2021 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship

2021 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	3 September - 13 November 2021
Teams	16
Sponsor	Go-Ahead
Champions	Kilmacud Crokes (6th title); Caolan Conway (captain); Kieran Dowling (manager); Donal McGovern (manager)
Runners-up	Na Fianna; Seán Murphy (captain); Niall Ó Ceallacháin (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	93 (2.82 per match)
Points scored	1217 (36.88 per match)
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The 2021 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship was the 134th and current staging of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Dublin County Board in . The championship began on 3 September 2021 and ended on 13 November 2021.

Cuala entered the championship as the , however, they were beaten by Kilmacud Crokes at the semi-final stage.^[1]

The final was played on 13 November 2021 at Parnell Park in Dublin, between Kilmacud Crokes and Na Fianna, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Kilmacud Crokes won the match by 4-26 to 2-25 - the first ever to be settled in extra time - to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first title since 2014.^[2]

Team changes[]

There were no changes in personnel in terms of the participating teams as a result of the suspension of promotion/relegation in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.^[3]

Group stage[]

Group 1[]

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Na Fianna	3	3	0	0	90	46	44	6
Craobh Chiaráin	3	2	0	1	81	68	13	4
Whitehall Colmcille	3	1	0	2	55	91	-36	2
Ballinteer St John's	3	0	0	3	50	71	-21	0

Group 2[]

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Lucan Sarsfields	3	3	0	0	78	47	31	6
St Jude's	3	2	0	1	70	68	2	4
St Vincent's	3	1	0	2	80	59	21	2
	3	0	0	3	40	94	-54	0

Group 3[]

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilmacud Crokes	3	3	0	0	93	47	46	6
Cuala	3	2	0	1	80	70	10	4
St Brigid's	3	1	0	2	71	70	1	2
Thomas Davis	3	0	0	3	37	94	-57	0

Group 4[]

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Ballyboden St Enda's	3	3	0	0	92	46	46	6
St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh	3	2	0	1	73	57	16	4
Faughs	3	1	0	2	59	61	-2	2
Scoil Uí Chonaill	3	0	0	3	27	87	-60	0

Relegation stage[]

Playoffs[]

16 October 2021 Semi-final	Ballinteer St John's	2-19 - 2-17		O'Toole Park
				Referee: Tom Tansey

17 October 2021 Semi-final	Thomas Davis	1-11 - 3-21	Scoil Uí Chonaill	Parnell Park
				Referee: Paul Faughnan

Final

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Thomas Davis

Parnell Park

Knockout stage[]

Quarter-finals[]

16 October 2021 Quarter-final	Na Fianna	0-26 - 0-23	St Jude's	Parnell Park
				Referee: Mark Ryan

16 October 2021 Quarter-final	Craobh Chiaráin	1-16 - 1-20	Lucan Sarsfields	Parnell Park
				Referee: Peter Smyth

17 October 2021 Quarter-final	Kilmacud Crokes	1-26 - 0-19	St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh	Parnell Park
				Referee: PJ Murray

17 October 2021 Quarter-final	Ballyboden St Enda's	0-28 - 1-27	Cuala	Parnell Park
				Referee: Dave Aston

Semi-finals[]

31 October 2021 Semi-final	Lucan Sarsfields	0-12 - 1-20	Na Fianna	Parnell Park
				Referee: Thomas Gleeson

31 October 2021 Semi-final	Cuala	1-13 - 1-18	Kilmacud Crokes	Parnell Park
				Referee: Sean Stack

Final[]

13 November 2021 Final	Kilmacud Crokes	4-26 - 2-25 (AET)	Na Fianna	Parnell Park
	R Hayes 1-14 (8f, 1 65), O O’Rorke 1-3, A Considine, F Whitley 1-1 each, C Conway 0-3, L McMullan 0-2, D Purcell, D Crowe 0-1 each.	Report	D Burke 2-7 (1-0 pen; 6 f), S Currie 0-8 (1 sideline), AJ Murphy, M Murphy 0-2 each, P Feeney, S Barrett, AJ Murphy, L Rushe, P O’Dea, K Burke 0-1 each.	Referee: Chris Mooney

References[]

^ McKeon, Conor (20 September 2020). "Cuala see off Ballyboden in cracker to claim Dublin SHC crown for fifth time in six years". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
^ McGoldrick, Seán (13 November 2021). "Kilmacud Crokes claim sixth Dublin Senior Hurling Championship title after dramatic final win over Na Fianna". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
^ O'Riordan, Ian (1 July 2020). "No promotion or relegation in 2020 Dublin club championship". Irish Times. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

External link[]

Dublin GAA website

[1] McKeon, Conor (20 September 2020). "Cuala see off Ballyboden in cracker to claim Dublin SHC crown for fifth time in six years". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

[2] McGoldrick, Seán (13 November 2021). "Kilmacud Crokes claim sixth Dublin Senior Hurling Championship title after dramatic final win over Na Fianna". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

[3] O'Riordan, Ian (1 July 2020). "No promotion or relegation in 2020 Dublin club championship". Irish Times. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

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