2020 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship

The 2020 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship is the 120th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897. The original championship draw took place on 21 January 2020, however, due to the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland the draws for a rescheduled championship took place on 15 June 2020 with a new format being adopted and relegation being abolished.[1][2] The championship is scheduled to take place between the 24 July and 30 August 2020.

2020 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	24 July 2020 - 30 August 2020
Teams	12
Sponsor	J. J. Kavanagh & Sons
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	51 (3.19 per match)
Points scored	531 (33.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Maurice Shanahan (3-38)
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Ballygunner are the defending champions.[3]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Ballysaggart[4]

From Championship

Relegated to the Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Ballyduff Upper

Results/fixtures

Group A

Table

  Advance to quarter-finals

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Ballygunner	2	2	0	0	4-42	0-24	30	4
Passage	2	1	0	1	1-33	2-37	-7	2
Tallow	2	0	0	2	0-26	3-40	-23	0

Results

Ballygunner v Tallow

24 July 2020 Round 1	Ballygunner	2-22 - 0-09	Tallow	Fraher Field
	D Hutchinson 2-5 (2fs), Pauric Mahony 0-8 (7fs), T O'Sullivan, K Mahony, C Sheahan 0-2 each, M Mahony, C Power, P Hogan 0-1 each.	Report	D Buckley 0-3 (3fs), D O'Brien 0-2, B McCarthy, J Henley, T Ryan, R Grey 0-1 each.	Referee: T Walsh

Passage v Tallow

2 August 2020 Round 2	Passage	1-18 - 0-17	Tallow	Fraher Field
	M Cummins 0-9, L Flynn 1-2, E Reilly 0-2, O Connors 0-1, D Lynch 0-1, P Flynn 0-1, K Fitzgerald 0-1, J Whitty 0-1.		R Grey 0-7, I Beecher 0-4, T Ryan 0-3, M O'Brien 0-1, K Geary 0-1, R O'Sullivan 0-1.

Ballygunner v Passage

8 August 2020 Round 3	Ballygunner	2-20 - 0-15	Passage	Walsh Park
	P Mahony 0-11, M Mahony 1-1, D Hutchinson 1-1, C Power 0-3, B O'Keeffe 0-2, S O'Sullivan 0-1, C Sheehan 0-1.		M Cummins 0-8, K Fitzgerald 0-4, O Connors 0-2, J Burke 0-1.

Group B

Table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Roanmore	2	2	0	0	6-37	2-26	23	4
Mount Sion	2	1	0	1	1-36	3-34	-4	2
Clonea	2	0	0	2	3-22	5-35	-19	0

Results

Mount Sion v Clonea

26 July 2020 Round 1	Mount Sion	1-19 - 1-13	Clonea	Walsh Park
	A Gleeson 0-8, S Roche 1-1, E McGrath 0-4, M O'Neill 0-4, MF O'Neill 0-1, J Gleeson 0-1.		B Power 0-7, C Power 1-1, J Gleeson 0-3, M Power 0-1, S Clancy 0-1.

Roanmore v Clonea

2 August 2020 Round 2	Roanmore	4-16 - 2-09	Clonea	Walsh Park
	B Nolan 1-8, E O'Toole 1-1, G O'Brien 0-4, E Madigan 1-0, S Nolan 1-0, C Dempsey 0-1, S Mackey 0-1, C Wadding 0-1.		B Power 0-6, S Clancy 1-1, S Curry 1-0, R Cahill 0-1, J Power 0-1.

Mount Sion v Roanmore

9 August 2020 Round 3	Mount Sion	0-17 - 2-21	Roanmore	Walsh Park
	M O'Neill 0-11, S Roche 0-2, E McGrath 0-1, J Gleeson 0-1, M Gaffney 0-1, A Kirwan 0-1.		B Nolan 1-8, P O'Sullivan 0-6, S Nolan 1-1, S Mackey 0-2, G O'Brien 0-1, R Furlong 0-1, E O'Toole 0-1, C Wadding 0-1.

