1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

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.

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 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.

Results

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Kildare v Carlow

12 May 1971 First round

Kildare

v

Carlow

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Dublin v Westmeath

19 May 1971 First round

Dublin

4-10 - 1-09

Westmeath

O'Toole Park, Dublin

Wicklow v Meath

12 May 1971 First round

Wicklow

v

Meath

Ashford

Laois v Offaly

13 May 1971 First round

Laois

v

Offaly

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Second round

Wexford v Kildare

2 June 1971 Second round

Wexford

6-24 - 1-04

Kildare

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Meath v Dublin

9 June 1971 Second round	Meath	3-06 - 4-03	Dublin	St. Loman's Park, Trim
	F McCann 0-5, E O'Neill 1-1, C Geoghegan 1-0, J Gorman 1-0.		C Hanley 1-2, B Lee 1-1, J Towell 1-0, C Henneberry 1-0.

Dublin v Meath

20 June 1971 Second round replay	Dublin	5-14 - 0-03	Meath	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	J Towell 3-2, C Hanley 1-2, B Lee 1-1, C Henneberry 0-3, PJ Holden 0-3, V Holden 0-2, P Lee 0-1.		F McGann 0-2, P McLoughlin 0-1.

Semi-finals

v

v

Kilkenny v Dublin

4 July 1971 Semi-final	Kilkenny	5-15 - 3-08	Dublin	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	L Phelan 0-10, M Hughes 2-1, J Doyle 2-0, D McNamara 1-1, M Brennan 0-1, D Murphy 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1.		J Towell 3-0, PJ Holden 0-3, V Holden 0-2, P Lee 0-1, C Hanly 0-1, N Rooney 0-1.

Final

Wexford v Kilkenny

21 July 1971 Final	Wexford	2-16 - 2-09	Kilkenny	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	T Byrne 2-4, S Kinsella 0-4, L Bennett 0-3, M Casey 0-2, B Dunne 0-1, T Walsh 0-1, M Butler 0-1.		W Phelan 0-5, M Hughes 1-0, D McNamara 1-0, T Waters 0-2, M Drennan 0-1, M Brennan 0-1.	Referee: R Sheppard (Carlow)

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

First round

Tipperary v Limerick

25 May 1971 First round	Tipperary	2-05 – 2-04	Limerick	MacDonagh Park, Nenagh
	J Carey 1-1, J Tynan 1-1, J Fogarty 0-1, W Moloney 0-1, PJ Caplis 0-1.		M Aherne 1-2, L O'Donoghue 1-1, S Condon 0-1.

Semi-finals

Waterford v Tipperary

13 July 1971 Semi-final	Waterford	3-09 – 5-12	Tipperary	Walsh Park, Waterford
	T Doyle 2-2, A Heffernan 1-5, M Holland 0-1, M Ormond 0-1.		P O'Neill 2-2, S Power 1-2, S Carey 1-1, T Dwyer 1-0, T Duggan 0-3, J Noonan 0-3, J Tynan 0-1.	Referee: P Cronin (Clare)

Cork v Clare

13 July 1971 Semi-final	Cork	1-11 – 2-08	Clare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	M Malone 1-1, S O'Leary 0-3, K McSweeney 0-2, D Collins 0-1, N Crowley 0-1, J Horgan 0-1, E Fitzpatrick 0-1.		M O'Connor 2-0, C O'Neill 0-3, S Durack 0-2, H Russell 0-1, M McKeogh 0-1, C Woods 0-1.

Cork v Clare

20 July 1971 Semi-final replay	Cork	6-09 – 0-05	Clare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	S O'Leary 2-3, E Fitzpatrick 2-1, J Rothwell 2-0, K McSweeney 0-3, B Coleman 0-1, N Crowley 0-1.		S Durack 0-2, C Woods 0-1, C Honan 0-1, M McKeogh 0-1.	Referee: J Moloney (Tipperary)

Final

Cork v Tipperary

28 July 1971 Final	Cork	5-11 – 4-09	Tipperary	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	S O'Leary 1-9, J Rothwell 1-0, K McSweeney 1-0, N Crowley 1-0, E Fitzpatrick 1-0, S Looney 0-1, M Malone 0-1.		P O'Neill 2-3, T Dwyer 2-0, S Power 0-3, J Duggan 0-2, J Tynan 0-1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Cork v Down

1 August 1971 Semi-final	Cork	11-10 – 2-11	Down	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	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.

Galway v Wexford

22 August 1971 Semi-final	Galway	0-09 – 4-08	Wexford	Ballinasloe
	PJ 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.

Final

Cork v Wexford

12 September 1971 Final	Cork	7-08 – 1-11	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin
	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.	Referee: P Buggy (Kilkenny)

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.