2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship details
Dates	27 April 2014 — 27 September 2014
Teams	15
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Kilkenny (35th win)
Captain	Lester Ryan
Manager	Brian Cody
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Tipperary
Captain	Brendan Maher
Manager	Eamon O'Shea
Provincial champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	36
Goals total	115 (3.19 per game)
Points total	1327 (36.86 per game)
Top Scorer	Séamus Callanan (9-50)[1]
Player of the Year	Richie Hogan
All-Star Team	See here
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Semple Stadium in Thurles

Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork

Croke Park in Dublin City

The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 127th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The draw for the 2014 fixtures took place on 3 October 2013.^[2][3] The championship began on 27 April 2014 and ended on 7 September 2014.

On 7 June 2014 Kilkenny versus Offaly was broadcast on Sky Sports, the first time a Championship fixture was broadcast live to a UK-wide audience.^[4][5] British viewers were reported to have been "amazed and confused", "bemused but impressed" and "amused and confounded" after seeing hurling for the first time.^[6][7][8]

Clare entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Wexford.^[9] Kilkenny won the All-Ireland title following a 2-17 to 2-14 defeat of Tipperary after a replay.^[10][11][12]

Overview

All teams from the 2013 championship continued to line out in hurling's top tier in 2014.

On 23 March 2013, the GAA's annual Congress adopted a proposal from the Central Competition Controls Committee (CCCC) which sought to introduce a round-robin qualifying group in Leinster for five designated counties.

Ten counties competed in the 2013 Leinster championship; however, the CCCC proposal decreased the Leinster competition to a field of five regulars, namely Kilkenny, Dublin, Wexford, Offaly and Galway, alongside two more from a round-robin qualifying group featuring Laois, Westmeath, Carlow, London and Antrim. These five teams each played four games, with the top two qualifying for the Leinster Championship quarter-finals. The fourth-placed team met the winner of the Christy Ring Cup in a promotion/relegation play-off. The bottom county faced automatic relegation to the Christy Ring Cup.^[13][14]

Personnel and kits

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Captain	Vice-captain(s)	Manager(s)	Most recent success
All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Antrim	Saffron and white	Creagh Concrete	Neil McManus		Kevin Ryan		2013
Carlow	Red, green and yellow	Dan Morrissey Ltd.	Edward Coady		John Meyler
Clare	Saffron and blue	Pat O'Donnell	Patrick Donnellan		Davy Fitzgerald	2013	1998	1977–78
Cork	Red and white	Chill Insurance	Patrick Cronin		Jimmy Barry-Murphy	2005	2006	1998
Dublin	Navy and blue	AIG	John McCaffrey		Anthony Daly	1938	2013	2011
Galway	Maroon and white	Supermac's	Joe Canning[15]	David Burke	Anthony Cunningham	1988	2012	2010
Kilkenny	Black and amber	Glanbia	Lester Ryan	J.J. Delaney	Brian Cody	2012	2011	2014
Laois	Blue and white	MW Hire Services	Matthew Whelan		Séamus Plunkett	1915	1949
Limerick	Green and white	Sporting Limerick	Donal O'Grady		T. J. Ryan	1973	2013	1997
London	Green and white	Bewley's Hotels			Tommy Harrell	1901
Offaly	Green, white and gold	Carroll Cuisine	Joe Bergin		Brian Whelahan	1998	1995	1990–91
Tipperary	Blue and gold	Škoda Auto	Brendan Maher[16]	Noel McGrath	Eamon O'Shea	2010	2012	2008
Waterford	White and blue	3	Michael "Brick" Walsh[17]	Jake Dillon	Derek McGrath	1959	2010	2007
Westmeath	Maroon and white	Renault	Eoin Price		Brian Hanley
Wexford	Purple and Gold	Gain	Garrett Sinnott		Liam Dunne	1996	2004	1972–73

Broadcasting

In the first year of a deal running from 2014 until 2016, a total of 45 provincial and All-Ireland championship matches in hurling and football were broadcast live on television in Ireland.^[18][19] A total of 31 games will be shown by RTÉ and 14 by Sky Sports for the first time. TV3's six year-involvement with broadcasting games came to an end in 2013. Sky Sports will also broadcast live the All-Ireland Hurling and Football semi-finals and finals along with RTÉ. ^{[20][21][22][23][24][25]}