Group C

Table

  Advance to quarter-finals

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Lismore	2	2	0	0	8-40	4-39	13	4
Fourmilewater	2	1	0	1	0-41	3-39	-7	2
Dungarvan	2	0	0	2	5-36	6-39	-6	0

Results

Dungarvan v Fourmilewater

26 July 2020 Round 1	Dungarvan	1-17 - 0-21	Fourmilewater	Fraher Field
	P Curran 0-12, G Crotty 1-0, D Lyons 0-3, J Nagle 0-1, J Allen 0-1.		A Ryan 0-9, J Barron 0-6, T Barron 0-3, S Ryan 0-2, D Murphy 0-1.

Lismore v Fourmilewater

1 August 2020 Round 2	Lismore	2-22 - 0-20	Fourmilewater	Fraher Field
	M Shanahan 2-17, I Daly 0-1, P Prendergast 0-1, J Prendergast 0-1, R Barry 0-1, F Reeney 0-1.		A Ryan 0-9, J Barron 0-3, S Ryan 0-2, D Murphy 0-2, C Gleeson 0-1, T Guiry 0-1, T Barron 0-1, S Walsh 0-1.

Dungarvan v Lismore

9 August 2020 Round 3	Dungarvan	4-19 - 6-18	Lismore	Fraher Field
	J Burke 1-8, P Curran 2-4, C Curran 0-4, G Crotty 1-0, J Nagle 0-1, D Lyons 0-1, T Loftus 0-1.		R Barry 3-2, M Shanahan 0-10, O O'Gorman 2-0, J Prendergast 1-2, P Prendergast 0-2, F Reaney 0-2.

Group D

Table

  Advance to quarter-finals

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
De La Salle	2	2	0	0	5-37	2-27	19	4
Abbeyside	2	1	0	1	3-38	4-21	14	2
Ballysaggart	2	0	0	2	2-18	4-45	-33	0

Results

De La Salle v Ballysaggart

25 July 2020 Round 1	De La Salle	2-22 - 1-12	Ballysaggart	Fraher Field
	J Fagan 1-13, E Meaney 1-0, T Douglas 0-2, R Halloran 0-2, C McCann 0-1, E Barrett 0-1, S Ryan 0-1, K Moran 0-1, A Farrell 0-1.		S Bennett 1-8, K Bennett 0-1, K Cashel 0-1, C O'Gorman 0-1, K Bennett 0-1.

Abbeyside v Ballysaggart

1 August Round 2	Abbeyside	2-23 - 1-06	Ballysaggart	Fraher Field
	M Kiely 1-9, M Ferncombe 1-2, N Montgomery 0-4, M O'Halloran 0-3, P Hurney 0-2, T Looby 0-1, C Prunty 0-1, J Beresford 0-1.		S Bennett 0-5, K Cashel 1-0, E O'Brien 0-1.

De La Salle v Abbeyside

8 August 2020 Round 3	De La Salle	3-15 - 1-15	Abbeyside	Walsh Park
	J Fagan 1-4, K Moran 1-1, S O'Brien 1-0, S Ryan 0-3, R Halloran 0-3, E Meaney 0-1, E Barrett 0-1, C McCann 0-1, T Douglas 0-1.		M Ferncombe 0-7, N Montgomery 1-2, M Kiely 0-4, P Hurney 0-1, M O'Halloran 0-1.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Roanmore v Passage

15 August 2020 Quarter-final	Roanmore	0-13 - 1-14	Passage	Walsh Park
	B Nolan 0-8 (7fs, 1 65), G O’Brien 0-2, S Mackey, P O’Sullivan, E Power 0-1 each.	Report	M Cummins 0-5 (5fs), K Fitzgerald 0-4 (2fs), L Flynn 1-0, O Connors 0-2 (1f), Callum O’Neill, D Lynch, P Flynn 0-1 each.

