Leinster Under-20 Hurling Championship

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Leinster GAA Hurling Under-20 Championship
Current season or competition:
Current event clock.svg 2024 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
Flag of Leinster.svg
Irish Craobh Iomána Fé-20 Laighin
Code Hurling
Founded1964
Region Leinster (GAA)
No. of teams8
Title holders Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly (7th title)
Most titles Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny (27 titles)
Sponsors oneills.com
TV partner(s) TG4
Official website bgeu21.ie

The Leinster GAA Under-20 Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the oneills.com Leinster GAA Under-20 Hurling Championship), is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition for male players between the ages of 17 and 20 in the province of Leinster. The championship was contested as the Leinster Under-21 Championship between 1964 and 2018 before changing to an under-20 age category from 2019. It is sponsored by oneills.com.

Contents

The series of games are played during the summer months with the Leinster final currently being played in July. The prize for the winning team is the Seán Robbins Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knock-out basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the series.

The Leinster Championship is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship. The winners of the Leinster final, like their counterparts in the Munster Championship, advance directly to the All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship final.

Eight teams currently participate in the Munster Championship. Kilkenny is the most successful team with 27 titles, followed by Wexford with 17 titles. The title has been won by six different teams, four of whom have won the title more than once.

Offaly are the current holders.

History

Creation

The Leinster Championship began in 1964 in response to a Congress motion put forward by the Kerry County Board for the introduction of a new championship grade. It was the fifth championship to be created after the senior, junior, minor and intermediate grades.

Beginnings

The inaugural Leinster Championship featured Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Louth, Offaly, Westmeath and Wexford. Louth and Westmeath contested the very first match on Sunday 29 March 1964. Wexford won the inaugural championship.

Team dominance

Since the beginning the championship has been dominated by Kilkenny and Wexford. They won all bar one of the available championship titles between 1964 and 1977 and have won a combined total of 42 championship titles. Kilkenny also have the distinction of being the only team to win four championships in-a-row, achieving this feat on two separate occasions.

Dublin were the only team beside Kilkenny and Wexford to win the championship, with their lone title being claimed in 1967. Offaly and Laois added their names to the roll of honour in 1978 and 1983 respectively, however, the rest of the century belonged to Kilkenny and Wexford once again.

Proposed changes

In 2008 a motion was brought before a special Congress in an effort to combat player burnout. It was proposed to merge the existing under-21 and minor championships to create a new Leinster Under-19 Hurling Championship based on the provincial system. [1] This motion was defeated by 115 votes to 58. [2]

A similar motion was later introduced in an effort to lower the age and create a new Leinster Under-20 Championship based on the provincial system, however, this motion was also defeated. [3]

Age change

At the GAA Congress on 24 February 2018, the age limit of the championship was changed to twenty, following a successful motion by the Offaly County Board. In contrast to Gaelic football, under-20 hurlers are eligible to play both under-20 and senior hurling for their county. [4]

Current format

Championship

The Leinster Championship is a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random. Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a period of extra time, however, if the sides still remain level a replay is required.

There are nine teams in the Leinster Championship. The finalists from the previous year receive a bye to separate semi-finals. The four "weakest" teams contest two play-off rounds with the winner joining the other three teams in the championship proper at the quarter-final stage.

Qualification for the All-Ireland Championship

As of the 2018 championship qualification for the All-Ireland Championship has changed due to the introduction of a "back door" for defeated finalists. Both the champions and runners-up qualify for the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Teams

Non-Leinster teams

On 30 September 2017, 72% of delegates at GAA Special Congress voted in favour of allowing Galway into the Leinster Championship along with any Ulster teams – as of agreed by the Ulster and Leinster Councils. [5]

Venues

History

Leinster Championship matches have always been played on a home and away basis whereby every second meeting between teams is played at the home venue of one of them. All of the current teams have home and away agreements, however, Antrim and Galway are not permitted to use their home grounds because they are outside the province of Leinster.

Attendances

Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for the Leinster Council and for the teams involved.

Final

The venue for the final also comes under the terms of the individual home and away agreements between the teams involved, however, on some occasions a neutral venue was used. The attendance at the 2024 final between Offaly and Dublin at Laois Hire O'Moore Park, Port Laoise was 15,215.

Managers

Managers in the Leinster Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and is related to the individual county boards. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. The under-20 team manager also works closely with the senior team manager due to an overlap of players on both teams. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman.

