2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	14 May 2006 — 3 September 2006
Teams	12
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Kilkenny (29th win)
Captain	Jackie Tyrrell
Manager	Brian Cody
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cork
Captain	Pat Mulcahy
Manager	John Allen
Provincial champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	29
Top Scorer	Henry Shefflin (2-47)
Player of the Year	Henry Shefflin
All-Star Team	See here
	← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the provincial fixtures took place on 12 November 2005.^[1] The championship began on 14 May 2006 and ended on 3 September 2006

Cork entered the championship as defending champions.^[2]

On 3 September 2006, Kilkenny won the championship after a 1-16 to 1-13 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.^[3] This was their 29th All-Ireland title overall and their first title since 2003.^[4]

Kilkenny's Henry Shefflin was the championship's top scorer with 2-47.

Teams[]

Overview[]

Twelve teams participated in hurling's top tier in 2006.

For the first time since 1983, the Ulster champions were not represented in the wider All-Ireland series of games. Antrim, in spite of being Ulster champions in 2005, subsequently lost all of their All-Ireland qualifier games and were relegated to the Christy Ring Cup after being beaten by Offaly and Laois in the relegation play-offs.^[5]

Personnel and general information[]

Team	Colours	Manager(s)	Captain(s)	Sponsor	Most recent success
Team	Colours	Manager(s)	Captain(s)	Sponsor	All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Cork		John Allen	Pat Mulcahy	O2	2005	2005	1998
Clare		Anthony Daly	Seánie McMahon	Pat O'Donnell	1997	1998	1977-78
Dublin		Tommy Naughton	Philip Brennan	Arnotts	1938	1961	1938-39
Galway		Liam Donoghue	Conor Hayes	Supermacs	1988	1999	2004
Kilkenny		Brian Cody	Jackie Tyrrell	Avonmore	2003	2005	2006
Laois		Dinny Cahill		The Heritage	1915	1949
Limerick		Joe McKenna Richie Bennis	T. J. Ryan Damien Reale	Sporting Limerick	1973	1996	1997
Offaly		John McIntyre	Brendan Murphy	Carroll Cuisine	1998	1995	1990-91
Tipperary		Babs Keating	Ger O'Grady	Enfer	2001	2001	2001
Waterford		Justin McCarthy	Paul Flynn	Essence	1959	2004	1962-63
Westmeath		Séamus Qualter	John Shaw	Greville Arms Hotel
Wexford		Séamus Murphy	Keith Rossiter	Wexford Cheddar	1996	2004	1972-73

Provincial Championships[]

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship[]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Leinster final

Laois

0-08

Offaly

2-12

Wexford

0-09

Offaly

0-08

Wexford

2-12

Kilkenny

1-23

Westmeath

1-09

Westmeath

0-13

Kilkenny

1-23

Dublin

0-11

Third place

Wexford

1-15

Kilkenny

1-26

Quarter-finals[]

21 May 2006 Quarter-final	Laois	0-08 - 2-12	Offaly	O'Moore Park
14:00	J Young 0-4 (0-4 frees); S Lowry, J Phelan, D Cuddy, Z Keenan, 0-1 each.	Report	B Carroll 0-5 (0-4 frees); J Bergin 1-1; A Hanrahan 1-1; G Hanniffy, M O’Hara, B Murphy, D Hayden, A Egan, 0-1 each.	Referee: F Smith (Meath)

21 May 2006 Quarter-final	Westmeath	0-13 - 0-11	Dublin	O'Moore Park
16:00	A. Mitchell 0-8 (0-7 frees, 0-1 65); D. McNicholas 0-2; B. Kennedy, B. Murtagh, D. Carty, 0-1 each.	Report	D. Curtin 0-7 (0-7 frees); M. Carton, J. McCaffrey, D. Sweeney, L. Ryan, 0-1 each.	Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

Semi-finals[]

10 June 2006 Semi-final	Westmeath	1-09 - 1-23	Kilkenny	Cusack Park
19:00	A. Mitchell 0-5 (0-3 frees, 0-2 65’s); B. Kennedy 1-0; E. Loughlin, B. Connaughton, J. Clarke, D. McCormack, 0-1 each.	Report	H. Shefflin 0-8 (0-4 frees); E. McCormack 1-3; M. Comerford 0-3; M. Rice 0-3; J. Fitzpatrick 0-2; R. Mullally 0-2; D. Lyng, W. O’Dwyer, 0-1 each.	Attendance: 6,891 Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

