2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 2015–16
Championship Details
Dates	4 October 2015 – 17 March 2016
Teams	18
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Na Piarsaigh (1st win)
Captain	Cathal King
Manager	Shane O'Neill
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Ruairí Óg
Captain	Arron Graffin
Manager	John McKillop
Provincial Champions
Munster	Na Piarsaigh
Leinster	Oulart–The Ballagh
Ulster	Ruairí Óg
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	17
Total Goals	43 (2.5 per game)
Total Points	495 (29.1 per game)
Top Scorer	Neil McManus (2-29)
← 2014-15 2016-17 →

The 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 46th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship since it began in the 1970-71 season. It is the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The winners receive the Tommy Moore Cup.

The championship began on 4 October 2015 and ended on 17 March 2016.

Ballyhale Shamrocks were the defending champions but were defeated by O'Loughlin Gaels in the Kilkenny championship. Cuala, Glen Rovers and Sarsfields returned to the championship after prolonged absences.

On 17 March 2016, Na Piarsaigh won the championship following a 2-25 to 2-14 defeat of Ruairí Óg, Cushendall in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title and a first title for a Limerick club.

Ruairí Óg, Cushendall's Neil McManus was the championship's top scorer with 2-29.

Format

County Championships

Ireland's counties play their county championships between their senior hurling clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc or a combination.

Provincial Championships

Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. Connacht do not organise a provincial championship and are represented in the All-Ireland semi-finals by the Galway champions. All matches are knock-out and extra time is played if it's a draw at the end of normal time.

All-Ireland

The two semi-finals are played in early February. The All-Ireland final is traditionally played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March. All matches are knock-out. If it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals, extra time is played. If the final ends in a draw the match is replayed.

Initial Schedule

County championships April 2015 to November 2015
Provincial championships October 2015 to December 2015
All-Ireland semi-finals early February 2016
All-Ireland final 17 March 2016

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final




		15 November 2015 - Parnell Park

		Clara	0-17
8 November 2015 - O'Connor Park
		Cuala	3-12
Coolderry	0-12
				29 November 2015 - Netwatch Cullen Park
Cuala	1-23
				Cuala	0-13
1 November 2015 - Netwatch Cullen Park
				Oulart–The Ballagh	2-13
St. Mullin's	0-9
		15 November 2015 - Cusack Park
Clonkill	4-9
		Clonkill	0-8
1 November 2015 - O'Moore Park
		Oulart–The Ballagh	0-16
Clough/Ballacolla	0-13

Oulart–The Ballagh	3-8

Quarter-finals

St. Mullin's v Clonkill

1 November 2015 Quarter-final	St. Mullin's	0-9 - 4-9	Clonkill	Netwatch Cullen Park
	M Kavanagh (0-06, 0-05 frees), J Doyle (0-03, 0-01 free).	Report	B Murtagh (2-02, 1-00 pen, 1-02 frees), N Dowdall (2-01), A Dowdall (0-02), A Price (0-02, 0-01 free), C Thompson (0-01), P Dowdall (0-01).	Referee: G McGrath (Dublin)

Clough/Ballacolla v Oulart–The Ballagh

1 November 2015 Quarter-final	Clough/Ballacolla	0-13 - 3-8	Oulart–The Ballagh	O'Moore Park
	S Maher (0-5), W Hyland (0-4), R Broderick (0-1), T Delaney (0-1), A Corby (0-1), R Phelan (0-1).	Report	R Jacob (1-4), M Doyle (1-0), D Redmond (1-0), D Mythen (0-2), P Roche (0-1), B Dunne (0-1).	Referee: P Burke (Kilkenny)

Coolderry v Cuala

8 November 2015 Quarter-final	Coolderry	0-12 - 1-23	Cuala	O'Connor Park
	D Murray (0-7, 0-06 frees, 0-1 ’65), D King (0-2), K Connolly (0-1), A Corcoran (0-1), E Ryan (0-1).	Report	D Treacy (0-12, frees), M Schutte (1-2), D O’Connell (0-2), J Malone (0-1), C Cronin (0-1), C Waldron (0-1), S Treacy (0-1), N Kenny (0-1), S Moran 0-1, N Carty (0-1).	Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)

