2009–10 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 2009–10 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 40th staging of Ireland's premier inter-county club hurling competition since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970–71. A total of 15 teams competed in the championship, with Ballyhale Shamrocks unseating the two-time defending champions Portumna by 1–19 to 0–17 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.[1] The championship began on 11 October 2009 and concluded on 17 March 2010.

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 2009–10
Championship Details
Dates11 October 2009 – 17 March 2010
Teams15
All Ireland Champions
WinnersBallyhale Shamrocks (5th win)
CaptainÉamonn Walsh
ManagerMick Fennelly
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upPortumna
CaptainLeo Smith
ManagerJohnny Kelly
Provincial Champions
MunsterNewtownshandrum
LeinsterBallyhale Shamrocks
UlsterDunloy
ConnachtPortumna
Championship Statistics
Matches Played14
Total Goals33 (2.35 per game)
Total Points428 (30.57 per game)
Top ScorerHenry Shefflin (1–42)
Action from the All-Ireland final between Ballyhale Shamrocks (green) and Portumna (blue and yellow); Croke Park, 17 March 2010.

Pre-championship

The build-up to the opening of the championship was dominated by Portumna and the possibility that they would become the first club to win three All-Ireland titles in-a-row, and a remarkable fourth in five championship seasons.[2] Having secured their fifth county title since 2003, Portumna were only two games away from immortality. The club had already come to be regarded as possibly the greatest club side of all time. Winning an elusive three-in-a-row would close the argument on club hurling's greatest team.[3]

Ballyhale Shamrocks were regarded as the primary challengers to Portumna's stranglehold on the championship. They entered the competition having captured their fourth county title and were hoping to become the first club to win five All-Ireland titles. Similarly, they were hoping to exact revenge on Portumna who dished out a 5–11 to 1–16 trouncing in the previous year's semi-final.[4]

The championship

Participating counties
Team County Captain Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial County
Adare Limerick Donncha Sheehan 2008
Ballyboden St. Enda's Dublin Malachy Travers 2008
Ballycran Down Seán Ennis 1993 2007
Ballygunner Waterford Alan Kirwan 2001 2005
Ballyhale Shamrocks Kilkenny Éamonn Walsh 2006 2008 2008
Clonkill Westmeath Seán Loughlin 2007
Clough-Ballacolla Laois Mick McEvoy
Cratloe Clare Barry Duggan
Dunloy Antrim Michael McClements 2007 2007
Kevin Lynch's Derry 2008
Newtownshandrum Cork Dermot Gleeson 2004 2005 2005
Oulart-the-Ballagh Wexford Paul Roche 2007
Portumna Galway Leo Smith 2009 2007 2008
Thurles Sarsfields Tipperary Johnny Enright 2005
Tullamore Offaly Shane Dooley 1964

Format

The 2009–10 club championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. It was a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random in the respective provinces – there were no seeds.

Each match was played as a single leg. If a match was drawn there was a replay. If that match ended in a draw a period of extra time was played, however, if both sides were still level at the end of extra time another replay would take place.

Leinster Championship

Quarter-finals: (2 matches) These were two lone matches between the first four teams drawn from the province of Leinster.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals joined the other two Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game.

Munster Championship

Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Munster.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined the other three Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game.

Ulster Championship

Semi-finals: (1 match) This was a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Ulster.

Final: (1 match) The winner of the lone semi-final joined another Ulster team, who received a bye to the final, to make up the final pairings.

All-Ireland Series

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four provincial champions contested these games.

Final: (1 match) The two semi-final winners contested the final.

Fixtures

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Ballycran2–17 – 2–13Kevin Lynch's
J Coyle 2–5, S Wilson 0–8 (1 '65', 0–7 frees), A Clarke 0–2, P Keith, G Savage 0–1 each. (report) C Herron 0–4 (0-3f), K Hinphey 0–4, L Craig, P McCloskey 1–0 each, A McCloskey, P Kelly 0–2 each, L Hinphey 0–1.
Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)
Dunloy2–16 – 2–11Ballycran
G McGhee (0-2f), S Dowds (0-5f), L Richmond (0–3), G O’Kane (0–4); A Elliott (0-1f), P Richmond (2–1). (report) P Keith (0–1), S Wilson (1-6f), J Coyle (0–1), C Woods (0–1), C Arthurs (0–1), A Clarke (1–0), M Braniff (0–1).
Referee: G. Devlin (Armagh)

