2021 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

2021 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	30 July – 19 September 2021
Teams	9
Sponsor	Garvey's SuperValu
Champions	Kilmoyley (26th title); Flor McCarthy (captain); John Meyler (manager)
Runners-up	St Brendan's; Stephen Leen (captain); Tomás Moloney (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	31 (2.21 per match)
Points scored	431 (30.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cian Hussey (1-48)
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Dates30 July – 19 September 2021

Teams9

SponsorGarvey's SuperValu

Champions

Kilmoyley (26th title)
Flor McCarthy (captain)
John Meyler (manager)

The 2021 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the group stage pairings took place on 15 July 2021.^[1] The championship ran from 30 July to 19 September 2021.

Kilmoyley entered the championship as the defending champions.^[2]

The final was played on 19 September 2021 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Kilmoyley and St Brendan's, in what was their fifth meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in six years. Kilmoyley won the match by 1–14 to 1–11 to claim a record-breaking 26th championship title overall and a second title in succession.^[3]

Cian Hussey was the championship's top scorer with 1-48.

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Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Causeway	2	2	0	0	48	29	19	4
St Brendan's	2	1	0	1	36	50	-14	2
Ballyduff	2	0	0	2	37	42	-5	0

31 July 2021 Round 1	Causeway	3-20 - 0-13	St Brendan's	Austin Stack Park
	B Lyons 0-8, G Dooley 2-1, K Carmody 0-4, S Leahy 1-0, C Harty 0-3, G Leen 0-1, G Carey 0-1, A Feely 0-1, J Diggins 0-1.		C Hussey 0-8, B O'Connor 0-2, F Mackessy 0-2, P O'Sullivan 0-1.

8 August 2021 Round 2	Ballyduff	1-13 - 1-16	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	P Boyle 0-9, A Boyle 1-1, M Boyle 0-1, D Moriarty 0-1, K Goulding 0-1.		B Lyons 0-9, B Murphy 1-1, J Leahy 0-2, S Leahy 0-1, J Diggins 0-1, T Casey 0-1, G Dooley 0-1.

13 August 2021 Round 3	St Brendan's	2-17 - 1-18	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park
	C Hussey 0-14 (0-7 frees, 0-1 ’65), F Mackessy 1-2, S Brosnan 1-1.	Report	P Boyle 0-14 (0-12 frees), A Boyle 1-0, K Goulding 0-2; M Boyle 0-1, K O’Connor 0-1.

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilmoyley	2	2	0	0	61	36	25	4
Lixnaw	2	1	0	1	32	37	-5	2
Ballyheigue	2	0	0	2	30	50	-20	0

2021 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

To championship

Group 1

Group 1 table

Group 1 results

Group 2

Group 2 table

Group 2 results

Group 3

Group 3 table

Group 3 results

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Miscellaneous

References

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30 July 2021 Round 1	Kilmoyley	4-23 - 1-16	Ballyheigue	Austin Stack Park
	D Collins 1-11, M O'Connor 2-1, R Collins 1-2, J Brick 0-3, R Walsh 0-2, T Murnane 0-2, M Flaherty 0-1, P O'Connor 0-1.		N Guerin 0-8, P Carroll 1-0, C Walsh 0-3, M Leane 0-2, D Mahony 0-2, B O'Riordan 0-1.

7 August 2021 Round 2	Ballyheigue	1-08 - 1-12	Lixnaw	Austin Stack Park
	N Guerin 1-7, P Carroll 0-1.		S Conway 0-9, J Buckley 1-2, R Galvin 0-1.

15 August 2021 Round 3	Lixnaw	1-14 - 1-23	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park
	S Conway (0-7, 5f), J Buckley (1-0), M Kelliher (0-2), J Brosnan (0-1), B Brosnan (0-1), C O'Keeffe (0-1), E McCarthy 0-1.	Report	D Collins (0-9, 8f), D Nolan 1-1, J Brick (0-3), D McCarthy (0-2), A Royle 0-2, D Kennedy (0-1), F McCarthy (0-1), D Fitzell (0-1), M Flaherty (0-1), R Collins (0-1), R Walsh (0-1).

1 August 2021 Round 1	Abbeydorney	0-18 - 0-17	Dr Crokes	Austin Stack Park
	K O'Connor 0-7, D Scanlon 0-3, B O'Leary 0-2, A Maunsell 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, R O'Donovan 0-1, S O'Donovan 0-1, D O'Leary 0-1, D Egan 0-1.		M Heffernan 0-11, D Carroll 0-2, J Lenihan 0-1, T Doyle 0-1, A Murphy 0-1, C Bohane 0-1.