The first game to be broadcast by Sky Sports was the Leinster quarter-final between Kilkenny and Offaly in Nowlan Park on Saturday 7 June.^[26][27] Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney were announced as presenters of Sky's coverage, with Dave McIntyre and Mike Finnerty as commentators.^[28] Analysts for the hurling championship were Jamesie O'Connor and Nicky English.^[29][30]

In May, the GAA and RTÉ launched a new streaming service called GAAGO intended to stream championship games worldwide.^[31] The subscription-based service will be available to fans everywhere in the world outside of the island of Ireland, including all the games broadcast in Ireland exclusively by Sky Sports.^[32] All 45 televised games from the football and hurling championships, as broadcast by both RTÉ and Sky will be available to watch on GAAGO.^[33] For Great Britain, the games broadcast by Sky will only be available through Sky. The price for a worldwide GAAGO 'Season Pass' is €110 while in Britain, the GB Pass will be €60. A pay-per-game option is available for €10, and this will rise to €14 for the quarter-final, semi-final and final stages of the championship.^[34]

Despite massive interest in the Leinster hurling semi-final replay between Kilkenny and Galway on 28 June, the game will not be shown live on television. The throw in time is fixed for 7.00pm and Sky Sports are already covering the Ulster football semi-final between Monaghan and Armagh with the GAA's television contracts preventing live television coverage of two championship games at the same time.^[35][36]

These matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland

Round	RTÉ	Sky Sports
Munster Championship	Cork vs Waterford Cork vs Waterford (replay shown online only) Limerick vs Tipperary Cork vs Clare Cork vs Limerick
Leinster Championship	Galway vs Kilkenny Kilkenny vs Dublin	Offaly vs Kilkenny Wexford vs Dublin
Qualifiers	Clare vs Wexford Clare vs Wexford (Replay)	Tipperary vs Galway Tipperary vs Offaly Wexford vs Waterford
Quarter-Finals	Limerick vs Wexford Tipperary vs Dublin
Semi-Finals	Kilkenny vs Limerick Cork vs Tipperary	Kilkenny vs Limerick Cork vs Tipperary
Final	Kilkenny vs Tipperary Kilkenny vs Tipperary (Replay)	Kilkenny vs Tipperary Kilkenny vs Tipperary (Replay)

Fixtures

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Qualifying group

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	SD	Pts
1	Antrim	4	4	0	0	3-80	5-55	19	8
2	Laois	4	3	0	1	4-70	1-61	18	6
3	Carlow	4	1	1	2	3-62	6-66	-13	3
4	Westmeath	4	1	0	3	6-41	2-64	-11	2
5	London	4	0	1	3	5-52	7-59	-13	1
Green background (rows 1 and 2) are positions that earn a place in the quarter-final stages of the Leinster Championship. Blue background (row 4) indicates the team that will be placed in a playoff with a team from the Christy Ring Cup to avoid relegation. Red background (row 5) will be relegated, and will play in the Christy Ring Cup the following season.

London v Carlow

27 April 2014 Round 1	London	2-17 - 2-17	Carlow	Emerald GAA Grounds
13:00	E Kelly 0-6 (5f, 1 65), M Duggan 1-1, H Vaughan, P Phelan 0-3, L Hands 1-0, S Lambert 0-2 (2f), D Moore, P Barry 0-1.	Report	M Kavanagh 2-2, S Murphy (1f), D Murphy (2f), J Kavanagh 0-3, J Doyle 0-2, A Gaule, C Wall, R Coady, D English 0-1.	Referee: C Browne (Galway)

Antrim v Westmeath

27 April 2014 Round 1	Antrim	0-23 - 2-11	Westmeath	Páirc Mac Uílín
	P Shiels (0-12, 10fs), C Clarke, PJ O'Connell (0-3 each), E Campbell (0-2), N McManus, N McKenna, D Hamill (0-1 each).	Report	D McNicholas (2-1), N O'Brien (0-5, 4fs), E Price (0-3, 2fs), C Curley (0-2).	Referee: F Horgan (Tipperary)

Westmeath v Laois

4 May 2014 Round 2	Westmeath	1-09 - 1-15	Laois	Cusack Park
	D McNicholas (1-01, 1-00f), R Greville (0-03), C Curley, D Gavin, N Conaty, N O'Brien, A Clarke (0-01 each)	Report	S Maher (1-04, 0-03f), W Hyland (0-05), N Foyle, T Fitzgerald, R King, C Dwyer, J Champion (0-01 each), M Whelan (0-01f)