Winning managers (2000–present)
ManagerTeamWinsWinning years
Colours of Wexford.svg J. J. Doyle Wexford32013, 2014, 2015
Colours of Wexford.svg Séamus Murphy Wexford22001, 2002
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Martin Fogarty Kilkenny22003, 2004
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Adrian FinanKilkenny22005, 2006
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Michael Walsh Kilkenny22008, 2009
Colours of Limerick.svg Leo O'Connor Offaly22023, 2024
Colours of Offaly.svg Percy ClendennanOffaly12000
Colours of Dublin.svg Seán LaneDublin12007
Colours of Dublin.svg Richard Stakelum Dublin12010
Colours of Dublin.svg John McEvoyDublin12011
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Richie MulrooneyKilkenny12012
Colours of Dublin.svg Joe Fortune Dublin12016
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Eddie Brennan Kilkenny12017
Colours of Galway.svg Tony WardGalway12018
Colours of Kilkenny.svg D. J. Carey Kilkenny12019
Colours of Dublin.svg Paul O'BrienDublin12020
Colours of Galway.svg Jeffrey Lynskey Galway12021
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Derek Lyng Kilkenny12022

Trophy and medals

At the end of the Leinster final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The Seán Robbins Cup is held by the winning team until the following year's final. Traditionally, the presentation is made at a special rostrum in the stand where GAA and political dignitaries and special guests view the match.

The cup is decorated with ribbons in the colours of the winning team. During the game the cup actually has both teams' sets of ribbons attached and the runners-up ribbons are removed before the presentation. The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving a short speech. Individual members of the winning team then have an opportunity to come to the rostrum to lift the cup.

In accordance with GAA rules, the Leinster Council awards up to twenty-four gold medals to the winners of the Leinster final.

Sponsorship

Since 2003, the Leinster Championship has been sponsored. The sponsor has usually been able to determine the championship's sponsorship name.

PeriodSponsor(s)Name
1964–2002No main sponsorThe Leinster Championship
2003–2007 Flag of Ireland.svg Erin FoodsThe Erin Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship
2008–2018 Flag of Ireland.svg Bord Gáis Energy The Bord Gáis Energy Leinster GAA Hurling Under-21 Championship
2019-2021 Flag of Ireland.svg Bord Gáis Energy The Bord Gáis Energy Leinster GAA Hurling Under-20 Championship
2022- Flag of Ireland.svg oneills.com The oneills.com Leinster GAA Under-20 Hurling Championship