11 June 2006 Semi-final	Wexford	0-09 - 0-08	Offaly	Nowlan Park
15:30	S. Doyle 0-3; R. Jacob 0-3; D. Ruth 0-2 (free, 65); PJ Nolan 0-1.	Report	B. Carroll 0-3 (0-1 free); D. Hayden, J. Bergin, A. Egan, P. Cleary (free), M. Cordial, 0-1 each.	Attendance: 15,720 Referee: P O'Connor (Limerick)

Final[]

2 July 2006 Final	Kilkenny	1-23 - 2-12	Wexford	Croke Park
16:00	H. Shefflin 1-7 (0-5 frees); M. Comerford 0-4; R. Power 0-3; E. Brennan and J. Fitzpatrick 0-2 each; R. Mullally, D. Lyng, J. Tyrrell, M. Rice and M. Fennelly 0-1 each.	Report	M. Jacob 1-4; R. Jacob 1-2; S. Doyle 0-3 frees; E. Quigley, D. Ruth (free) and D. Fitzhenry (penalty) 0-1 each.	Attendance: 44,081 Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship[]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Munster final

Cork

0-20

Clare

0-14

Cork

2-14

Tipperary

1-14

Waterford

1-12

Tipperary

0-22

Tipperary

3-14

Limerick

2-12

Quarter-final[]

14 May 2006 Quarter-final	Tipperary	0-22 - 2-12	Limerick	Semple Stadium
14:00	E. Kelly 0-14 (0-4 frees, 0-1 65); J. O’Brien 0-2; K. Dunne 0-2; M. Webster, G. O’Grady, J. Carroll, D. Egan, 0-1 each.	Report	M. Keane 0-5 (all frees); B. Begley 1-1; A. O’Shaughnessy 1-1; S. Lucey 0-2; B. Foley 0-2 (frees); C. Fitzgerald 0-1.	Attendance: 26,494 Referee: M Haverty (Galway)

Semi-finals[]

28 May 2006 Semi-final	Cork	0-20 - 0-14	Clare	Semple Stadium
16:00	J. Deane 0-9 (0-6 frees); J. O’Connor 0-4 (0-1 free, 0-1 ‘65); B. Corcoran and T. Kenny 0-2 each; N. McCarthy, R. Curran and N. Ronan 0-1 each.	Report	N. Gilligan 0-6 frees; T. Carmody 0-3; B. Nugent 0-2; D. O’Connell 0-2; A. Markham 0-1.	Attendance: 40,349 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

4 June 2006 Semi-final	Tipperary	3-14 - 1-12	Waterford	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
14:00	E. Kelly 2-9 (0-4 frees, 0-2 ‘65’s); L. Corbett 1-0; J. O’Brien 0-2; J. Carroll, G. O’Grady and M. Webster 0-1 each.	Report	P. Flynn 0-5 (0-4 frees); D. Shanahan 1-0; K. McGrath 0-3; E. McGrath, J. Kennedy, D. Bennett (free) and J. Mullane 0-1 each.	Attendance: 27,680 Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

Final[]

25 June 2006 Final	Cork	2-14 - 1-14	Tipperary	Semple Stadium
16:00	J. Deane 0-8 (0-5 frees); B. O’Connor and B. Corcoran 1-1 each; J. Gardiner 0-2 (0-1 free); J. O’Connor and K. Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	E. Kelly 0-7 (0-4 frees, 0-2 (‘65’s); L. Corbett 1-1; J. O’Brien and J. Carroll 0-2 each; P. Kelly and B. Dunne 0-1 each.	Attendance: 53,286 Referee: D Murphy (Wexford)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Qualifiers[]

Group A[]

Table[]

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Status
Waterford	3	3	0	6-64	4-47	23	6	Qualified for the All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter finals
Galway	3	2	1	12-59	3-44	42	4
Laois	3	1	2	5-41	11-44	-21	2	Remain in the Liam McCarthy Cup for 2007
Westmeath	3	0	3	3-29	8-58	-44	0	Contested the relegation playoff

Results[]

17 June 2006 Round 1	Laois	2-13 - 7-18	Galway	O'Moore Park
19:00	M. Rooney 2-1; J. Young 0-8 (0-5 frees); J. Fitzpatrick 0-2 (0-1 s/l); J. Phelan, Z. Keenan (free), 0-1 each.	Report	A. Kerins 4-2; R. Murray 2-1; D. Hayes 1-2; G. Farragher 0-4 (0-1 free, 0-1 65); F. Healy 0-3; A. Keary 0-2; C. Connolly 0-2; D. Forde, K. Burke, 0-1 each.	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: B White (Tipperary)