Carlow v Antrim

4 May 2014 Round 2	Carlow	1-17 - 2-18	Antrim	Dr. Cullen Park
	M Kavanagh (1-02, 1-00p), D Murphy, (0-05, 0-04f), J Kavanagh, S Kavanagh, P Cody, A Gaule (0-02 each), R Coady, J Doyle (1-01 each)	Report	P Shiels (0-11, 0-08f), P O'Connell (2-03), C McCann (0-03), C Clarke (0-01f)

Antrim v London

11 May 2014 Round 3	Antrim	1-17 - 2-07	London	Páirc Mac Uílín
	P Shiels (1-10 0-04f 0-02'65), C Clarke (0-03 0-01f), N McManus, E Campbell, C Johnson, S McAfee (0-01 each)	Report	E Kelly (0-05 0-03f 0-02 '65), K Walsh, M Duggan (1-00 each) D Moore, P Phelan (0-01 each)

Laois v Carlow

11 May 2014 Round 3	Laois	1-22 - 0-14	Carlow	O'Moore Park
	S Maher (0-12 0-08f), T Fitzgerald (1-00), C Dwyer, W Hyland, R King (0-02 each), D Palmer, P Whelan, N Foyle, J Brophy (0-01 each)	Report	D Murphy (0-10 0-09f), C Wall, M Kavanagh, A Gaule, D Byrne (0-01 each)

London v Laois

18 May 2014 Round 4	London	0-16 - 2-13	Laois	Emerald GAA Grounds
	E Kelly (0-11, 0-09f), M Duggan (0-02, 0-02f), J Barrett (0-02, 0-02f), K Killilea (0-01).	Report	S Maher (0-06, 0-05f), N Foyle (1-01),J Brophy (1-00), M Whelan (0-02, 0-02f), J Fitzpatrick (0-01), J Purcell (0-01), W Hyland (0-01), PJ Scully (0-01)	Referee: F Horgan (Tipperary)

Carlow v Westmeath

18 May 2014 Round 4	Carlow	0-14 - 1-09	Westmeath	Dr. Cullen Park
	D Murphy (0-07, 0-05f), S Murphy (0-04), M Kavanagh (0-01), P Coady (0-01), A Gaul (0-01).	Report	N O'Brien (0-04, 0-04f), D McNicholas (1-00, 1-00 pen), A Clarke (0-02), Eoin Price (0-02), Robbie Greville (0-01).	Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow)

Westmeath v London

24 May 2014 Round 5	Westmeath	2-12 - 1-12	London	Cusack Park
	A Devine (2-3), N O'Brien (0-4, 3f), A Clarke (0-3), P Gilsenan (0-1), L Varley (0-1).	Report	E Kelly (1-8, 1-7f), H Vaughan (0-2), D Egan (0-1), M Duggan (0-1).	Referee: E Hassan

Laois v Antrim

25 May 2014 Round 5	Laois	0-20 - 0-22	Antrim	O'Moore Park
	S Maher (0-09, 5f), W Hyland (0-05), R King (0-02), P Whelan (0-01), N Foyle (0-01), T Fitzgerald (0-01), J Campion (0-01).	Report	P Shiels (0-09, 8f), PJ O'Connell (0-04), C McCann (0-03), A Graffin (0-02), E Campbell (0-01), C Clarke (0-01), Conor Johnson (0-01), S McAfee (0-01).

Promotion play-off

Westmeath v Kildare

14 June 2014 Promotion play-off	Westmeath	2-22 - 2-13	Kildare	Cusack Park
14:00	N O'Brien (0-11, 6f, 2'65), D McNicholas (1-2), A Devine (1-1), R Greville (0-2), D Gavin (0-2), A Clarke (0-2), A Craig (0-1), J Boyle (0-1).	Report	G Keegan (1-2), B Deay (1-1), P Divilly (0-4, 1f, 2'65), R Casey (0-2), M Moloney (0-2), M Fitzgerald (0-1), M Delaney (0-1).	Referee: J Keenan

Knock-out

	Quarter-final					Semi-finals					Leinster final
	Laois		0-23
	Galway		1-22			Galway (R)		5-16 1-17
	Kilkenny		5-32			Kilkenny (R)		3-22 3-19
	Offaly		1-18								Kilkenny		0-24
											Dublin		1-09
						Wexford		1-14
	Antrim		0-21			Dublin		0-22
	Wexford		5-19