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Oulart-the-Ballagh1–21 – 2–20
(AET)		Ballyhale Shamrocks
J Roche (0–1 free), L Prendergast (0–1), M Jacob (0–1); D Nolan (0–4), R Jacob (0–5), G Sinnott (0–1), N Kirwan (1–8, 0–8 frees). (report) TJ Reid (2–4, 0–1 free), H Shefflin (0–8, four frees), C Fennelly (0–2); P Reid (0–1), E Reid (0–3), D Hoyne (0–2).
Referee: B. Gavin (Offaly)
Clonkill1–21 – 2–12Clough-Ballacolla
Brendan Murtagh 1–9 (0–6 frees), Shane Power, Alan Dowdall, Paddy Dowdall 0–2 each, John Fagan, Andrew Mitchell, Michael Heffernan, Larry Donohue, Luke Folan, Anthony Price 0–1 each. (report) Damien Bergin 1–6 (0–6 frees), Willie Hyland 0–3, Kevin Keyes 1–0, Canice Coonan, Mick Dunphy, Tom Delaney 0–1 each.
Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)
Clonkill1–9 – 1–12Tullamore
S Dooley 0–8 (7f, 1 '65); F Kerrigan 1–1; S Kelly 0–2; K Martin 0–1. (report) B Murtagh 1–1 (1-1f); A Mitchell (0–2 '65); P Dowdall, L Folan 0–2 each; O Price, A Price 0–1 each.
Referee: J. Owens (Wexford)
Ballyhale Shamrocks4–18 – 0–18Ballyboden St. Enda's
H Shefflin 1–6 (0-4f, 0–1 '65'), E Reid 1–3, TJ Reid 1–2, C Fennelly 1–0, J Fitzpatrick, P Reid 0–2 each, M Fennelly, D Hoyne, M Aylward 0–1 each. (report) P Ryan 0–8 (0-5f, 0–3 '65'), D Sweeney 0–4 (0-1sl), C Keaney 0–2, M Travers, D Curtin, N McMorrow, E Carroll 0–1 each.
Referee: B. Kelly (Westmeath)
Tullamore1–8 – 1–16Ballyhale Shamrocks
S Dooley (1–4, 0-3f, 0–1 '65'), J Keane (0–1), S Kelly (0–1); G Treacy (0–1); F Kerrigan (0–1). (report) H Shefflin (0–6, 0-3f, 0–1 '65'), P Reid (1–0), E Reid (0–3), D Hoyne (0–2), M Fennelly (0–2); TJ Reid (0–2), C Fennelly (0–1).
Referee: J. Owens (Wexford)

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Thurles Sarsfield's1–15 – 0–19Newtownshandrum
P. Bourke 1–5 (0–2 frees, 0–1 sideline); D. Maher 0–6; S. Ryan 0–2; J. Enright, M. Gleeson, 0–1 each. (report) B. O’Connor 0–8 (0–4 frees, 0–1 65, 0–1 sideline); Jerry O’Connor 0–3; C. Naughton 0–3; R. Clifford 0–2; J. Coughlan, PJ Copse, M. Bowles, 0–1 each.
Referee: G. Hoey (Clare)
Newtownshandrum1–17 – 1–14Adare
B. O’Connor 0–10 (0-8f, 0–1 65); J. O’Connor 0–3; J. Bowles 1–0; PJ Copse, R. Clifford, M. Bowles, J. Coughlan, 0–1. (report) D. Hannon 1–13 (1-9f); D. Sheehan 0–1.
Referee: P. Casey (Waterford)
Ballygunner1–14 – 0–15Cratloe
P Flynn 0–5 (0-5f), B Mullane 1–0, B O'Sullivan, JJ Hutchinson, A Maloney 0–2 each,P Mahony, W Hutchinson, S Power 0–1 each. (report) D Browne 0–6 (0-6f), S Collins 0–5, M Oige Murphy 0–2, C McInerney, L Markham 0–1 each.
Referee: J. Sexton (Ballyhea)
Ballygunner2–9 – 2–11Newtownshandrum
P. Flynn 0–8 (all frees); S. Power 1–0; B. Mullane 1–0; B. O’Sullivan 0–1. (report) B. O’Connor 0–5 (0–2 frees, 0–1 65, 0–1 sideline); J. Bowles 1–0; J. Coughlan 1–0; R. Clifford 0–2; C. Naughton 0–2; PJ Copse, Jerry O’Connor, 0–1 each.
Referee: D. O'Driscoll (Limerick)