18 June 2006 Round 1	Westmeath	1-14 - 3-22	Waterford	Cusack Park
16:00	J. Shaw (0-5, 0-2 f) B. Murtagh (1-1); D. Carty (0-3); A. Mitchell(0-2, f); E. Loughlin, B. Kennedy and D. McNicholas (0-1 each).	Report	D. Bennett (0-7, 0-5 f)); K. McGrath (1-3, 1-1 f)); J. Mullane (1-2); D. Shanahan (1-2); S. O’Sullivan (0-3); E. McGrath (0-2); T. Browne, M. Walsh and J. Kennedy (0-1 each).	Referee: É Morris (Dublin)

1 July 2006 Round 2	Westmeath	2-09 - 2-15	Laois	Cusack Park
19:00	A Mitchell 0-7 (frees), D McNicholas 1-1, D McCormack 1-0, B Kennedy 0-1.		J Young 1-13 (1-8 frees, 1 '65)), M Rooney 1-1, M McEvoy 0-1.	Referee: J O'Mahony (Limerick)

2 July 2006 Round 2	Waterford	1-25 - 2-20	Galway	Walsh Park
14:00	D Bennett (0-7, 0-6 frees); E Kelly (0-4); J Mullane (0-4); K McGrath (0-4, 0-3 65s); P Flynn (1-0, f); M Walsh (0- 2); D Shanahan (0-2); S O’Sullivan, T Browne (0-1) each.	Report	D Hayes (1-4); G Farragher (0-7, 0-5 f); D Forde (0-3); C Connolly (1-0); F Healy (0-2); A Kerins, A Keary, D Hardiman, N Healy (0-1) each.	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

8 July 2006 Round 3	Laois	1-13 - 2-17	Waterford	O'Moore Park
14:45	J. Young(0-8, 0-6 frees); D. Culliton()1-0); J. Fitzpatrick(0-2); J. Phelan(0-2); S. Dollard(0-1).	Report	M. Walsh(1-5); J. Mullane(1-3); D. Bennett(0-6, 0- 4 free s); E. McGrath(0-1); K. McGrath(0-1, "65); S. Prendergast(0-1).	Attendance: 9,250 Referee: É Morris (Dublin)

8 July 2006 Round 3	Galway	3-21 - 0-06	Westmeath	Pearse Stadium
19:00	G Farragher 1-6 (1-5f), D Hayes 1-3, D Forde 1-2, N Healy, C Connolly 0-2 each, C Dervan, K Wade, K Broderick, F Healy, D Tierney, E Lynch 0-1 each.		A Mitchell 0-3 (f), B Smyth 0-2, B Murtagh 0-1.	Attendance: 1,500

Group B[]

Table[]

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Status
Clare	3	3	0	8-57	2-35	40	6	Qualified for the All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter finals
Limerick	3	2	1	4-55	5-53	-1	4
Offaly	3	1	2	4-45	4-61	-16	2	Remained in the Liam McCarthy Cup for 2007
Dublin	3	0	3	2-46	7-54	-23	0	Contested the relegation playoff

Results[]

17 June 2006 Round 1	Dublin	0-17 - 1-17	Offaly	Parnell Park
19:00	D Curtin 0-8 (0-5f, 1 '65), A McCrabbe 0-4, S McDonnell 0-2, K Flynn, J McCaffrey, L Ryan 0-1 each.		B Carroll 0-6, B Whelehan 1-2 (0-2f), G Hanniffy 0-3, D Hayden, D Hoctor 0-2 each, E Bevans, D Tanner 0-1 each.	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J Kelly

18 June 2006 Round 1	Clare	2-21 - 0-10	Limerick	Cusack Park
16:00	T. Griffin 1-5; D. O’Rourke 1-3; N. Gilligan 0-4 (0-1 free); J. Clancy 0-3; B. Nugent 0-2; F. Lynch, D. Quinn (free), B. O’Connell, A. Markham, 0-1 each.	Report	M. Keane 0-4 (0-4 frees); B. Foley 0-2 (0-2 frees); M. O’Brien, M. Foley (65), N. Moran, W. Walsh, 0-1 each.	Referee: S Roche (Tipperary)

1 July 2006 Round 2	Dublin	1-16 - 4-21	Clare	Parnell Park
16:00	L Ryan 1-2, D Curtin 0-5 (f), J McCaffrey, K Dunne, D Sweeney 0-2 each, K O'Reilly, K Flynn, S McDonnell 0-1 each.		N Gilligan 2-5 (5f), A Markham 2-1, S McMahon 0-4 (3f, 1 '65), T Griffin, T Carmody 0-3 each, D McMahon 0-2, C Lynch, J Clancy, B Nugent 0-1 each.	Referee: T McIntyre (Antrim)