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Antrim v Wexford

1 June 2014 Quarter-final	Antrim	0-21 - 5-19	Wexford	O'Moore Park
14:00	P Shiels (0-06, 6f), N McManus (0-05), C McCann (0-04), D Hamill (0-04), PJ O'Connell (0-01), Conor Johnston (0-01).	report	R Jacob (2-02), C McDonald (2-02), P Morris (0-06, 5f), L Óg McGovern (1-00), P Doran (0-03), I Byrne (0-02), J Guiney (0-01), D Redmond (0-01), L Chin (0-01, 1f), L Ryan (0-01).	Referee: A Kelly (Galway)

Laois v Galway

1 June 2014 Quarter-final	Laois	0-23 - 1-22	Galway	O'Moore Park
16:00	T Fitzgerald (0-03), W Hyland (0-03), N Foyle (0-03), C Dwyer (0-03, 0-01sl), S Maher (0-03, 0-03f), T Delaney (0-02), J Fitzpatrick (0-02), B Stapleton (0-01), J Campion (0-01), J Walsh (0-01), R King (0-01).	report	C Cooney 0-7, (3f), J Glynn 1-0, N Burke, J Flynn, J Canning, C Mannion and P Brehony 0-2 each, J Coen, David Burke, D Collins, P Killeen and I Tannian 0-1 each.	Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Kilkenny v Offaly

7 June 2014 Quarter-final	Kilkenny	5-32 - 1-18	Offaly	Nowlan Park
19:00	E Larkin 2-4, C Fennelly 1-6, TJ Reid 0-6 (2fs), M Kelly 2-0, W Walsh 0-4, M Fennelly, R Hogan, A Fogarty 0-3 each, L Ryan 0-2, P Murphy 0-1.	report	B Carroll 1-10 (6fs), S Ryan, S Dooley, D Currams, C Parlon, J Bergin, R Hanniffy, S Quirke, C Mahon 0-1 each.	Referee: J Owens (Wexford)

Wexford v Dublin

14 June 2014 Semi-final	Wexford	1-14 - 0-22	Dublin	Wexford Park
19:00	P Morris (0-6, 4fs, 2 65s), P Doran (1-1), C McDonald, L Óg McGovern (0-2 each), J Guiney, D O’Keeffe, L Chin (0-1 each).	report	A McCrabbe (0-9, 6fs), C Keaney (0-5), P Ryan (0-3), M Carton (0-2), C Cronin, J Boland, D Treacy (0-1 each).	Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

Galway v Kilkenny

22 June 2014 Semi-final	Galway	5-16 - 3-22	Kilkenny	O'Connor Park
16:00	C Cooney (2-07, 0-04f, 0-02 ‘65), J Canning (2-03, 2-00 pens), N Burke (1-02), J Flynn (0-02), A Smith (0-01), J Glynn (0-01).	report	TJ Reid (1-08, 0-07f), C Fennelly (1-03), R Hogan (0-05), E Larkin (1-01), P Walsh (0-02), T Walsh (0-01), A Fogarty (0-01), H Shefflin (0-01).	Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

Galway v Kilkenny

28 June 2014 Semi-final replay	Galway	1-17 - 3-19	Kilkenny	O'Connor Park
19:00	C Cooney 0-11 (0-9 fs), J Flynn 1-1, J Canning, 0-1 (0-1 lineball), I Tannian, D Burke, A Smith 0-1.	report	TJ Reid 2-11 (0-10 fs), A Fogarty 1-1, P Walsh 0-3, R Hogan 0-2, T Walsh, E Larkin 0-1.	Attendance: 17,059 Referee: J Owens (Wexford)

Dublin v Kilkenny

6 July 2014 Final	Dublin	1-09 - 0-24	Kilkenny	Croke Park
16:00	C Cronin (1-01), A McCrabbe (0-03, 0-03f), D O'Callaghan, D Sutcliffe, C McCormack (0-01 each), C Keaney (0-01, 0-01 pen)	report	TJ Reid (0-10, 0-04f, 0-04'65), C Fennelly, H Shefflin (0-03 each), P Walsh (0-02), R Hogan (0-02, 0-01f), B Hogan, W Walsh, J Power, A Fogarty (0-01 each)	Attendance: 32,567 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

	Quarter-final					Semi-finals					Munster final
						Tipperary		2-16
						Limerick		2-18
											Limerick		0-24
											Cork		2-24
						Clare		2-18
	Waterford		1-21 0-14			Cork		2-23
	Cork		1-21 0-28

