2012 Interprovincial Hurling Championship

2012 Interprovincial Hurling Championship
Dates	19 February; – 4 March 2012
Teams	Connacht; Leinster; Munster; Ulster
Champions	Leinster
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	11 (3.67 per match)
Points scored	98 (32.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Richie Power (1-15)
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The 2012 Interprovincial Hurling Championship, known as the 2012 M Donnelly Hurling Interprovincial Championship due to the tournament's sponsorship by businessman Martin Donnelly, is the 83rd series of the Interprovincial Championship. The annual hurling championship between the four historic provinces of Ireland is contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The championship was won by Leinster.

Participants

The teams involved are:

Province	Manager	Captain
Connacht	Anthony Cunningham
Leinster	Joe Dooley	Jackie Tyrrell
Munster	Liam Sheedy	Eoin Kelly
Ulster	Gregory O'Kane	Cormac Donnelly

Results

Interprovincial Championship

February 19
Semi-final

14:00 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0)

Leinster	3-14 – 1-16	Munster
R Power (1-5) S Dooley (0-5) J Bergin (1-1) M Fennelly (1-0) B Hogan (0-1) E Larkin (0-1) C Fennelly (0-1)	Report	J Conlon (1-3) P Horgan (0-3) J Gardiner (0-3) P Mahony (0-2) M Walsh (0-1) P Cronin (0-1) S McGrath (0-1) P Donnellan (0-1) E Kelly (0-1)

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Referee: A Kelly (Galway)


GK	1	Gary Maguire
RCB	2	Paul Murphy
FB	3	Noel Hickey
LCB	4	Jackie Tyrrell (c)
RWB	5	Tommy Walsh
CB	6	Brian Hogan	35'
LWB	7	J. J. Delaney
MD	8	Michael Fennelly	64'
MD	9	Michael Rice
RWF	10	Ryan O'Dwyer	54'
CF	11	Richie Power
LWF	12	Eoin Larkin
RCF	13	Shane Dooley
CF	14	Joe Bergin	61'
LCF	15	Richie Hogan	35'
Substitutes:
		Willie Hyland	35'
		Darren Stamp	35'
		Colin Fennelly	54'
		Rory Hanniffy	61'
		Rory Jacob	66'
Manager:
		Joe Dooley
Selectors:
		John Conran
		Derek Lyng


GK	1	Donal Óg Cusack
RCB	2	Michael Cahill
FB	3	Paul Curran
LCB	4	Tom Condon
RWB	5	John Gardiner	58'
CB	6	Pádraic Maher
LWB	7	Pat Donnellan
MD	8	Shane O'Sullivan
MD	9	Shane McGrath	39'
RWF	10	Pa Cronin	44'
CF	11	Michael Walsh
LWF	12	Brendan Maher
RCF	13	John Conlon
CF	14	Eoin Kelly (c)	58'
LCF	15	Patrick Horgan	35'
Substitutes:
		Donal O'Grady	39'
		Stephen Molumphy	44'
		Pauric Mahony	58'
		Gearóid Ryan	58'
		Kevin Moran	67'
Manager:
		Liam Sheedy
Selectors:
		Jamesie O'Connor
		Stephen Frampton

February 19
Semi-final

14:00 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0)

Connacht	3–19 – 1-15	Ulster
N Burke (0-8) I Tannian (1-4) E Ryan (1-3) D Glennon (1-0) J Coen (0-2) N Healy (0-2)	Report	K Stewart (0-6) N McManus (0-5) C Donnelly (1-0) M Armstrong (0-2) N McAuley (0-1) C Carville (0-1)

Duggan Park, Ballinasloe

Referee: T Carroll (Offaly)