Semi-finals

Cuala v Clara

15 November 2015 Semi-final	Cuala	3-12 - 0-17	Clara	Parnell Park
	D Treacy (0-06, 0-05f), C Cronin (1-02), M Schutte (1-00), S Treacy (1-00), J Malone (0-02), C Waldron (0-01), D O'Connell (0-01).	Report	K Hogan (0-12, 0-12f), C Bolger (0-02), Lester Ryan (0-01), J Langton (0-01), Liam Ryan (0-01).	Referee: G McGrath (Wexford)

Clonkill v Oulart–The Ballagh

15 November 2015 Semi-final	Clonkill	0-8 - 0-16	Oulart–The Ballagh	Cusack Park
	Anthony Price (0-3, two frees), N Dowdall (0-2), M Heffernan (0-2), B Murtagh (0-1, free).	Report	N Kirwan (0-4, one free, one ‘65’), D Mythen (0-5), R Jacob (0-2), D Redmond (0-2), T Storey (0-1), P Roche (0-1, free), G Sinnott (0-1).	Referee: P Murphy (Carlow)

Final

Cuala v Oulart–The Ballagh

29 November 2015 Final	Cuala	0-13 - 2-13	Oulart–The Ballagh	Netwatch Cullen Park
	D Treacy (0-10, 0-07f), C O'Callaghan (0-02), S Treacy (0-01).	Report	N Kirwan (0-05, 0-03f, 0-01 65), T Dunne (1-01), G Sinnott (1-00), T Storey (0-03), D Mythen (0-02), E Moore (0-01), D Redmond (0-01).	Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final




		8 November 2015 - Walsh Park

		Ballygunner	0-19

		Glen Rovers	1-9

				22 November 2015 - Semple Stadium

				Ballygunner	2-11
25 October 2015 - O'Garney Park
				Na Piarsaigh	2-18
Sixmilebridge	1-15
		15 November 2015 - Gaelic Grounds
Na Piarsaigh	3-11
		Na Piarsaigh	2-15

		Thurles Sarsfields	0-17

Quarter-final

Sixmilebridge v Na Piarsaigh

25 October 2015 Quarter-final	Sixmilebridge	1-15 - 3-11	Na Piarsaigh	O'Garney Park
	N Gilligan (0-7, five frees), C Malone (1-1), B Corry (0-3), A Morey (0-2), C Deasy and S Golden (0-2 each).	Report	S Dowling (0-5, three frees, one 65m), A Breen (1-2), K Downes (1-1), P Casey (1-0), R Lynch (free), D Dempsey and K Ryan (0-1 each).	Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Semi-finals

Ballygunner v Glen Rovers

8 November 2015 Semi-final	Ballygunner	0-19 - 1-9	Glen Rovers	Walsh Park
	Brian O’Sullivan (0-9; 0-7, 0-1 65), Shane O’Sullivan (0-2), P Hogan (0-2), S Power (0-2; 0-1 65), T O’Sullivan (0-1), B O’Keeffe (0-1), H Barnes (0-1), C Sheahan (0-1).	Report	P Horgan (1-5; 0-3f, 0-1 65), G Moylan (0-1), G Callanan (0-1), C Dorris (0-1), B Phelan (0-1).	Referee: J Murphy (Limerick)

Na Piarsaigh v Thurles Sarsfields

15 November 2015 Semi-final	Na Piarsaigh	2-15 - 0-17	Thurles Sarsfields	Gaelic Grounds
	S Dowling 0-7 (7f), D Dempsey 1-1, P Casey 1-1, K Ryan 0-2, A Dempsey 0-2, K Downes 0-1, C King 0-1.	Report	P Bourke 0-8 (5f 1 ‘65’), A McCormack 0-3, S Cahill 0-2, B McCarthy 0-1, L Corbett 0-1, C Lanigan 0-1, J Maher 0-1.	Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Final

Ballygunner v Na Piarsaigh

22 November 2015 Final	Ballygunner	2-11 - 2-18	Na Piarsaigh	Semple Stadium
	B O’Sullivan 1-6 (4f, 2 65s), T O’Sullivan 1-0, S Power 0-2 (1f), S O’Keeffe 0-1 (1f), S O’Sullivan 0-1, JJ Hutchinson 0-1	Report	S Dowling 1-4 (2f), D Dempsey 1-2, P Casey 0-3, R Lynch (1f), A Dempsey 0-2, K Ryan 0-2, M Foley 0-1, W O’Donoghue 0-1, D Breen 0-1.	Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final




		11 October 2015 - O'Neill Park

		Ballycran	0-14

		Slaughtneil	2-18

				25 October 2015 - Athletic Grounds

				Slaughtneil	3-17 aet

				Ruairí Óg, Cushendall	1-24 aet

		11 October 2015 - Owenbeg

		Ruairí Óg, Cushendall	1-17
4 October 2015 - Drumgoon Road
		Middletown	1-9
Lisbellaw	2-10