Waterford v Cork

25 May 2014 Quarter-final	Waterford	1-21 - 1-21	Cork	Semple Stadium
16:00	P Mahony (0-11, 0-09 f), A Gleeson (1-02), B O’Sullivan (0-02), B Coughlan (0-01), J Nagle (0-01), T de Búrca (0-01), J Dillon (0-01), S Walsh (0-01), E Barrett (0-01).	report	P Horgan (0-12, 0-08 frees 0-01 ’65), B Cooper (1-01), A Cadogan (0-04), A Walsh (0-02), C Lehane (0-01), S Harnedy (0-01).	Attendance: 16,025 Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

Tipperary v Limerick

1 June 2014 Semi-final	Tipperary	2-16 - 2-18	Limerick	Semple Stadium
16:15	G Ryan (1-02), J O’Dwyer, (0-05, 1f) S Callanan (0-05, 3f), Patrick Maher (1-00), N McGrath (0-01), N O'Meara (0-01), L Corbett (0-01), D Maher (0-01).	report	S Dowling (2-09, 1-09f), D O’Grady (0-02), K Downes (0-02), P Browne (0-01), D Hannon (0-01), G Mulcahy (0-01), S Hickey (0-01), T Ryan (0-01).	Attendance: 24,912 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Waterford v Cork

8 June 2014 Quarter-final replay	Waterford	0-14 - 0-28	Cork	Semple Stadium
15:30	P Mahony (0-05, 3f, 1 65), A Gleeson (0-03), C Dunford (0-02), S O'Sullivan (0-01), B O’Sullivan (0-01), S Walsh (0-01), R Foley (0-01).	report	P Horgan (0-10, 5f), C Lehane (0-04), S Harnedy (0-03), B Cooper (0-03), D Kearney (0-02), P O’Sullivan (0-02), C Joyce (0-01), A Cadogan (0-01), S Moylan (0-01), R O'Shea (0-01).	Attendance: 22,093 Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

Clare v Cork

15 June 2014 Semi-final	Clare	2-18 - 2-23	Cork	Semple Stadium
16:00	Colin Ryan 0-6 (5f, 1 65), J Conlon 1-2, D Honan 1-0, C McGrath, C Galvin, N O’Connell (0-2 each), T Kelly, P Collins, P Donnellan, C McInerney 0-1 each.	report	P Horgan 2-11 (1-11f, 1-0 pen), A Cadogan, D Kearney 0-3 each, C Lehane 0-2, D Cahalane, A Walsh, W Egan, P O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Attendance: 28,660 Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

Cork v Limerick

13 July 2014 Final	Cork	2-24 - 0-24	Limerick	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
16:00	P Horgan (0-08, 0-06f), S Harnedy (1-02), C Lehane (0-05), P O’Sullivan (1-01), A Cadogan (0-03), A Walsh, B Cooper (0-02 each), A Nash (0-01, 0-01f)	report	S Dowling (0-12, 0-09f), G Mulcahy (0-03), D O’Grady (0-02), P O’Brien, W McNamara, J Ryan, P Browne, D Hannon, K Downes, D Breen (0-01 each)	Attendance: 36,075 Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

All-Ireland qualifiers

Round 1

Waterford v Laois

28 June 2014 Round 1	Waterford	2-22 - 1-15	Laois	Walsh Park
19:00	P Mahony 0-11 (10f), S Walsh 2-1, J Dillon 0-3, G O’Brien 0-2, D Fives, A Gleeson, C Dunford, S Prendergast, K Moran 0-1 each.	report	W Hyland 0-5, N Foyle 1-0, M Whelan (2 65s), S Maher (2f), R King (2f) & J Purcell 0-2 each, J Campion, C Dwyer 0-1 each.	Attendance: 5,025 Referee: A Kelly (Galway)

Antrim v Offaly

29 June 2014 Round 1	Antrim	1-20 - 2-19	Offaly	Páirc Mac Uílín
14:00	P Shiels (0-08, 4f, 1 65), PJ O’Connell (1-02), C Clarke (0-03), N McAuley (0-01), N McManus (0-01, 1f), T McCann (0-01), J McGreevy (0-01), C McCann (0-01), M Bradley (0-01), S McAfee (0-01).	report	B Carroll (1-04, 1-2f, 2 65), J Bergin (0-05, 2f), D Kenny (1-00), S Dooley (0-03), C Egan (0-02), D Currams (0-01), D Morkan (0-01), S Cleary (0-01), C Parlon (0-01); C Mahon (0-01).	Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