1 July 2006 Round 2	Offaly	2-19 - 2-29	Limerick	O'Connor Park
19:00	J. Bergin 2-1 (1-0 free); B. Carroll 0-7 (0-6 frees); D. Hoctor 0-3; G. Hanniffy 0-2; B. Murphy 0-2; P. Cleary (free), K. Brady (65), D. Tanner, B. Whelehan, 0-1 each.	Report	B. Foley 1-7 (0-3 frees 0-1 65); A. O’Shaughnessy 0-7 (0-3 frees); B. Begley 0-5; N. Moran 0-4; M. Foley 0-3 (frees); D. Ryan 1-0; M. O’Brien 0-2; C. Fitzgerald 0-1.	Referee: M Haverty (Galway)

8 July 2006 Round 3	Clare	2-15 - 1-09	Offaly	Cusack Park
19:30	D Quinn 1-7 (0-4 frees, 0-1 ‘65); T Carmody 1-2; T Griffin and N Gilligan 0-2 each; C Lynch and S McMahon (free), 0-1 each.	Report	J Bergin 1-3 (0-2 frees); B Carroll 0-3; J Brady, D Hayden and P Cleary 0-1 each.	Attendance: 6,519 Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

8 July 2006 Round 3	Limerick	2-16 - 1-13	Dublin	Gaelic Grounds
19:30	B Begley 2-2, A O'Shaughnessy 0-4 (f), B Foley 0-4 (2f), N Moran, C Fitzgerald 0-2 each, D Ryan, P O'Dwyer 0-1 each.		D Curtin 0-6 (4f), L Ryan 0-5, K Flynn 1-0, S Mullen, P O'Driscoll 0-1 each.	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

Relegation play-off[]

15 July 2006 Relegation play-off	Dublin	0-16 - 0-08	Westmeath	O'Connor Park
	D Curtin 0-8 (5f), S McDonnell, J McCaffrey 0-2 each, M Carton, J Kelly, K Flynn, P Carton 0-1 each.	Report	A Mitchell 0-5 (5f), D Mc Nicholas 0-2, B Murtagh 0-1.	Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship[]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

ALl-Ireland final

Cork

0-19

Limerick

0-18

Cork

1-16

Waterford

1-22

Waterford

1-15

Tipperary

3-13

Cork

1-13

Kilkenny

2-22

Kilkenny

1-16

Galway

3-14

Kilkenny

2-21

Clare

1-27

Clare

1-16

Wexford

1-15

Quarter-finals[]

22 July 2006 Quarter-final	Cork	0-19 - 0-18	Limerick	Semple Stadium
16:00	B. O’Connor (0-2 frees) and J. Deane (0-4 frees) 0-5 each; N. Ronan 0-3; T. Kenny and N. McCarthy 0-2 each; B. Corcoran and J. O’Connor 0-1 each.	Report	A. O’Shaughnessy 0-5 (0-4 frees); N. Moran 0-4; C. Fitzgerald, M. O’Brien and P. Tobin 0-2 each; T.J. Ryan, M. Foley (free) and M. Keane 0-1 each.	Attendance: 34,202 Referee: E Morris (Dublin)

22 July 2006 Quarter-final	Kilkenny	2-22 - 3-14	Galway	Semple Stadium
18:00	H. Shefflin 0-11 (0-5 frees, 0-2 65’s); J. ‘Cha’ Fitzpatrick 1-2; E. Larkin 0-4; M. Comerford 0-3; A. Fogarty 1-0; E. Brennan 0-1, D. Lyng 0-1 each.	Report	G. Farragher 0-5 (0-3 frees); D. Tierney 1-2; N. Healy 1-1; E. Cloonan 1-0 (pen.); A. Kerins 0-2; D. Hayes 0-2; C. Dervan (65), R. Murray, 0-1 each.	Attendance: 34,202 Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

23 July 2006 Quarter-final	Clare	1-27 - 1-15	Wexford	Croke Park
14:15	N. Gilligan 0-6 (0-2 frees); T. Carmody (0-5); T. Griffin 0-4; D. McMahon 1-1; A. Markham 0-3; S. McMahon 0-3 (frees); D. O’Connell 0-2; F. Lynch, B. Nugent, D. Quinn, 0-1 each.	Report	R. McCarthy 1-1; R. Jacob 0-3; S. Doyle 0-3 (all frees); P. Codd 0-3 (all frees); D. Mythen 0-2; M. Jacob, E. Quigley, D. Ruth (free), 0-1 each.	Attendance: 45,928 Referee: M Haverty (Galway)

