2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

The 2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2023 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA. Kilkenny were the defending champions having defeated Galway in the 2022 final.

Format

Group stage (15 matches)

Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Leinster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the all-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team may face relegation to next years Joe McDonagh Cup.

Final (1 match)

The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Leinster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Leinster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Joe McDonagh Cup

Antrim

From Championship

Relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup

Laois

Teams

General Information

Six counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship:

Personnel and kits

Group stage

Table

Matches

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Leinster Final

Stadia and locations

Championship statistics

Scoring events

Widest winning margin: 34 points
Galway 6-33 - 0-17 Westmeath (Round 3)
Most goals in a match: 9
Wexford 4-23 - 5-18 Kilkenny (Round 5)
Most points in a match: 56
Wexford 1-30 - 1-26 Antrim (Round 2)
Most goals by one team in a match: 6
Galway 6-33 - 0-17 Westmeath (Round 3)
Most points by one team in a match: 33
Galway 6-33 - 0-17 Westmeath (Round 3)
Highest aggregate score: 75 points
Antrim 3-20 - 5-31 Kilkenny (Round 3)
Lowest aggregate score: 36 points
Kilkenny 0-29 - 0-07 Westmeath (Round 1)

Miscellaneous

Kilkenny won the championship for a fourth year in a row
Westmeath defeated Wexford in the championship for the first time since 1940.

References