2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship

2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
Championship Details
Dates	2 April - 22 May 2022
Teams	17
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Kilkenny (12th win)
Captain	Pádraic Moylan
Manager	Derek Lyng
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Limerick
Captain	Jimmy Quilty
Manager	Diarmuid Mullins
Provincial Champions
Munster	Limerick
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	20
Total Goals	45 (2.25 per game)
Total Points	715 (35.75 per game)
Top Scorer	Billy Drennan (1-40)
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Dates2 April - 22 May 2022

Teams17

WinnersKilkenny (12th win)

CaptainPádraic Moylan

The 2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship was the fourth staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 59th staging overall of a hurling championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship began on 2 April 2022 and ended on 22 May 2022.

Cork entered the championship as defending champions in search of a third successive title, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.^[1]^[2]

The final was played on 22 May 2022 at Semple Stadium in Thurles, between Kilkenny and Limerick, in what was their first meeting in a final in five years.^[3] Kilkenny won the match by 0-19 to 0-18 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title since 2008.^[4]^[5]

Kilkenny's Billy Drennan was the championship's top scorer with 1-40.

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2 April 2022 Round 1	Meath	1-12 - 1-18	Kildare	Páirc Tailteann
	J Murray 0-9; J Cole 1-2, J Coyne 0-1.	Report	F Maher 0-10, C McCabe 0-6, D Melville 1-0, J Higgins 0-1, F O'Sullivan 0-1.

2 April 2022 Round 1	Antrim	0-12 - 3-21	Laois	Parnell Park
	C McGarry 0-6 (four frees), S McIntosh 0-2, S McAuley 0-2 (frees), R McMullan 0-1, T Smyth 0-1,	Report	J Duggan 1-4, N Quinlan 2-1, C Dunne 0-7 (three frees, one ’65), P Brennan 0-4, D Delaney 0-3 (frees), A Kirwan 0-1, N Coss 0-1.

2 April 2022 Round 1	Carlow	1-13 - 2-18	Westmeath	Netwatch Cullen Park
	F O'Toole 1-8, C Kehoe 0-1, F Fitzpatrick 0-1, J Wall 0-1, D Murphy 0-1, E English 0-1.	Report	S Williams 0-9, D McCormack 1-3, M Cunningham 1-0, D Williams 0-2, C Murphy 0-1, J Murtagh 0-1, P Clarke 0-1, E Cunneen 0-1.	Referee: C Daly (Kildare)

9 April 2022 Round 2	Westmeath	0-13 - 2-17	Wexford	TEG Cusack Park
	S Williams 0-8, M Cunningham 0-2, C Murphy 0-1, P Clarke 0-1, B Gaffney 0-1,	Report	C Byrne (0-9, 8f); S O’Hagan, O Pepper (1-1 each); D Carley (0-2); C Foley, JJ Twamley, D Codd, T Kinsella (0-1 each).

9 April 2022 Round 2	Kildare	0-16 - 1-21	Laois	St Conleth's Park
	F Maher 0-4 (two frees), J Higgins and C McCabe (two frees) 0-3 each, A O’Brien, D Melville, F O’Sullivan, C Boran, C Flanagan and C Shanahan 0-1 each.	Report	A Kirwan 1-3, D Delaney (all frees) and C Dunne (two frees) 0-5 each, J Duggan, N Quinlan and T Keyes 0-2 each, C Comerford and I Shanahan 0-1 each.

2022 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship

Leinster Under-20 Hurling Championship

Leinster round 1

Leinster round 2

Leinster quarter-finals

Leinster semi-finals

Leinster final

Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship

Munster group stage

Group 1 table

Group 1 fixtures

Group 2 table

Group 2 fixtures

Munster semi-finals

Munster final

All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship Final

All-Ireland final

Statistics

Top scorers

References

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19 April 2022 Quarter-final	Laois	0-16 - 0-17	Wexford	MW Hire O'Moore Park
	D Delaney 0-7 (0-6f), C Dunne 0-3 (0-2f), E Critchley, A Kirwan, S Fitzpatrick, T Cuddy, C Comerford and P Tynan 0-1 each.	Report	C Byrne 0-7 (0-5f), C Dunbar-Byrne 0-4, T Kinsella 0-2, AJ Redmond, D Carley, S O’Hagan and J Redmond 0-1 each. Laois:	Referee: D Hughes (Kilkenny)

20 April 2022 Quarter-final	Kilkenny	3-21 - 1-16	Offaly	UPMC Nowlan Park
	B Drennan 1-7 (0-7f); H Shine 1-3; B Reid, G Dunne 0-3 each; J Doyle 1-0; T Clifford 0-2; P Langton, P McDonald, A Hickey 0-1 each.	Report	L Quinn 0-6 (6f); L Nolan 1-2; DJ McLoughlin, L Carey (2f) 0-2 each; S Ryan, D Bourke, C Mitchell, D Tierney 0-1 each.	Referee: C Flynn (Westmeath)

