1971–72 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1971–72
Championship Details
Dates 1971–1972
All Ireland Champions
Winners Blackrock (1st win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Rathnure
Provincial Champions
Munster Blackrock
Leinster Rathnure
Ulster Loughgiel Shamrocks
Connacht Tommy Larkin's

The 1971–72 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the second since its establishment the previous year. The championship was organised on a county basis, with champion clubs representing each county. The first matches of the season were played in the winter of 1970 and the championship ended on 14 May 1972.

The championship culminated with the very first All-Ireland club final, held at Walsh Park, Waterford. The match was contested by Blackrock of Cork and Rathnure of Wexford. Blackrock won the game by 5–13 to 6–9. It was their very first All-Ireland title.

Format

The 1970–71 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the participating counties entered their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:

Provincial Championships

The Leinster, Connacht, Munster and Ulster championships were played on a straight knock-out basis. The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

All-Ireland Series

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster champions played the Connacht champions while the Leinster champions played the Ulster champions. The winners of these two games contested the All-Ireland club final.

Fixtures

Provincial Senior Club Hurling Championship

1971-03-26
Connacht
Tommy Larkin’s 7–14 – 0–6 Four Roads
St. Croan's Park, Ballyforan

1971
Ulster
Loughgiel Shamrocks 3–8 – 1–12 Portaferry
St. Patrick's Park, Portaferry

1972-04-25
Munster
Blackrock 4–10 – 3–1 Moyne-Templetuohy
Kilmallock Park, Kilmallock

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

1972-04-30
Semi-final
Rathnure 5–25 – 2–4 Loughgiel Shamrocks
T. O'Connor (0–1), J. Murphy (0–5), M. Quigley (1–5), J. Higgins (1–1), D. Quigley (2–8), J. English (1–3), P. Flynn (0–2). J.J. Smith (1–2), S. McMullen (0–1), B. Mulholland (1–1).
Kennedy Park, New Ross

1972-04-30
Semi-final
Blackrock 3–7 – 2–8 Tommy Larkin’s
P. Moylan (0–4), W. Cronin (1–1), D. Collins (1–0), R. Cummins (1–0), J. Rothwell (0–1), F. Cummins (0–1). C. Farrell (0–4), T. Donohoe (1–1), M. Fogarty (1–0), C. Stanley (0–2), P. Donohoe (0–1).
The Duggan Park, Ballinasloe

1972-05-14
Final
Blackrock 5–13 – 6–9 Rathnure
D. collins (0–3), R. Cummins (0–1), P. Moylan (0–8), J. Rothwell (3–1), D. Prendergast (2–0). T. O'Connor (0–2), M. Byrne (0–1), M. Quigley (1–0), J. Murpjy (0–1), P. Flynn (0–1), J. English (1–0), D. Quigley (2–4), S. Barron (2–0).
Walsh Park, Waterford
Referee: N. Dalton (Waterford)
BLACKROCK:
GK 1 B. Hurley
RCB 2 P. Casey
FB 3 P. Geary
LCB 4 J. Horgan (c)
RWB 5 S. Murphy
CB 6 F. Cummins
LWB 7 F. Norberg
M 8 M. Murphy
M 9 P. Kavanagh
RWF 10 D. Collins
CF 11 R. Cummins
LWF 12 P. Moylan
RCF 13 B. Cummins
FF 14 J. Rothwell
LCF 15 D. Prendergast
RATHNURE:
GK 1 M. Foley
RCB 2 J. Quigley
FB 3 A. Somers
LCB 4 M. Mooney
RWB 5 J. O’Connor
CB 6 T. O’Connor
LWB 7 J. Quigley
M 8 M. Byrne
M 9 J. Mooney
RWF 10 J. Higgins
CF 11 M. Quigley
LWF 12 J. Murphy
RCF 13 P. Flynn
FF 14 J. English
LCF 15 D. Quigley
Substitutes:
RCF S. Barron

MATCH RULES