23 July 2006 Quarter-final	Waterford	1-22 - 3-13	Tipperary	Croke Park
16:00	D. Shanahan 1-5; D. Bennett 0-6 frees; E. McGrath, P. Flynn (0-2 frees) and J. Mullane 0-3 each; K. McGrath (free) and M. Walsh 0-1 each.	Report	E. Kelly 1-8 (1-3 frees, 0-2 65’s); J. Carroll 2-0; L. Corbett 0-2; P. Kelly, J. O’Brien and W. Ryan 0-1 each.	Attendance: 45,928 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Semi-finals[]

6 August 2006 Semi-final	Cork	1-16 - 1-15	Waterford	Croke Park
16:00	C Naughton (1-01), J Deane (0-04 (4f)), T McCarthy (0-03), N Ronan (0-03), B Corcoran (0-02), J O'Connor (0-02), T Kenny (0-01).	Report	E Kelly (1-06 (6f)), J Mullane (0-04), K McGrath (0-02 (2f)), D Shanahan (0-01), S Prendergast (0-01), E McGrath (0-01).	Attendance: 61,753 Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

13 August 2006 Semi-final	Kilkenny	2-21 - 1-16	Clare	Croke Park
16:00	H Shefflin 1-13 (5fr, 1 '65, 1 pen), E McCormack 1-0, M Comerford, E Larkin 0-2 each, J Fitzpatrick, D Lyng, R Power, E Brennan 0-1 each.	Report	N Gilligan 1-3 (2fr), S McMahon 0-5, T Griffin 0-4, T Carmody 0-2, D McMahon, D Quinn 0-1 each.	Attendance: 70,978 Referee: S Roche (Tipperary)

Final[]

3 September 2006 Final	Kilkenny	1-16 - 1-13	Cork	Croke Park
15:30	H. Shefflin 0-8 (0-5 frees); A. Fogarty 1-3; M. Comerford, D. Lyng, J. Fitzpatrick, R. Power and E. Brennan 0-1 each.	Report	B. O’Connor 1-4 (0-1 free); J. Deane 0-6 (0-5 frees); N. McCarthy, J. O’Connor and J. Gardiner 0-1 each.	Attendance: 82,275 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Championship statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	2-47	53	5	10.60
2	Eoin Kelly	Tipperary	3-38	47	4	11.75
3	James Young	Laois	1-33	36	4	9.00
4	Niall Gilligan	Clare	3-26	35	6	5.83
5	David Curtin	Dublin	0-34	34	5	6.80
6	Joe Deane	Cork	0-32	32	5	6.40
7	Andrew Mitchell	Westmeath	0-30	30	6	5.00
8	Dave Bennett	Waterford	0-27	27	5	5.40
9	Ger Farragher	Galway	1-22	25	4	6.25
10	Brian Carroll	Offaly	0-24	24	5	4.80

In a single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	1-13	16	Clare
1	James Young	Laois	1-13	16	Westmeath
2	Eoin Kelly	Tipperary	2-09	15	Waterford
3	Alan Kerins	Galway	4-02	14	Laois
3	Eoin Kelly	Tipperary	0-14	14	Limerick
4	Niall Gilligan	Clare	2-05	11	Dublin
4	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	0-11	11	Galway
5	Derek Quinn	Clare	1-07	10	Offaly
	Barry Foley	Limerick	1-07	10	Offaly
	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	1-07	10	Wexford

References[]

^ O'Connor, Colm and O'Brien, Brendan (12 November 2005). "'Tough draw' as Cork begin title defence against Clare". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
^ O'Sullivan, Jim (12 September 2005). "Confidence and craft carry the day". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
^ O'Sullivan, Jim (4 September 2006). "A glorious 29th for Kilkenny". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
^ "Kilkenny stutter to glory". Irish Times. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
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[1] O'Connor, Colm and O'Brien, Brendan (12 November 2005). "'Tough draw' as Cork begin title defence against Clare". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

[2] O'Sullivan, Jim (12 September 2005). "Confidence and craft carry the day". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

[3] O'Sullivan, Jim (4 September 2006). "A glorious 29th for Kilkenny". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

[4] "Kilkenny stutter to glory". Irish Times. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

[5] "Sharpshooter Young Laois ace". Irish Independent. 31 July 2005. Retrieved 5 August 2013.

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