Results

Summaries

All-Ireland champions
All-Ireland runners-up
YearWinnersScoreRunners-upScoreVenueWinning Captain
1964 Wexford 4-07 Laois 2-02 Wexford Park Jim Berry
1965 Wexford 7-09 Dublin 1-05 Croke Park Willie O'Neill
1966 Wexford 7-10 Laois 2-08 O'Moore Park
1967 Dublin 2-10 Offaly 2-09 Croke Park
1968 Kilkenny 4-10 Dublin 5-04 Nowlan Park
1969 Wexford 3-16 Kilkenny 4-03 Dr. Cullen Park
1970 Wexford 2-15 Kilkenny 5-04 Dr. Cullen Park Liam Bennett
1971 Wexford 2-16 Kilkenny 2-09 Dr. Cullen Park Martin Quigley
1972 Dublin 2-11 Offaly 0-15 O'Moore Park J. Kealy
1973 Wexford 2-13 Offaly 2-10 Dr. Cullen Park
1974 Kilkenny 3-08 Wexford 1-05 Dr. Cullen Park Ger Fennelly
1975 Kilkenny 3-14 Wexford 0-08 Dr. Cullen Park Kevin Fennelly
1976 Kilkenny 3-21 Wexford 0-05 Dr. Cullen Park
1977 Kilkenny 3-11 Wexford 1-10 Dr. Cullen Park Micky Lyng
1978 Offaly 2-14 Laois 2-07 Dr. Cullen Park
1979 Wexford 1-08 (0-14) Kilkenny 0-10 (2-08) Dr. Cullen Park
1980 Kilkenny 2-14 Wexford 2-09 Dr. Cullen Park
1981 Kilkenny 6-11 Wexford 2-10 Dr. Cullen Park
1982 Kilkenny 5-20 Offaly 2-06 Dr. Cullen Park
1983 Laois 3-13 Wexford 4-08 Croke Park
1984 Kilkenny 0-18 Wexford 1-10 Dr. Cullen Park Séamus Delahunty
1985 Kilkenny 4-18 Wexford 1-04 Croke Park
1986 Wexford 1-16 (2-09) Offaly 0-10 (2-09) Nowlan Park
1987 Wexford 4-11 Wexford 0-05 Nowlan Park
1988 Kilkenny 3-13 Offaly 2-05 O'Moore Park Frankie Morgan
1989 Offaly 3-16 Kilkenny 3-09 O'Moore Park
1990 Kilkenny 2-09 Laois 1-10 Dr. Cullen Park Jamesie Brennan
1991 Offaly 2-10 Kilkenny 0-12 O'Moore Park
1992 Offaly 1-15 Kilkenny 2-10 O'Moore Park
1993 Kilkenny 4-13 Wexford 2-07 Dr. Cullen Park David Beirne
1994 Kilkenny 1-14 Wexford 0-15 Dr. Cullen Park Philly Larkin
1995 Kilkenny 2-11 Wexford 1-12 Dr. Cullen Park Peter Barry
1996 Wexford 2-15 (1-09) Offaly 2-05 (0-12) Dr. Cullen Park Paul Codd
1997 Wexford 2-13 Offaly 0-15 Dr. Cullen Park
1998 Kilkenny 2-10 Dublin 0-12 Dr. Cullen Park Paul Hoyne
1999 Kilkenny 1-17 Offaly 1-06 O'Moore Park Noel Hickey
2000 Offaly 3-14 Kilkenny 2-14 O'Moore Park Michael O'Hara
2001 Wexford 0-10 Kilkenny 1-05 Wexford Park Nicky Lambert
2002 Wexford 1-15 Dublin 0-15 O'Moore Park Darren Stamp
2003 Kilkenny 0-12 Dublin 1-04 Dr. Cullen Park Jackie Tyrrell
2004 Kilkenny 1-16 Wexford 2-03 Wexford Park James "Cha" Fitzpatrick
2005 Kilkenny 0-17 Dublin 1-10 Dr. Cullen Park Richie Power
2006 Kilkenny 2-18 Dublin 2-10 Nowlan Park Michael Fennelly
2007 Dublin 2-18 Offaly 3-09 Parnell Park John McCaffrey
2008 Kilkenny 2-21 Offaly 2-09 O'Connor Park James Dowling
2009 Kilkenny 2-20 Dublin 1-19 Parnell Park David Langton
2010 Dublin 2-15 Wexford 0-15 Parnell Park Finn McGarry
2011 Dublin 1-18 Wexford 0-11 Wexford Park Liam Rushe
2012 Kilkenny 4-24 Laois 1-13 O'Moore Park Cillian Buckley
2013 Wexford 1-21 Kilkenny 0-21 Wexford Park Lee Chin
2014 Wexford 1-20 Dublin 0-18 Parnell Park Shane O'Gorman
2015 Wexford 4-17 Kilkenny 1-9 Wexford Park Eoin Conroy
2016 [6] Dublin 2-15 Offaly 1-10 O'Connor Park Shane Barrett
2017 [7] Kilkenny 0-30 Wexford 1-14 Nowlan Park Pat Lyng
2018 Galway 4-21 Wexford 2-26 O'Moore Park Fintan Burke
2019 Kilkenny 1-17 Wexford 0-18 Innovate Wexford Park Evan Shefflin
2020 Dublin 1-20 Galway 1-18 Bord na Móna O'Connor Park Andrew Dunphy
2021 Galway 2-15 Dublin 0-15 MW Hire O'Moore Park Seán Neary
2022 Kilkenny 1-13 Wexford 0-15 Netwatch Cullen Park Padraig Moylan
2023 [8] Offaly 1-22 Wexford 0-23 Netwatch Cullen Park Charlie Mitchell
2024

Offaly

1-18 Dublin 1-15 Laois Hire O'Moore Park Dan Bourke

Performances by counties

No.TeamWinsYears wonLossesYears lost
1 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 271968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2022101969, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2013, 2015
2 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 171964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015201974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
3 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 71978, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2023, 2024131967, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2016
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 71967, 1972, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2020121965, 1968, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2021, 2024
5 Colours of Galway.svg Galway 22018, 202112020
6 Colours of Laois.svg Laois 1198351964, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2012

Records

Final

Team

  • Most titles: 27:
    • Kilkenny (1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017. 2019, 2022)
  • Most consecutive title wins: 4:
  • Most appearances in a final: 37:
    • Kilkenny (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022)