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
Ballyhale Shamrocks0–19 – 0–17Newtownshandrum
H. Shefflin 0–13 (0–8 frees, 0–2 65’s); M. Aylward 0–2; E. Reid, TJ Reid, C. Fennelly, J. Fitzpatrick, 0–1 each. (report) B. O’Connor 0–9 (0–7 frees, 0–1 65, 0–1 sideline); M. Bowles 0–3; R. Clifford 0–2; Jerry O’Connor 0–2; C. Naughton 0–1.
Referee: J. Ryan (Tipperary)
Portumna2–18 – 0–12Dunloy
J Canning 1–8 (0-8f), C Ryan 1–1, A Smith 0–3, K Hayes 0–3, D Hayes 0–2, P Smith 0–1. (report) P Shiels 0-4f, S Dowds 0-2f, K McKeague 0–2, G O’Kane 0–1, L Richmond 0–1, P Doherty 0–1, P Richmond 0–1.
Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)
Ballyhale Shamrocks1–19 – 0–17Portumna
C Fennelly (0–2), H Shefflin (0–9), TJ Reid (0–3), E Reid (0–3), P Reid (0–1), D Hoyne (1–1). (report) P Smith (0–1), A Smith (0–1); D Hayes (0–2), J Canning (0–12), M Dolphin (0–1).
Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Championship statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Season
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 Henry Shefflin Ballyhale Shamrocks 1–42 45 5 8.00
2 Ben O'Connor Newtownshandrum 0–32 32 4 8.00
3 Joe Canning Portumna 1–20 23 2 11.50
4 T. J. Reid Ballyhale Shamrocks 3–12 21 5 4.20
5 Simon Wilson Ballycran 1-14 17 2 8.50
6 Brendan Murtagh Clonkill 2-10 16 2 8.00
Declan Hannon Adare 1-13 16 1 16.00
7 Eoin Reid Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-13 16 5 3.20
8 Shane Dooley Tullamore 1-12 15 2 7.50
9 Paul Flynn Ballygunner 0-13 13 2 6.50

Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Declan Hannon Adare 1–13 16 Newtownshandrum
2 Henry Shefflin Ballyhale Shamrocks 0–13 13 Newtownshandrum
3 Brendan Murtagh Clonkill 1–09 12 Clough-Ballacolla
Joe Canning Portumna 0–12 12 Dunloy
4 James Coyle Ballycran 2–05 11 Kevin Lynch's
Nicky Kirwan Oulart-the Ballagh 1–08 11 Ballyhale Shamrocks
Joe Canning Portumna 1–08 11 Dunloy
5 Ben O'Connor Newtownshandrum 0–10 10 Adare
6 Simon Wilson Ballycran 1–06 9 Dunloy
Damien Bergin Clough-Ballacolla 1–06 9 Clonkill
Henry Shefflin Clough-Ballacolla 1–06 9 Ballyboden St. Enda's
Henry Shefflin Ballyhale Shamrocks 0–09 9 Portumna
Ben O'Connor Newtownshandrum 0–09 9 Ballyhale Shamrocks

Referees

The following referees were used during the championship:

Name County Games
James OwensWexford2
Dickie MurphyWexford2
Brian GavinOffaly2
Gerard DevlinArmagh1
John SextonCork1
Pat CaseyWaterford1
Ger HoeyClare1
Cathal McAllisterCork1
Barry KellyWestmeath1
Declan O'DriscollLimerick1
Johnny RyanTipperary1

Stadia

The following stadia were used during the championship:

County Stadium Capacity
DublinCroke Park82,300
TipperarySemple Stadium55,000
CorkPáirc Uí Chaoimh43,000
AntrimCasement Park32,600
WestmeathCusack Park15,000
WexfordWexford Park25,000
KilkennyNowlan Park24,000
OffalyO'Connor Park20,000
WaterfordWalsh Park17,000
DublinParnell Park13,500

References
  1. "Ballyhale Shamrocks end Portumna's reign". RTÉ Sport. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. "Canning and Hayes inspire Portumna rout". Irish Independent. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  3. "Portumna rise above the rest". Irish Independent. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  4. "Portumna 5–11 Ballyhale Shamrocks 1–16". RTÉ Sport. 22 February 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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