Clare v Wexford

5 July 2014 Round 1	Clare	2-25 - 2-25 (a.e.t)	Wexford	Cusack Park
15:30	Colin Ryan (0-12, 0-10 frees), C McGrath (1-05), S Morey (1-00), T Kelly (0-04), C McInerney (0-02), C Dillon, Conor Ryan (0-01 each)	report	P Morris (0-10, 0-05 frees, 0-01 pen, 0-01 '65), L McGovern (1-04), C McDonald (1-01), L Chin (0-03), D Redmond, A Shore, R Jacob, J Guiney, D O'Keeffe, I Byrne (0-01 each), E Moore (0-01, 0-01 free)	Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Tipperary v Galway

5 July 2014 Round 1	Tipperary	3-25 - 4-13	Galway	Semple Stadium
19:00	S Callanan (3-08, 0-07f), J O’Dwyer (0-06), N McGrath (0-05), L Corbett (0-02), J Woodlock, Patrick Maher, K Bergin, S McGrath (0-01 each)	report	J Glynn (2-00), J Canning (0-05, 1sl), C Cooney (0-04f), J Flynn, David Burke (1-00 each), C Mannion (0-2), P Brehony, D Glennon (0-01 each)	Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

Wexford v Clare

12 July 2014 Round 1 replay	Wexford	2-25 - 2-22 (a.e.t)	Clare	Wexford Park
17:00	J Guiney (0-10, 0-08f), P Morris (0-07, 0-04f), C McDonald (1-01), H Kehoe (1-00), L Chin, L McGovern (0-02 each), D Redmond, D O'Keeffe, R Jacob (0-01 each)	report	J Conlon (1-05), D Honan (1-01), C Ryan (0-05, 0-04f, 0-01 ‘65’), C McGrath (0-04), T Kelly (0-03), J Shanahan (0-02), C Galvin (0-01), P Kelly (0-01, 0-01f)	Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

Round 2

Tipperary v Offaly

12 July 2014 Round 2	Tipperary	5-25 - 1-20	Offaly	O'Moore Park
19:00	S Callanan (2-10, 0-07f), L Corbett (2-02), P Maher (1-01), K Bergin (0-04), D Maher (0-02), J Woodlock, J O’Dwyer, N McGrath, T Stapleton, E Kelly, J Forde (0-01 each)	report	B Carroll (0-13, 0-10f), C Egan (1-00), J Bergin (0-03, 0-01f, 0-01 65’), C Parlon, D Currams, S Ryan, S Dooley (0-01 each)	Referee: A Kelly (Galway)

Waterford v Wexford

19 July 2014 Round 2	Waterford	2-15 - 3-15	Wexford	Nowlan Park
19.00	C Dunford (2-01), P Mahony (0-07, 6f, 1 65), A Gleeson (0-03), J Dillon (0-02), S Walsh, S Molumphy (0-01 each)	report	P Morris (1-06, 0-3f), C McDonald (1-02), D Redmond (1-00), P Doran, L Og McGovern (0-2 each), J Guiney, D O’Keeffe, I Byrne (0-01 each)	Referee: C Lyons(Cork)

All-Ireland series

	Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final
	Tipperary		2-23
	Dublin		0-16			Cork		1-11
						Tipperary		2-18
											Tipperary		1-28 2-14
											Kilkenny		3-22 2-17
						Kilkenny		2-13
	Limerick		4-26			Limerick		0-17
	Wexford		1-11

Quarter-finals

Limerick v Wexford

27 July 2014 Quarter-final	Limerick	4-26 - 1-11	Wexford	Semple Stadium
2.00pm	S Dowling (2-08, 0-05f), P Browne, D Breen (1-01 each), D Hannon (0-04), G Mulcahy (0-03), S Tobin (0-03, 1f), J Ryan (0-02), W McNamara (0-01)	report	S Tomkins (1-00), D O’Keeffe (0-03), J Guiney (0-03, 1f, 1 65), P Doran, C McDonald (0-02 each), P Morris (0-01)	Attendance: 43,088 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Tipperary v Dublin