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

Top scorers

By year

YearTop scorerTeamScoreTotal
1986Dermot Prendergast Wexford 0-2323
1987Pat McEvoy Kilkenny 3-0615
1988John Rigney Offaly 3-0413
1989 Michael Duignan Offaly 3-1322
1990 D. J. Carey Kilkenny 3-0413
1991John Brady Offaly 3-0514
1992 Johnny Dooley Offaly 0-1919
1993Damien Lawlor Kilkenny 1-1518
Jim Byrne Wexford 0-18
1994Thomas Kavanagh Wexford 0-1515
1995Ollie O'Connor Kilkenny 1-2023
1996John Kelly Offaly 2-1420
Damian Cleere Kilkenny
1997Emmet Carroll Dublin 4-0315
1998 Tomás McGrane Dublin 1-2225
1999 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 3-0919
2000 Conor Gath Offaly 1-1316
2001Brian McCormack Laois 0-1717
2002Barry Lambert Wexford 1-2528
2003 Conal Keaney Dublin 2-1723
2004 James Fitzpatrick Kilkenny 0-2020
2005 Eoin Larkin Kilkenny 1-2629
2006Kevin O'Reilly Dublin 0-1414
2007 Alan McCrabbe Dublin 2-2127
2008Colm Coughlan Offaly 2-1824
2009 Mark Bergin Kilkenny 0-1414
2010 Paudie Kehoe Carlow 1-1619
Mark Bergin Kilkenny
2011Kevin O'Loughlin Dublin 1-2124
2012 Stephen Maher Laois 0-2323
2013Stephen Quirke Offaly 2-1925
2014Paul Winters Dublin 0-2222
2015 Conor McDonald Wexford 2-2733
2016 Emmet Nolan Offaly 4-1123
2017 Killian Doyle Westmeath 0-3030
2018Séamus Casey Wexford 1-2730
2019 Cathal Kiely Offaly 0-4444
2020Donal O'Shea Galway 2-2733
2021Liam Dempsey Kildare 0-3737
2022Cian Byrne Wexford 0-3636
2023 Adam Screeney Offaly 2-5157
2024 Adam Screeney Offaly 1-5053

In a single game

YearTop scorerTeamScoreTotal
2015 Conor McDonald Wexford 1-1013
2016 Emmet Nolan Offaly 2-0713
2017Jack Sheridan Kildare 2-0915
2018 Chris Nolan Carlow 1-1114
Séamus Casey Wexford
2019 Cathal Kiely Offaly 0-2020
2020Donal O'Shea Galway 2-0713
2021James Duggan Laois 3-0514
Liam Dempsey Kildare 0-1414
Tadhg Cuddy Laois 0-1414
2022Billy Drennan Kilkenny 0-1717
2023Billy Drennan Kilkenny 2-1218
2024Fionn Maher Kildare 3-0817

In finals

FinalTop scorerTeamScoreTotal
1996 Gary Laffan Wexford 1-058
1997Killian Farrell Offaly 0-077
1998 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 1-047
1999 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 1-047
2000Kevin Power Kilkenny 0-077
2001Barry Lambert Wexford 0-044
2002Barry Lambert Wexford 1-0811
2003 Conal Keaney Dublin 1-025
2004 Richie Power Kilkenny 1-036
2005 Eoin Larkin Kilkenny 0-1010
2006David McCormack Kilkenny 1-058
2007 Alan McCrabbe Dublin 0-099
2008 Joe Bergin Offaly 2-017
2009 Jonjo Farrell Kilkenny 2-028
2010Daire Plunkett Dublin 1-036
Shane Tompkins Wexford 0-06
2011Kevin O'Loughlin Dublin 0-088
2012 Ger Aylward Kilkenny 2-0511
2013 John Power Kilkenny 0-099
Jack Guiney Wexford
2014 Paul Winters Dublin 0-099
2015 Conor McDonald Wexford 1-1013
2016 Seán Treacy Dublin 2-028
2017 Richie Leahy Kilkenny 0-055
Alan Murphy Kilkenny
Joe Coleman Wexford
2018 Séamus Casey Wexford 1-1114
2019Ross Banville Wexford 0-077
2020Donal O'Shea Galway 0-088
2021Ciarán Foley Dublin 0-088
2022Cian Byrne Wexford 0-1010
2023Adam Screeney Offaly 1-1215
2024Adam Screeney Offaly 0-099

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