a final in three years. Cúchulains Dunloy won the match by 1–20 to 2–11 to claim their 16th championship title overall and a fourth successive title. [3] [4]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship

From Championship

Relegated to the Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Advance to semi-finals  Advance to quarter-finals

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Cúchulains Dunloy 33008450346
O'Donovan Rossa 32018154274
McQuillan's Ballycastle 31026874-62
Carey Faughs 300355110-550

Group 1 results

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Advance to semi-finals  Advance to quarter-finals

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Ruairí Óg 33008345386
St John's 32018061194
Loughgiel Shamrocks 31026858102
St Enda's 30033299-690

Group 2 results

21 August 2022Round 2 St Enda's 0-14 - 2-30 St John's Páirc Rossa

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

18 September 2022Quarter-final St John's 1-18 - 1-17 McQuillan's Ballycastle Dunsilly GAA Complex
O McManus 1-7 (4fs 1 ’65); S Shannon 0-4; A Bradley 0-3; M Dudley 0-2; R Galbraith 0-1; O Donnelly 0-1 Report T Smyth 1-6 (6fs); D McShane 0-3; J McToal 0-2; S McAuley 0-2; R McGarry 0-2; E McAlonan 0-1; C Boyd 0-1

Semi-finals

2 October 2022Semi-final Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-14 - 3-16 Ruairí Óg, Cushendall Páirc Mac Uílín
M Connelly 1-3 (0-1f), J McNaughton 0-5 (0-3fs), R McMullan 1-2, S McGrath 0-2, C McGarry 0-2, E McCloskey 0-1, R McKee 0-1. Report N McManus 0-10 (0-6s), C McNaughton 1-2, S McAfee 1-1, A Delargy 1-0, R McCambridge 0-1.
2 October 2022Semi-final Cúchulains Dunloy 5-22 - 1-12 St John's Dunsilly GAA Complex
C Cunning (2-8, 0-3 frees), Keelan Molloy (1-3), N Elliott (1-1); R Molloy (1-0), P Shiels (0-3, 0-1 free), C McMahon (0-2), D Smyth (0-1); E Smyth (0-1); N McKeague (0-1), S Elliott (0-1), R McGarry (0-1). Report O MacManus (0-4 frees), P Nugent (1-0, free), Ciaran Johnston (0-3), R Galbraith (0-2), S Shannon (0-1), A Bradley (0-1), O Donnelly (0-1).

Final

16 October 2022Final Cúchulains Dunloy 1-20 - 2-11 Ruairí Óg, Cushendall Corrigan Park
C Cunning 0-11 (9f, 1 65), C McMahon 1-1, K Molloy 0-3, S Elliott 0-1, N Elliott 0-1, A Crawford 0-1, E Smyth 0-1, R McGarry 0-1. Report N McManus 0-7 (5f, 1 65), S McAfee 1-1, C McClafferty 1-0, E Campbell 0-1, F McCurry 0-1, N McCormack 0-1.Referee: K Parke (Naomh Éanna)

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