2 May 2022 Semi-final	Wexford	1-15 - 1-14	Dublin	Chadwicks Wexford Park
	C Byrne 0-10 (8 frees, 1 ’65), J Redmond 1-1, J Barrett, C Molloy, D Carley, T Kinsella 0-1 each.	Report	D Purcell 1-4 (0-2 frees), J O’Brien, B Scanlon (frees), D Crowe, T Gleeson 0-2 each, C Ó Cathasaigh, D Ó Dúllaing 0-1 each.	Referee: S Guinan (Offaly)

2 May 2022 Semi-final	Kilkenny	1-28 - 1-27 (aet)	Galway	Bord na Móna O'Connor Park
	B Drennan (0-17, 0-14f, 0-2 65’s), G Dunne (1-0), T Clifford (0-3), J Doyle, H Shine and J Fitzpatrick (0-2 each), I Byrne and T Dunne (0-1 each).	Report	L Collins (0-12, 0-6f, 0-1 65), R Davitt (1-1), A Conaire (0-3), D Davoren, C Molloy D Hanniffy (0-2 each), T Lee, S McDonagh, D McLoughlin (0-1 each), J Cooney (0-1, 0-1f)	Referee: R Fitzsimons (Offaly)

10 May 2022 Final	Wexford	0-15 - 1-13	Kilkenny	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Byrne 0-10 (9fs), J Redmond 0-2, T Kinsella 0-1, C Molloy 0-1, R Lawlor.	Report	B Drennan 0-7(fs), D Walsh 0-3, J. Doyle 1-0, T Clifford 0-1, A Hickey 0-1, P Langton 0-1	Referee: C Mooney (Dublin)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Limerick	2	2	0	44	37	7	4
2	Cork	2	1	1	44	48	-4	2
3	Clare	2	0	2	35	38	-3	0

6 April 2022 Round 1	Limerick	3-07 - 0-15	Clare	TUS Gaelic Grounds
	C O’Neill 2-3; P Kirby 1-0; A O’Connor 0-2 (1f);C Coughlan, J Quilty 0-1 each.	Report	S Punch 0-6 (0-5 frees); P Crotty, K Smyth 0-2 each; D Cahill, J Kirwan, C O’Meara, C Hergarty, C Galvin 0-1 each.	Referee: N Wall (Cork)

13 April 2022 Round 2	Clare	1-17 - 1-19	Cork	O'Garney Park
	K Smyth (0-6, 0-5 frees); S Punch (0-4, 0-4 frees); S Meehan (1-1); P Crotty (0-3); C Hegarty, D Cahill, O O’Donnell (0-1 each).	Report	B Cunningham (0-8, 0-7 frees, 0-1 ‘65); D Healy (1-0); E O’Leary (0-3, 0-3 frees), B O’Sullivan (0-3, 0-1 sc); B Keating (0-2); E Twomey, J Cahalane, C Walsh (0-1 each).	Referee: C Doyle (Tipperary)

20 April 2022 Round 3	Cork	1-19 - 1-25	Limerick	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	B Cunningham (0-10, 0-7 frees); B O’Sullivan (0-4); J Cahalane (1-0); C Smyth, L Horgan, B Keating, E O’Leary, D Hogan (0-1 each).	Report	A O’Connor (0-9, 0-7 frees); C Coughlan (0-4, 0-1 free); D Ó Dalaigh (1-1); E Stokes, S O’Brien, J Sweeney, J Kirby (0-2 each); A English, J Quilty, P Kirby (0-1 each).	Referee: M Kennedy (Tipperary)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Tipperary	2	2	0	51	36	15	4
2	Waterford	2	1	1	55	42	13	2
3	Kerry	2	0	2	28	56	-28	0

6 April 2022 Round 1	Kerry	0-13 - 3-15	Tipperary	Austin Stack Park
	R Walsh (0-5, 0-4f); N Guerin (0-4, 0-3f); K Carroll 0-2; F O’Sullivan, D Moriarty, D Slattery all 0-1 each.	Report	P McGarry 1-2; E Connolly, P Creedon 1-1 each; S Gleeson 0-4f; K Shelly 0-3f; J Leamy, E Ryan, S Kenneally, C Cadell, J Campion all 0-1 each.	Referee: N O'Toole (Waterford)

13 April 2022 Round 2	Tipperary	2-21 - 1-20	Waterford	FBD Semple Stadium
	K Shelly 1-10 (9fs, 1 65), P McGarry 1-2, P Creedon, J Leamy 0-2 each, C Quinn, J Campion, D Stakelum, E Connolly, C Fogarty 0-1 each.	Report	A Ryan 0-10 (6fs, 3 65s), Pádraig Fitzgerald 1-2, Patrick Fitzgerald 0-3 (1f), J O Floinn, S Callaghan, S Walsh, M Fitzgerald, J Foley 0-1 each.	Referee: N Malone (Clare)

