2016 Laois Senior Hurling Championship

2016 Laois Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	22 July – 23 October 2016
Teams	8
Sponsor	Laois Shopping Centre
Champions	Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton (1st title); Brian Stapleton (captain); Ken Hogan (manager)
Runners-up	Rathdowney–Errill; Brian Campion (captain); Brian Young (manager)
Relegated	The Harps
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	40 (2.11 per match)
Points scored	587 (30.89 per match)
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Dates22 July – 23 October 2016

Teams8

SponsorLaois Shopping Centre

Champions

Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton (1st title)
Brian Stapleton (captain)
Ken Hogan (manager)

The 2016 Laois Senior Hurling Championship was the 123rd staging of the Laois Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Laois County Board in 1888. The draw for the opening round fixtures was made on 3 March 2016.^[1] The championship ran from 22 July to 23 October 2016.

Clough–Ballacolla entered the championship as the defending champions.^[2]^[3]

The final was played on 23 October 2016 at O'Moore Park in Port Laoise, between Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton and Rathdowney–Errill, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton won the match by 1–18 to 2–10 to claim their first ever championship title.^[4]^[5]

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Team	Location	Colours	Manager	Captain(s)
Abbeyleix St Lazerian's	Abbeyleix	Primrose and blue	Mark Tyrrell	Oisín Carroll Enda Rowland
Ballinakill	Ballinakill	Maroon and white	James Carroll	T. J. Lalor
Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton	Borris-in-Ossory	Green, red and white	Ken Hogan	Brian Stapleton
Camross	Camross	Black and yellow	Arien Delaney	Malvin Moloney
Clough–Ballacolla	Ballacolla	Blue and gold	Kevin Martin	Willie Hyland
Rathdowney–Errill	Rathdowney	Red, white and green	Brian Young	Brian Campion
Ballinakill	Ballinakill	Maroon and white	James Carroll	T. J. Lalor
The Harps	Durrow	Red and yellow	David Cuddy	John Prior

21 August 2016 Quarter-final	Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton	2-24 - 1-15	Portlaoise	O'Moore Park
	PJ Scully 0-11, N Foyle 1-2, E Fitzpatrick 1-1, J Campion 0-4, A Dunphy 0-4, D Fitzpatrick 0-1, B Meade 0-1.		A Bergin 0-8, T Fitzgerald 1-0, S Culleton 0-3, D Delaney 0-2, C Taylor 0-1, J Phelan 0-1.

11 September 2016 Semi-final	Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton	1-13 - 0-16	Ballinakill	O'Moore Park
	E Fleming 1-2, D Quinlan 0-4, J Campion 0-3, P Whelan 0-2, A Dunphy 0-1, S Phelan 0-1.		C Dwyer 0-10, S Dwyer 0-2, E Dwyer 0-2, TJ Lalor 0-1, S Downey 0-1.

11 September 2016 Semi-final	Rathdowney–Errill	1-16 - 2-13	Camross	O'Moore Park
	R King 0-9, L O'Connell 1-0, T Dowling 0-3, P Purcell 0-2, D Poynton 0-1, J Kelly 0-1.		Z Keenan 1-8, D Duggan 1-1, D Dooley 0-2, A Collier 0-1, D Palmer 0-1.

25 September 2016 Semi-final replay	Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton	1-10 - 0-12	Ballinakill	O'Moore Park
	J Campion 1-2, PJ Scully 0-4, D Quinlan 0-3, A Dunphy 0-1.		C Dwyer 0-8, S Dwyer 0-2, TJ Lalor 0-1, E Jackman 0-1.

2016 Laois Senior Hurling Championship

Results

Round 1

Round 2A

Round 2B

Relegation playoff

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final replay

References

External links

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25 September 2016 Semi-final replay	Rathdowney–Errill	0-17 - 1-13	Camross	O'Moore Park
	R King 0-8, J Purcell 0-2, L O'Connell 0-2, D Poynton 0-2, J Keane 0-1, E Killeen 0-1, E Meagher 0-1.		Z Keenan 0-7, N Holemes 1-0, D Dooley 0-2, A Collier 0-2, D Gilmartin 0-1, D Duggan 0-1.

9 October 2016 Final	Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton	2-26 - 2-26	Rathdowney–Errill	O'Moore Park
	PJ Scully 0-12 (11f), N Foyle 2-2, A Dunphy 0-4, J Campion and P Whelan 0-3 each, E Fitzpatrick and J Fitzpatrick 0-1 each.	Report	R King 0-14 (8f), T Dowling 0-6, L O'Connell 1-2, J Purcell 1-0, J Kelly 0-2, J Ryan and D Poynton 0-1 each.

9 October 2016 Final	Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton	1-18 - 2-10	Rathdowney–Errill	O'Moore Park
	PJ Scully 0-12 (12f), N Foyle 1-0, J Campion 0-2, P Whelan, D Fitzpatrick, C Stapleton, A Dunphy 0-1 each.	Report	R King 0-9 (7f), P Purcell, J Purcell 1-0 each, J Corrigan 0-1.