27 July 2014 Quarter-final	Tipperary	2-23 - 0-16	Dublin	Semple Stadium
4.00pm	S Callanan (0-11, 0-07f, 0-02 ’65), J O’Dwyer (2-02, 0-01f), G Ryan (0-03), L Corbett (0-02), S McGrath, J Woodlock, Patrick Maher, N McGrath, S Bourke (0-01 each)	report	A McCrabbe (0-05f), C Keaney (0-02), P Ryan (0-02, 0-01 ’65), L Rushe, J McCaffrey, R O’Dwyer, D Sutcliffe, D Treacy, D O’Callaghan, E Dillon (0-01 each)	Attendance: 43,088 Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

Semi-finals

Kilkenny v Limerick

10 August 2014 Semi-final	Kilkenny	2-13 - 0-17	Limerick	Croke Park
15:30	TJ Reid (0-5, frees); C Fennelly (0-4); R Hogan, R Power (1-0 each); P Walsh, M Fennelly (0-2 each).	Report	S Dowling (0-7, 4 frees, 1 65); D Hannon (0-5); G Mulcahy (0-2); D O’Grady, D Breen, S Tobin (0-1 each).	Attendance: 45,478 Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

Cork v Tipperary

17 August 2014 Semi-final	Cork	1-11 - 2-18	Tipperary	Croke Park
15:30	C Lehane (0-4); R O’Shea (1-0); A Nash, P Horgan (0-2, frees each); A Cadogan, S Harnedy, A Walsh (0-1 each).	Report	S Callanan (2-4); J O’Dwyer (0-6); S McGrath, J Woodlock (0-3 each); N McGrath (0-2).	Attendance: 68,728 Referee: J Owens (Wexford)

Final

Kilkenny v Tipperary

7 September 2014 Final	Kilkenny	3-22 - 1-28	Tipperary	Croke Park
15:30	TJ Reid 1-8 (6f), R Power 2-1, R Hogan 0-6, E Larkin 0-2, C Fennelly, M Fennelly, C Fogarty, W Walsh, B Hogan 0-1 each.	Report	S Callanan 0-7 (2f), J O’Dwyer 0-7 (2f), Patrick Maher 1-1, N McGrath 0-4, S McGrath, L Corbett 0-2 each, J Woodlock, G Ryan, M Cahill, P Stapleton, J Forde 0-1 each.	Attendance: 82,179 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Kilkenny v Tipperary

27 September 2014 Replayed Final	Kilkenny	2-17 - 2-14	Tipperary	Croke Park
17:00	TJ Reid 0-5(5f), R Power 1-1 (1 ’65′), J Power 1-1, C Fennelly 0-3, R Hogan 0-2, M Fennelly 0-2, E Larkin 0-2, P Walsh 0-1	Report	S Callanan 2-5 (4f, 0-1 pen), J O’Dwyer 0-3 (1 ’65′), S McGrath 0-3, N McGrath 0-2, B Maher 0-1	Attendance: 81,753 Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the championship:
  • Marty Kavanagh for Carlow against London (27 April 2014)
• Widest winning margin: 26 points
  • Kilkenny 5-32 - 1-18 Offaly (Leinster quarter-final)
• Most goals in a match: 8
  • Kilkenny 3-22 - 5-16 Galway (Leinster semi-final, drawn match)
• Most points in a match: 50
  • Kilkenny 5-32 - 1-18 Offaly (Leinster quarter-final)
  • Clare 2-25 - 2-25 Wexford (All-Ireland qualifier)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 5
  • Wexford 5-19 - 0-21 Antrim (Leinster quarter-final)
  • Kilkenny 5-32 - 1-18 Offaly (Leinster quarter-final)
  • Kilkenny 3-22 - 5-16 Galway (Leinster semi-final, drawn match)
  • Tipperary 5-25 - 1-20 Offaly (All-Ireland qualifier)
• Highest aggregate score: 68
  • Kilkenny 5-32 - 1-18 Offaly (Leinster quarter-final)
• Lowest aggregate score: 26
  • Carlow 0-14 - 1-9 Westmeath (Leinster qualifying group)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
  • Galway 4-13 - 3-25 Tipperary (All-Ireland qualifier)

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Séamus Callanan	Tipperary	9-50	77	7	11.00
2	T. J. Reid	Kilkenny	4-53	65	7	9.28
3	Paul Shiels	Antrim	1-56	59	6	9.83
4	Patrick Horgan	Cork	2-43	49	5	9.80
5	Shane Dowling	Limerick	4-36	48	4	12.00
6	Paul Morris	Wexford	1-36	39	6	6.50
7	Stephen Maher	Laois	1-34	37	6	6.16
8	John O'Dwyer	Tipperary	2-30	36	7	5.14
9	Conor Cooney	Galway	2-29	35	4	8.75
10	Pauric Mahony	Waterford	0-34	34	4	8.50

