2006 Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship

2006 Interprovincial Hurling Championship
Dates 14 October
– 28 October 2006
Teams Connacht
Leinster
Munster
Ulster
Champions Leinster
Tournament statistics
Matches played 3
Goals scored 6 (2 per match)
Points scored 104 (34.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Eugene Cloonan (2-15)
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The 2006 Interprovincial Hurling Championship, known as the 2006 M Donnelly Hurling Interprovincial Championship due to the tournament's sponsorship by businessman Martin Donnelly, was the 79th series of the Interprovincial Championship. The annual hurling championship between the four historic provinces of Ireland was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The championship was won by Leinster.

Results

Inter provincial Championship

October 14
Semi-final
Leinster 2-19 - 0-12 Ulster
D Franks (0-6)
A Fogarty (1-2)
R Power (0-4)
J Bergin (1-0)
R McCarthy (0-3)
J McCaffrey (0-2)
Diarmuid Lyng (0-1)
E Brennan (0-1) 		Report J McIntosh (0-10)
S McBride (0-1)
R Convery (0-1)
Parnell Park, Dublin
Referee: M Haverty (Galway)

October 15
Semi-final
Munster 1-16 - 2-17 Connacht
E Kelly (1-6)
P Kelly (0-3)
N Gilligan (0-2)
T Carmody (0-2)
A O'Shaughnessy (0-1)
M Walsh (0-1)
N Moran (0-1) 		Report E Cloonan (2-6)
R Murray (0-3)
D Tierney (0-2)
G Farragher (0-1)
K Broderick (0-1)
T Óg Regan (0-1)
A Kerins (0-1)
D Collins (0-1)
F Healy (0-1)
Cusack Park, Ennis
Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

October 28
Final
Connacht 0-17 - 1-23 Leinster
E Cloonan (0-9)
I Tannian (0-3)
F Healy (0-2)
M Kerins (0-1)
R Murray (0-1)
D Tierney (0-1) 		Report R Power (0-7)
E Brennan (0-6)
J Bergin (1-3)
A Fogarty (0-4)
E Larkin (0-2)
Derek Lyng (0-1)
Pearse Stadium, Galway
Referee: S Roche (Tipperary)
GK 1Liam Donoghue
RCB 2Damien Joyce
FB 3Ger Mahon  47'
LCB 4Tony Óg Regan
RWB 5David Collins
CB 6Diarmuid Cloonan
LWB 7 John Lee
MD 8 Richie Murray  60'
MD 9 David Tierney
RWF 10 Iarla Tannian
CF 11 Mark Kerins
LWF 12 Alan Kerins  44'
RCF 13 Kenneth Burke  25'
FF 14 Eugene Cloonan
LCF 15 Fergal Healy
Substitutes:
Damien Hayes  25'
Niall Healy  44'
M. J. Quinn  47'
Ger Farragher  60'
GK 1Brian Mullins
RCB 2Richie Mullally  48'
FB 3John Tennyson
LCB 4James Ryall
RWB 5Tommy Walsh
CB 6Rory Hanniffy
LWB 7 Diarmuid Lyng  67'
MD 8 Derek Lyng  59'
MD 9 Gary Hanniffy
RWF 10 Eoin Larkin  67'
CF 11 Richie Power
LWF 12 David Franks  29'
RCF 13 Eddie Brennan (c)
FF 14 Joe Bergin
LCF 15 Aidan Fogarty
Substitutes:
Michael Jacob  29'
Malachy Travers  48'
James Young  59'
Darren McCormack  67'
John McCaffrey  67'

Top scorers

Championship

Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Eugene Cloonan Connacht 2–15 21 2 10.50

Single game

Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Eugene Cloonan Connacht 2-6 10 Munster
1 Johnny McIntosh Ulster 0-10 10 Leinster
1 Eoin Kelly Munster 1-6 9 Connacht
Eugene Cloonan Connacht 0-9 10 Leinster