Ballygunner v Fourmilewater

15 August 2020 Quarter-final	Ballygunner	2-18 - 0-12	Fourmilewater	Fraher Field
	Pauric Mahony (1-9, 8fs), D Hutchinson (1-4), T O’Sullivan (0-3), K Mahony, T Foley (0-1 each).	Report	A Ryan (0-9, 7fs), S Ryan (0-2), S Walsh (0-1).

Mount Sion v De La Salle

16 August 2020 Quarter-final	Mount Sion	3-18 - 2-17	De La Salle	Walsh Park
	Martin O’Neill 0-11 (6fs, 1 65), A Kirwan 2-0, S Roche 1-1, A Gleeson 0-4, M Gaffney 0-2.	Report	K Moran 1-2, J Fagan 0-5 (4fs, 1 65), R Halloran 1-0, E Barrett, E Meaney 0-3 each, S Ryan, T Douglas 0-2 each.

Lismore v Abbeyside

16 August 2020 Quarter-final	Lismore	2-22 - 3-11	Abbeyside	Fraher Field
	M Shanahan 1-11 (7fs), Oisin O’Gorman 1-5, F Reaney 0-2, I Daly, J Shanahan, Jack Prendergast, P Prendergast 0-1 each.	Report	M Ferncombe 2-8 (1-0 pen, 6fs), C Prunty 1-0, P Hurney, D McGrath, S Whelan Barrett 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

Ballygunner v Lismore

22 August 2020 Semi-final

Ballygunner

v

Lismore

Fraher Field

Mount Sion v Passage

23 August 2020 Semi-final

Mount Sion

v

Passage

Walsh Park

Final

v

30 August 2020 Final

v

Walsh Park

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Maurice Shanahan	Lismore	3-38	47	3	15.66
2	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	1-28	31	3	10.33
3	Billy Nolan	Roanmore	2-24	30	3	10.00
4	Jack Fagan	De La Salle	2-22	28	3	9.33
5	Aaron Ryan	Fourmilewater	0-27	27	3	9.00
6	Mark Ferncombe	Abbeyside	3-17	26	3	8.66
	Martin O'Neill	Mount Sion	0-26	26	3	8.66
7	Dessie Hutchinson	Ballygunner	4-10	22	3	7.33
	Patrick Curran	Dungarvan	2-16	22	2	11.00
	Mikey Cummins	Passage	0-22	22	3	7.33

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Maurice Shanahan	Lismore	2-17	23	Fourmilewater
2	Jack Fagan	De La Salle	1-13	16	Ballysaggart
3	Mark Ferncombe	Abbeyside	2-08	14	Lismore
	Maurice Shanahan	Lismore	1-11	14	Abbeyside
4	Michael Kiely	Abbeyside	1-09	12	Ballysaggart
	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	1-09	12	Fourmilewater
	Patrick Curran	Dungarvan	0-12	12	Fourmilewater
5	Ray Barry	Lismore	3-02	11	Dungarvan
	Dessie Hutchinson	Ballygunner	2-05	11	Tallow
	Billy Nolan	Roanmore	1-08	11	Clonea
	Billy Nolan	Roanmore	1-08	11	Mount Sion
	Johnny Burke	Dungarvan	1-08	11	Lismore
	Stephen Bennett	Ballysaggart	1-08	11	De La Salle
	Martin O'Neill	Mount Sion	0-11	11	Roanmore
	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	0-11	11	Passage
	Martin O'Neill	Mount Sion	0-11	11	De La Salle

References

1. "2020 Waterford SHC and SFC draws". Hogan Stand. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
2. "Waterford decide to scrap relegation from senior ranks". Hogan Stand. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
3. McCarthy, Tomás (13 October 2019). "Hutchinson stars as Munster hurling champs complete 6-in-a-row in Waterford". The 42. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
4. "Bennett Brothers fire Ballysaggart to maiden title". The Munster Express. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2020.