2009 Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship

2009 Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship
Dates 21 February
– 14 March 2009
Teams Connacht
Leinster
Munster
Ulster
Champions Leinster (27th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 3
Top scorer(s) Niall Healy (1–13)
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The 2009 Interprovincial Hurling Championship, known as the 2009 M Donnelly Hurling Interprovincial Championship due to the tournament's sponsorship by businessman Martin Donnelly, was the 82nd 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.

Participants

The teams involved are:

Province Manager
Connacht John McIntyre
Leinster John Conran
Muntser Len Gaynor
Ulster Dominic McKinley
Terence McNaughton

Results

Interprovincial Championship

21 February
Semi-final
Connacht 2–20 – 2–18 Munster
N Healy (1–6)
A Callanan (1–2)
K Hynes (0–2)
C Donnellan (0–2)
A Coen (0–2)
M Ryan (0–1)
B Burke (0–1)
A Cullinane (0–1)
K Raymond (0–1)
K Hooban (0–1)
J Gantley (0–1) 		Report A O’Shaughnessy (0–6)
P Kelly (1–2)
K McGrath (1–1)
S Prendergast (0–3)
T Griffin (0–3)
S McGrath (0–1)
S Molumphy (0–1)
J Clancy (0–1)
Pearse Stadium, Galway
Referee: F Smith (Meath)
GK 1Eric Ward
RCB 2Martin Ryan
FB 3Damien McClearn
LCB 4Fergal Moore
RWB 5Andy Coen
CB 6Brian Costello
LWB 7 Brian Burke
MD 8 Adrian Cullinane
MD 9 Keith Raymond  58'
RWF 10 Mark Kerins  43'
CF 11 Paul Killilea  37'
LWF 12 Kevin Hooban  50'
RCF 13 Niall Healy
CF 14 Joe Gantley
LCF 15 Aonghus Callanan
Substitutes used:
Kevin Hynes  37'
Cyril Donnellan  43'
Richie Murray  50'
Fergal Healy  58'
GK 1Brendna Cummins
RCB 2Conor O'Brien
FB 3Declan Prendergast
LCB 4Eoin Murphy  29'
RWB 5Benny Dunne
CB 6Michael Walsh
LWB 7 Séamus Hickey
MD 8 Shane McGrath  52'
MD 9 Donal O'Grady  35'
RWF 10 Séamus Prendergast
CF 11 Ken McGrath
LWF 12 Tony Griffin
RCF 13 Andrew O'Shaughnessy
CF 14 Stephen Molumphy
LCF 15 Paul Kelly  50'
Substitutes used:
Diarmaid FitzGerald  29'
James Woodlock  35'
Jonathan Clancy  50'
Shane O'Sullivan  52'

21 February
Semi-final
Ulster 0–8 – 4–14 Leinster
P Shiels (0–4)
B McGourtey (0–2)
K Hinphey (0–1)
K Stewart (0–1) 		Report E Brennan (2–0)
A Fogarty (1–3)
J Bergin (1–2)
D Lyng (0–4)
M Rice (0–2)
R Hanniffy (0–1)
E Quigley (0–1)
B Carroll (0–1)
Casement Park, Belfast
Referee: D Richardson (Limerick)
GK 1Ryan McGarry
RCB 2Kieran McGourty
FB 3Neil McGarry
LCB 4Mark Craig
RWB 5Ciaran Herron
CB 6Liam Hinphey
LWB 7 Johnny Campbell
MD 8 Andy Savage
MD 9 Benny Herron
RWF 10 Kevin Hinphey
CF 11 Brian McGourty
LWF 12 Paul Braniff
RCF 13 P. J. O'Connell
CF 14 Karl Stewart
LCF 15 Paul Shiels
Substitutes used:
Eddie McCloskey
Neil McAuley
Ruairí Convery
GK 1P. J. Ryan
RCB 2David Franks
FB 3David Kenny
LCB 4Jackie Tyrrell
RWB 5Tommy Walsh
CB 6J. J. Delaney
LWB 7 Michael Jacob
MD 8 Rory Hanniffy
MD 9 Colm Farrell
RWF 10 Alan McCrabbe
CF 11 Eoin Quigley
LWF 12 Derek Lyng
RCF 13 Aidan Fogarty
CF 14 Joe Bergin
LCF 15 Eddie Brennan
Substitutes used:
Michael Rice
Stephen Clynch
Stephen Hiney
David O'Callaghan
Brian Carroll

14 March
Final
Leinster 3–18 – 1–17 Connacht
H Shefflin (1–6)
D Lyng (1–2)
J Bergin (1–1)
E Brennan (0–3)
D O'Callaghan (0–2)
E Quigley (0–2)
A Fogarty (0–1)
R Hanniffy (0–1). 		Report N Healy (0–7)
R Murray (1–1)
A Callanan (0–2)
A Cullinane (0–2)
K Holohan (0–2)
C Donnellan (0–1)
J Gantley (0–1)
K Raymond (0–1)
Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club, Abu Dhabi
Referee: M. Wadding (Waterford)
GK 1P. J. Ryan
RCB 2David Franks
FB 3David Kenny
LCB 4Jackie Tyrrell
RWB 5Tommy Walsh
CB 6J. J. Delaney (c)
LWB 7 Michael Jacob
MD 8 Rory Hanniffy  54'
MD 9 Eoin Quigley
RWF 10 Michael Rice  60'
CF 11 Henry Shefflin
LWF 12 Derek Lyng  60'
RCF 13 David O'Callaghan  45'
CF 14 Joe Bergin
LCF 15 Eddie Brennan
Substitutes used:
Aidan Fogarty  45'
Colm Farrell  54'
Alan McCrabbe  60'
Stephen Clynch  60'
GK 1Colm Callanan
RCB 2Martin Ryan
FB 3Damien McClearn
LCB 4Ciarán O'Donovan  26'
RWB 5Andy Coen (c)  59'
CB 6Brian Costello
LWB 7 Ger Mahon
MD 8 Adrian Cullinane
MD 9 Keith Raymond  41'
RWF 10 Paul Killilea  38'
CF 11 Mark Kerins
LWF 12 Kevin Hooban  47'
RCF 13 Niall Healy
FF 14 Richie Murray
LCF 15 Aonghus Callanan
Substitutes used:
Brian Burke  26'
Cyril Donnellan  38'
Fergal Healy  41'
Joe Gantley  47'
Mike Keaveney  59'

Top scorers

Championship

Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Niall Healy Connacht 1–13 16 2 8.00
2 Eddie Brennan Leinster 2–3 9 2 4.50
Henry Shefflin Leinster 1–6 9 1 9.00

Single game

Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Niall Healy Connacht 1–6 9 Munster
Henry Shefflin Leinster 1–6 9 Connacht
3 Niall Healy Connacht 0–7 7 Leinster
4 Eddie Brennan Leinster 2–0 6 Ulster
Aidan Fogarty Leinster 1–3 6 Ulster
Andrew O'Shaughnessy Munster 0–6 6 Connacht
7 Aonghus Callanan Connacht 1–2 5 Munster
Joe Bergin Leinster 1–2 5 Ulster
Derek Lyng Leinster 1–2 5 Connacht
Paul Kelly Munster 1–2 5 Connacht

Sources