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Billy Drennan	Kilkenny	1-40	43	4	10.75
2	Aidan O'Connor	Limerick	0-40	40	5	8.00
3	Cian Byrne	Wexford	0-36	36	4	9.00
4	Kyle Shelly	Tipperary	2-24	30	4	7.50
4	Aaron Ryan	Waterford	0-30	30	3	10.00
6	Ben Cunningham	Cork	0-22	22	3	7.33
7	Shane Williams	Westmeath	0-17	17	2	8.50
8	Pádraig Fitzgerald	Waterford	3-07	16	3	5.33
9	Dan Delaney	Laois	0-15	15	3	5.00
9	Cillian Dunne	Laois	0-15	15	3	5.00

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Billy Drennan	Kilkenny	0-17	17	Galway
2	Kyle Shelly	Tipperary	1-10	13	Waterford
3	Aaron Ryan	Waterford	0-12	12	Kerry
3	Liam Collins	Galway	0-12	12	Kilkenny
5	Fiach O'Toole	Carlow	1-08	11	Westmeath
6	Pádraig Fitzgerald	Waterford	2-04	10	Kerry
	Billy Drennan	Kilkenny	1-07	10	Offaly
	Cian Byrne	Wexford	0-10	10	Dublin
	Aidan O'Connor	Limerick	0-10	10	Waterford
	Aidan O'Connor	Limerick	0-10	10	Kilkenny
	Fionn Maher	Kildare	0-10	10	Meath
	Aaron Ryan	Waterford	0-10	10	Tipperary
	Ben Cunningham	Cork	0-10	10	Limerick
	Cian Byrne	Wexford	0-10	10	Kilkenny

20 April 2022 Round 3	Waterford	2-26 - 1-12	Kerry	Walsh Park
	A Ryan 0-12 (10fs), Padraig Fitzgerald 2-4, J Booth 0-3, M Fitzgerald, S Callaghan 0-2 each, J Foley, T Flynn, C Rellis 0-1 each.	Report	F O'Sullivan 0-7 (4fs, 1 65), M Kelliher 1-0, R O'Mahony 0-2, L Crowley, C Walsh, R Walsh (1f) 0-1 each.	Referee: S Stokes (Cork)

27 April 2022 Semi-final	Limerick	0-27 - 3-15	Waterford	TUS Gaelic Grounds
	A O'Connor 0-10 (5frees), A English and S O'Brien 0-5 each, E Stokes and C Coughlan 0-2 each, D O Dalaigh, C Thomas and P Kirby 0-1 each.	Report	A Ryan 0-8 (5frees, 1 '65), Patrick Fitzgerald 1-2 (1-0free), C Rellis and J Foley 1-0 each, S Fitzgerald, J Booth, W Beresford, Pádraig Fitzgerald and S Callaghan 0-1 each.	Referee: C Doyle (Tipperary)

27 April 2022 Semi-final	Tipperary	2-20 - 1-21	Cork	Semple Stadium
	K Shelly 0-5 (0-5f), J Leamy 0-5 (0-1f), J Campion 1-2, P Creedon 0-4, P McGarry 1-0, E Connolly 0-2, E Ryan, M Corcoran 0-1 each.	Report	B Cunningham 0-4 (0-3f, 0-1 ’65), B O’Sullivan 0-4, C Walsh 1-1, S Walsh 0-3, D Healy 0-3, D Hogan 0-2, J Cahalane 0-1, E Twomey 0-1, L Horgan 0-1, D Flynn 0-1 (0-1f).	Referee: N Malone (Clare)

4 May 2022 Final	Limerick	1-25 - 2-18	Tipperary	TUS Gaelic Grounds
	A O’Connor (0-9, 0-6 frees); A English (1-2); S O’Brien (0-5); C Thomas, C Scully, C Coughlan, J Quilty, J Kirby, E Stokes, P Kirby, P Reale, P O’Donovan (0-1 each).	Report	K Shelly (1-6, 0-3 frees); J Leamy (1-3, 0-1 free); P Creedon, P McGarry (0-3 each); C Quinn, D Stakelum, S Kenneally (0-1 each).	Referee: N Malone (Clare)

22 May 2022 Final	Limerick	0-18 - 0-19	Kilkenny	FBD Semple Stadium
	A O’Connor 0-10 (0-7f), A English 0-2, P O’Donovan 0-2, P Kirby 0-1, E Stokes 0-1, C Coughlan 0-1, S O’Brien 0-1	Report	B Drennan 0-9 (0-3f, 0-1 65), T Clifford 0-3, I Byrne 0-2, D Walsh 0-2, A Tallis 0-1 (0-1f), P Langton 0-1, A Hickey 0-1	Referee: Thomas Walsh (Waterford)