The 2025 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2025 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA. Kilkenny were the defending champions having defeated Dublin in the 2024 final. Kilkenny beat Galway in the final to clinch their sixth final in a row and 77th overall.
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 will be relegated 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
From Championship
Relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup
Teams
General Information
Six counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship:
Personnel and kits
Group stage
Table
Source:
- (F) qualified for Leinster final
- (E) eliminated from All-Ireland championship
- (R) relegated to Joe McDonagh Cup
Fixtures
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Leinster Final
Stadia and Locations
Statistics
Top Scorers
Top Scorer Overall
In A Single Game
Scoring events
- Widest winning margin: 28 points
- Galway 6-27 - 1-14 Antrim (Round 4)
- Most goals in a match: 8
- Kilkenny 5-19 - 3-21 Dublin (Round 4)
- Most points in a match: 45
- Kilkenny 3-24 - 0-21 Galway (Round 1)
- Dublin 3-26 - 4-19 Wexford (Round 2)
- Galway 1-29 - 2-16 Wexford (Round 3)
- Most goals by one team in a match: 6
- Galway 6-27 - 1-14 Antrim (Round 4)
- Most points by one team in a match: 30
- Antrim 2-12 - 2-30 Kilkenny (Round 2)
- Highest aggregate score: 66 points
- Dublin 3-26 - 4-19 Wexford (Round 2)
- Lowest aggregate score: 43 points
- Wexford 2-17 - 1-17 Offaly (Round 4)
- Wexford 2-19 - 1-15 Kilkenny (Round 5)
- Offaly 3-15 - 1-16 Antrim (Round 5)
Miscellaneous
See also
References