GK	1	Jamie Ryan
RCB	2	Pádraig Shiel
FB	3	Niall Donoghue
LCB	4	Gerard O'Halloran
RWB	5	Tony Óg Regan
CB	6	Fergal Moore
LWB	7	Brian Flaherty	58'
MD	8	Jason Grealish	46'
MD	9	Donal Fox	35'
RWF	10	Bernard Burke
CF	11	Niall Burke	56'
LWF	12	Éanna Ryan
RCF	13	Damien Hayes
CF	14	Johnny Coen	74'
LCF	15	Iarla Tannian
Substitutes:
		Barry Daly	35'
		Davy Glennon	46'
		Niall Healy	56'
		Paul Gordon	58'
		Keith Raymond	74'
Manager:
		Anthony Cunningham
Selectors:
		Mattie Murphy
		Tom Helebert


GK	1	Graham Clarke
RCB	2	Arron Graffin
FB	3	Cormac Donnelly (c)
LCB	4	Seán Ennis	78'
RWB	5	Neil McCauley
CB	6	Liam Hinphey
LWB	7	Simon McCrory
MD	8	Connor Woods
MD	9	Neil McManus
RWF	10	Michael Herron
CF	11	Kevin McGarry	35'
LWF	12	Michael Armstrong
RCF	13	Paul McCloskey	43'
CF	14	Karl Stewart
LCF	15	Cathal Carville
Substitutes:
		James Coyle	35'
		Ryan Gaffney	43'
		Michael Ennis	78'
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Manager:
		Gregory O'Kane

March 4
Final

14:00 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0)

Leinster	2-19 – 1-15	Connacht
R Power (0-10) R O'Dwyer (2-2) S Dooley (0-3) J Bergin (0-2) E Larkin (0-2)	Report	C Cooney (0-9) D Hayes (1-1) B Burke (0-3) I Tannian (0-1) D Burke (0-1)

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Referee: C Lyons (Cork)


GK	1	Gary Maguire	35'
RCB	2	Paul Murphy
FB	3	Keith Rossiter
LCB	4	Niall Corcoran	61'
RWB	5	Tommy Walsh
CB	6	Jackie Tyrrell (c)
LWB	7	Rory Hanniffy
MD	8	Michael Rice
MD	9	Michael Fennelly
RWF	10	Richie Power
CF	11	Joe Bergin
LWF	12	Eoin Larkin
RCF	13	Shane Dooley	61'
FF	14	Ryan O'Dwyer	49'
LCF	15	T. J. Reid	48'
Substitutes:
		David Herity	35'
		Paul Ryan	48'
		Brendan Murtagh	49'
		Rory Jacob	61'
		David Kenny	61'
Manager:
		Joe Dooley
Selectors:
		John Conran
		Derek Lyng


GK	1	Jamie Ryan
RCB	2	Pádraig Shiel
FB	3	David Collins
LCB	4	Gerard O'Halloran
RWB	5	Niall Donoghue	60'
CB	6	Fergal Moore
LWB	7	Joseph Cooney
MD	8	Aidan Harte
MD	9	Jason Grealish	33'
RWF	10	Johnny Coen	35'
CF	11	Conor Cooney
LWF	12	Iarla Tannian	42'
RCF	13	Bernard Burke
FF	14	Barry Daly	48'
LCF	15	David Burke
Substitutes:
		Paul Gordon	33'
		Damien Hayes	35'
		James Regan	42'
		Davy Glennon	48'
		Keith Raymond	60'
Manager:
		Anthony Cunningham
Selectors:
		Mattie Murphy
		Tom Helebert

Top scorers

Championship

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Richie Power	Leinster	1–15	18	2	9.00

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Richie Power	Leinster	0-10	10	Connacht
2	Conor Cooney	Connacht	0-9	9	Leinster
3	Ryan O'Dwyer	Leinster	2-2	8	Connacht
	Richie Power	Leinster	1-5	8	Munster
	Niall Burke	Connacht	0-8	8	Ulster

Media coverage

None of the Interprovincial Championship semi-finals of final were broadcast live on television, however, brief highlights of all three games were shown on TG4's GAA 2012 highlights programme.

External links

M Donnelly Interprovincials official website