Middletown	0-19

Quarter-final

Lisbellaw v Middletown

4 October 2015 Quarter-final	Lisbellaw	2-10 - 0-19	Middletown	Drumgoon Road
	S Corrigan 1-6, C McShea 1-0, J Duffy 0-3, C Corrigan 0-1.	Report	R Gaffney 0-11, C Carville 0-3, S Toal 0-1, D Carville 0-1, P Hughes 0-1, P Lappin 0-1, M Maguire 0-1.	Referee: J O'Connor

Semi-finals

Ballycran v Slaughtneil

11 October 2015 Semi-final	Ballycran	0-14 - 2-18	Slaughtneil	O'Neill Park
	James Coyle 0-8f, Scott Nicholson 0-2, Brendan Ennis 0-2, Christopher Egan 0-1, Eugene Gilmore 0-1.	Report	Cormac O'Doherty 1-7 (0-7f), Brendan Rogers 1-3, Brian Cassidy 0-3, Chrissy McKaigue and Sé McGuigan 0-2 each, Gareth O'Kane 0-1	Referee: O Elliott

Ruairí Óg, Cushendall v Middletown

11 October 2015 Semi-final	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall	1-17 - 1-9	Middletown	Owenbeg
	Donal McNaughton 1-3, Shane McNaughton 0-4, Christy McNaughton 0-3, Paddy McGill, Neil McManus, Karl McKeegan 0-2 each, Ryan McCambridge 0-1.	Report	Ryan Gaffney 0-6, Mark Maguire 1-0, Cathal Carville 0-2, P McBride 0-1.	Referee: É Hassan

Final

Slaughtneil v Ruairí Óg, Cushendall

25 October 2015 Final	Slaughtneil	3-17 - 1-24 (aet)	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall	Athletic Grounds
3:30 pm	C O'Doherty 0-9 (9f), B Rodgers 1-2 (1f), B Cassidy 1-1, G O'Kane 1-1, C McKaigue 0-2, M Kearney, O O'Doherty (f) 0-1 each.	Report	N McManus 0-13 (9f); C McNaughton 1-2; K McKeegan, S McNaughton, D McNaughton 0-2 each; E Campbell, S McAfee, C Carson 0-1 each.	Referee: J Clarke (Cavan)

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Draw

Semi-finals		Final

6 February 2016

Oulart the Ballagh, Wexford	0-20 AET
		17 March 2016
Na Piarsaigh, Limerick	1-22 AET
		Na Piarsaigh, Limerick	2-25
6 February 2016
		Ruairí Óg, Cushendall	2-14
Sarsfields, Galway	1-6

Ruairí Óg, Cushendall	3-12

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

Sarsfields v Ruairí Óg, Cushendall

6 February 2016 Semi-final	Sarsfields	1-6 - 3-12	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall	Páirc Tailteann
14:00	Niall Morrissey (0-5f), Joseph Cooney 1-0, Alan Ward 0-1	Report	Neil McManus 1-7 (1-0 pen, 0-5f), Sean McAfee 1-0, Karl McKeegan 1-0, Paddy McGill 0-3, Conor Carson and Alec Delargy 0-1 each	Referee: P O'Dwyer (Carlow)

Oulart the Ballagh v Na Piarsaigh

6 February 2016 Semi-final	Oulart the Ballagh	0-20 - 1-22 (AET)	Na Piarsaigh	Semple Stadium
15:45	Nicky Kirwan 0-10 (0-8f), Des Mythen 0-3, Eoin Moore 0-2 (0-1f), Shaun Murphy, Garrett Sinnott, Tommy Storey, Conor O’Leary (1f), Billy Dunne (0-1f) 0-1 each.	Report	David Breen 1-2, Shane Dowling 0-5 (0-4 frees); Kevin Downes and Alan Dempsey 0-4 each, David Dempsey, Peter Casey 0-2 each, Ronan Lynch (0-1f), Adrian Breen, Will O'Donoghue 0-1 each.	Referee: F Horgan (Tipperary)