6 August 2021 Round 2	Dr Crokes	1-04 - 3-23	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	A Murphy 1-0, M Heffernan 0-3, T Doyle 0-1.		Declan O'Donoghue 2-2, S Nolan 0-6, D Hunt 1-1, B Mahony 0-4, Darragh O'Donoghue 0-2, J Sheehan 0-2, D Quille 0-1, D Kennelly 0-1, P Quille 0-1, A O'Mahony 0-1, T O'Connor 0-1, R Nolan 0-1.

14 August 2-21 Round 3	Crotta O'Neill's	0-14 - 1-11	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	S Nolan ((0-7, 6f), B Mahony (0-2), Declan O'Donoghue (0-2), J Sheehan (0-1).	Report	K O'Connor (0-8, 6f, 2'65), M Slattery (1-0), J Sheehan (0-2), J Parker 0-1.

21 August 2021 Quarter-final	Lixnaw	2-18 - 1-09	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	S Conway (0-7, 7f), J Buckley (0-4), S McElligott 1-0, J Brosnan (1-0), M Conway (0-3), B Brosnan (0-1), C O'Keeffe (0-1), M Kelliher (0-1), J Flaherty 0-1.	Report	K O'Connor (0-4, 2f, 1'65), J Sheehan (1-0), D Egan (0-2), J O'Connor (0-1), R O'Donovan (0-1), PJ Keane 0-1.

21 August 2021 Quarter-final	St Brendan's	1-16 - 0-18	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	C Hussey 1-13, F Mackessy 0-2, S O'Halloran 0-1.	Report	S Nolan 0-10, C Trant 0-2, D Hunt 0-2, B O'Mahony 0-2, Declan O'Donoghue 0-1, J Sheehan 0-1.

4 September 2021 Semi-final	Kilmoyley	0-17 - 0-16	Lixnaw	Austin Stack Park
	D Collins (0-12, 9 frees), P O’Connor, M O’Connor, J Brick, R Walsh, D Nolan (0-1 each).	Report	S Conway (0-12, 10 frees, 1 S/L), B Brosnan (0-2), W Costello, S McElligott (0-1 each).

5 September 2021 Semi-final	St Brendan's	1-19 - 2-13	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	C Hussey (0-8, 7 frees, 1 65), F Mackessy (1-5), S Brosnan (0-2), E Leen, B O’Connor, J Egan, K Hannafin (0-1 each).	Report	B Murphy (0-5, 4 frees), B Lyons, G Dooley (1-1 each), J Diggins (2 frees), C Harty, D Goggin (0-2 each).

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Cian Hussey	St Brendan's	1-48	51	5	10.20
2	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	1-38	41	4	10.25
3	Shane Conway	Lixnaw	0-35	35	4	8.75
4	Pádraig Boyle	Ballyduff	0-23	23	2	11.50
4	Shane Nolan	Crotta O'Neill's	0-23	23	3	7.66
6	Billy Lyons	Causeway	1-18	21	3	7.00
7	Fionán Mackessy	St Brendan's	2-13	19	5	3.80
7	Keith O'Connor	Abbeydorney	0-19	19	3	6.33
9	Nathan Guerin	Ballyheigue	1-15	18	2	9.00
10	Mark Heffernan	Dr Crokes	0-14	14	2	7.00

19 September 2021 Final	Kilmoyley	1-14 - 1-11	St Brendan's	Austin Stack Park
	D Collins (0-6, 5 f’s), M O’Connor (1-1), P O’Connor, D Nolan and A Royle (0-2 each), J Brick (0-1).	Report	C Hussey (0-5, 3f), K Hanafin (1-0), F Mackessy and S Brosnan (0-2 each), P O’Sullivan and S O’Halloran (0-1 each).	Referee: M Sexton (Limerick)

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Cian Hussey	St Brendan's	1-13	16	Crotta O'Neill's
2	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	1-11	14	Ballyheigue
	Pádraig Boyle	Ballyduff	0-14	14	St Brendan's
	Cian Hussey	St Brendan's	0-14	14	Ballyduff
5	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	0-12	12	Lixnaw
5	Shane Conway	Lixnaw	0-12	12	Kilmoyley
7	Mark Heffernan	Dr Crokes	0-11	11	Abbeydorney
8	Nathan Guerin	Ballyheigue	1-07	10	Lixnaw
8	Shane Nolan	Crotta O'Neill's	0-10	10	St Brendan's
10	Shane Conway	Lixnaw	0-09	9	Ballyheigue
	Pádraig Boyle	Ballyduff	0-09	9	Causeway
	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	0-09	9	Lixnaw
	Billy Lyons	Causeway	0-09	9	Ballyduff