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Séamus Callanan	Tipperary	3-8	17	Galway
	Patrick Horgan	Cork	2-11	17	Clare
	T. J. Reid	Kilkenny	2-11	17	Galway
4	Séamus Callanan	Tipperary	2-10	16	Offaly
5	Shane Dowling	Limerick	2-9	15	Tipperary
6	Shane Dowling	Limerick	2-8	14	Wexford
7	Conor Cooney	Galway	2-7	13	Kilkenny
	Paul Shiels	Antrim	1-10	13	London
	Brian Carroll	Offaly	1-10	13	Kilkenny
	Brian Carroll	Offaly	0-13	13	Tipperary

Clean sheets

Rank	Goalkeeper	County	Clean sheets
1	Eoin Reilly	Laois	3
2	Peter Collins	Westmeath	2
	Mark Fanning	Wexford
	Anthony Nash	Cork
5	Chris O'Connell	Antrim	1
	Colm Callanan	Galway
	Stephen O'Keeffe	Waterford
	Alan Nolan	Dublin
	Darren Gleeson	Tipperary
	David Herity	Kilkenny

Discipline

• First red card of the championship: Aaron Craig for Westmeath against Antrim (27 April 2014)

Miscellaneous

• Limerick's 2-18 to 2-16 Munster semi-final defeat of Tipperary was their first victory over their near neighbours at Semple Stadium since 1973.
• Kilkenny's tally of 5-32, or 47 points, was the biggest score the Cats have posted in a championship match during Brian Cody's tenure as manager.^[37]
• For the fourth time in five years the Munster champions were defeated in their All-Ireland semi-final.
• The aggregate score of 4-50 (62) in the drawn All-Ireland final is the largest combined tally in a championship decider since 1970.
• For the third year in-a-row the All-Ireland final ends in a draw.
• Henry Shefflin of Kilkenny becomes the first player to win ten All-Ireland medals on the field of play.

Controversies

Involvement of the British Sky Broadcasting Group

The decision by the GAA to grant access to satellite broadcasting company BSkyB of Championship hurling was criticised in some quarters.^[38] The first attempt by Sky Sports to cover live televised hurling - a Leinster Championship encounter between Kilkenny and Offaly - drew an audience share of less than 10 per cent of that which tuned into the free-to-air Dublin/Laois encounter at Croke Park the following day.^[39] In addition, the match was erroneously billed in advance by Sky as a "Connacht GAA football" game.^[40]

Awards

Sunday Game Team of the Year

The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 28 September, which was the night after the final replay. Richie Hogan was named the Sunday game player of the year.^[41]

• Darren Gleeson (Tipperary)
• Paul Murphy (Kilkenny)
• JJ Delaney (Kilkenny)
• Seamus Hickey (Limerick)
• Brendan Maher (Tipperary)
• Padraic Maher (Tipperary)
• Cillian Buckley (Kilkenny)
• Richie Hogan (Kilkenny)
• Conor Fogarty (Kilkenny)
• TJ Reid (Kilkenny),
• Patrick Maher (Tipperary)
• John O'Dwyer (Tipperary)
• Colin Fennelly (Kilkenny)
• Seamus Callinan (Tipperary)
• Shane Dowling (Limerick)

All Star Team of the Year

Richie Hogan was named the All Stars player of the year with Cathal Barrett named as the young player of the year at the awards ceremony on 24 October.^{[42] [43]}

Pos.	Player	Team	Appearances
GK	Darren Gleeson	Tipperary	1
RCB	Paul Murphy	Kilkenny	3
FB	J. J. Delaney	Kilkenny	7
LCB	Séamus Hickey	Limerick	1
RWB	Brendan Maher	Tipperary	2
CB	Pádraic Maher	Tipperary	3
LWB	Cillian Buckley	Kilkenny	1
MD	Richie Hogan^HOTY	Kilkenny	2
MD	Shane McGrath	Tipperary	2
RWF	John O'Dwyer	Tipperary	1
CF	Patrick Maher	Tipperary	1
LWF	T. J. Reid	Kilkenny	2
RCF	Colin Fennelly	Kilkenny	1
FF	Séamus Callanan	Tipperary	1
LCF	Shane Dowling	Limerick	1

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External links

• Hurling Championships Proposals: 2014–2016 and beyond