1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1971
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (5th win)
Captain	Pat McDonnell
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Wexford
Captain	Martin Quigley
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Galway
← 1970 1972 →

The 1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the eighth staging of Ireland's hurling knock-out competition for players aged between 18 and 21. Cork won the championship, beating Wexford 7-8 to 1-11 in the final.

The championship

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The three provincial winners join Galway to make up the four semi-finalists. The pairings are Munster v Ulster and Leinster v Galway. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while two teams advance to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest the All-Ireland final.

Fixtures

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

Cork v Down

August 1
Semi-Final

Cork	11-10 – 2-11	Down
J. Rothwell (4-1), M. Malone (3-1), S. O'Leary (1-5), E. Fitzpatrick (2-0), N. Crowley (1-0), S. Looney (0-2), K. McSweeney (0-1).		M. Coleman (1-6), J. McGrattan (1-0), S. McGrattan (0-2), S. Sands (0-1), G. Lennon (0-1), B. Gilmore (0-1).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Galway v Wexford

August 22
Semi-Final

Galway	0-9 – 4-8	Wexford
P. J. Molloy (0-3), M. Donoghue (0-3), E. Donoghue (0-1), M. Greaney (0-1).		T. Byrne (1-4), M. Butler (1-2), S. Kinsella (1-0), B. Dunne (1-0), M. Quigley (0-1), G. Coone (0-1), M. Casey (0-1).

Ballinasloe
Referee: J. Kirwan (Offaly)

Cork v Wexford

September 12
Final

Cork	7-8 – 1-11	Wexford
J. Rothwell (4-0), S. O'Leary (2-4), B. Cummins (1-0), P. Kavanagh (0-2), M. Malone (0-1), K. McSweeney (0-1).		M. Butler (1-2), M. Casey (0-3), L. Bennett (0-2), T. Byrne (0-2), J. Russell (0-1), B. Dunne (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P. Buggy (Kilkenny)

Cork

Wexford

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Cork's victory in the championship decider is the county's fourth All-Ireland title in succession and fifth in six years. The 'four-in-a-row' is a record which still stands as of 2010.
Wexford become the first team to lose three All-Ireland finals in-a-row.

4 goals in a final and 4 goals and a point in semi-final at U21 by John (Rocky) Rothwell are high scoring records which still stand as of 2013.

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championships

Championships	1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Finals	1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Connacht Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Ulster Championship

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