All-Ireland final

Na Piarsaigh v Ruairí Óg, Cushendall

17 March 2016 Final	Na Piarsaigh	2-25 - 2-14	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall	Croke Park
14:00	Shane Dowling (0-7, 0-5 frees), Adrian Breen (1-4); Kevin Downes (1-2); Alan Dempsey (0-4); Peter Casey (0-3); David Breen (0-2); Ronan Lynch, Will O’Donoghue, Pat Gleeson (1 '65) (0-1 each).	Report	Neil McManus (1-7, 0-7 frees); Shane McNaughton (0-4); Karl McKeegan (1-0); Eoghan Campbell, Alec Delargy, Conor Carson (0-1 each).	Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Neil McManus	Ruairí Óg	2-29	35	4	8.75
2	Shane Dowling	Na Piarsaigh	1-28	31	5	6.20
3	David Treacy	Cuala	0-28	28	3	9.33
4	Cormac O'Doherty	Slaughtneil	1-16	19	2	9.50
4	Nicky Kirwan	Oulart–The Ballagh	0-19	19	3	6.33
6	Brian O'Sullivan	Ballygunner	1-15	18	2	9.00
7	Ryan Gaffney	Middletown	0-17	17	2	8.50
8	Peter Casey	Na Piarsaigh	2-9	15	5	3.00
9	Kevin Downes	Na Piarsaigh	2-8	14	4	3.50
10	Adrian Breen	Na Piarsaigh	2-7	13	5	2.60

Single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Neil McManus	Ruairí Óg	0-13	13	Slaughtneil
2	David Treacy	Cuala	0-12	12	Coolderry
3	Keith Hogan	Clara	0-12	12	Cuala
4	Ryan Gaffney	Middletown	0-11	11	Lisbellaw
5	Neil McManus	Ruairí Óg	1-7	10	Na Piarsaigh
	Cormac O'Doherty	Slaughtneil	1-7	10	Ballycran
	Neil McManus	Ruairí Óg	1-7	10	Sarsfields
	David Treacy	Cuala	0-10	10	Oulart–The Ballagh
	Nicky Kirwan	Oulart–The Ballagh	0-10	10	Na Piarsaigh
10	Seán Corrigan	Lisbellaw	1-6	9	Middletown
	Brian O'Sullivan	Ballygunner	1-6	9	Na Piarsaigh
	Cormac O'Doherty	Slaughtneil	0-9	9	Ruairí Óg
	Brian O'Sullivan	Ballygunner	0-9	9	Glen Rovers

Miscellaneous

After losing six provincial finals between 1994 and 2013, Oulart–The Ballagh finally won the Leinster title by defeating Cuala 2-13 to 0-13.

Team Summaries

Team	County	Captain(s)	Manager	Most recent success
Team	County	Captain(s)	Manager	All-Ireland	Provincial	County
Ballycran	Down				1993	2011
Ballygunner	Waterford	David O'Sullivan	Denis Walsh		2001	2014
Clara	Kilkenny	Keith Hogan	Mick Purcell			2013
Clonkill	Westmeath	Paddy Dowdall	David O'Reilly			2012
Clough/Ballacolla	Laois	Darren Maher	Kevin Martin			2011
Coolderry	Offaly	Brian Carroll	Johnny Kelly		2011	2011
Cuala	Dublin		Mattie Kenny			1994
Glen Rovers	Cork	Graham Callinan	Richie Kelleher	1977	1976	1989
Lisbellaw	Fermanagh		Adie Phillips			2013
Middletown	Armagh		Arthur Hughes			2012
Na Piarsaigh	Limerick	Cathal King	Shane O'Neill		2013	2013
Oulart–The Ballagh	Wexford	Barry Kehoe	Frank Flannery			2013
Ruairí Óg, Cushendall	Antrim	Seán Delargy Arron Graffin	John McKillop		2015	2015
Sarsfields	Galway	Joe Cooney	Cathal Murray	1994	1997	1997
Sixmilebridge	Clare	Caimin Morey	John O'Meara	1996	2000	2013
Slaughtneil	Derry		Michael McShane			2014
St. Mullin's	Carlow	Paudie Kehoe				2014
Thurles Sarsfields	Tipperary	Pádraic Maher	Paddy McCormack		2012	2014

References

"Ballyhale are Kings of Croke Park again as Shefflin savours a third club championship". The 42. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
"Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-18 Kilmallock 1-6". GAA.ie. 17 March 2015. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
"Ballyhale brush aside Kilmallock to claim hurling title". RTE Sport. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
"Brilliant Ballyhale Shamrocks turn on the style". Irish Examiner. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
"Ballyhale's reign as All-Ireland club champions comes to an end in Kilkenny". The 42. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

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