2020 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition season

Dates

24 July - 30 August 2020

Teams

Sponsor

JJ Kavanagh & Sons

Champions

Mount Leinster Rangers (9th title)
Michael Doyle (captain)
Conor Phelan (manager)

Runners-up

Ballinkillen
David English (captain)
Tommy Comerford (manager)

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

32 (2.46 per match)

Points scored

406 (31.23 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Ciarán Whelan (0-48)

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The 2020 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship was the 91st staging of the Carlow Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Carlow County Board in 1927. The championship ran from 24 July to 30 August 2020.

St. Mullin's entered the championship as the defending champions.

The final was played on 30 August 2020 at Netwatch Cullen Park, between Mount Leinster Rangers and Ballinkillen, in what was their first ever meeting in a final in 19 years. Mount Leinster Rangers won the match by 3–21 to 0–12 to claim their ninth championship title overall and first title in two years.

Ballinkillen's Ciarán Whelan was the championship's top scorer with 0-48.

Team chamges

To championship

Promoted from the Carlow Intermediate Hurling Championship

Bagenalstown Gaels

Group stage

Group stage table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Mount Leinster Rangers	4	4	0	0	99	52	47	8
St Mullin's	4	2	0	2	71	73	-2	4
Ballinkillen	4	2	0	2	74	78	-4	4
Naomh Eoin	4	2	0	2	67	75	-8	4
Bagenalstown Gaels	4	0	0	4	68	101	47	0

Group stage results

St Mullin's v Naomh Eoin

25 July 2020 Round 1	St Mullin's	2-17 - 1-11	Naomh Eoin	Netwatch Cullen Park
	M Kavanagh 0-11, J Doyle 1-3, O Ryan 1-0, J O'Neill 0-2, S Murphy 0-1.		C Treacy 0-5, B Treacy 1-0, JM Nolan 0-3, M Clowry 0-1, O Kelly 0-1, C Foley 0-1.

Ballinkillen v Bagenalstown Gaels

25 July 2020 Round 1	Ballinkillen	1-19 - 0-14	Bagenalstown Gaels	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Whelan 0-11, S Murphy 0-4, O Roberts 1-0, C Wall 0-2, D Roberts 0-1, D Sheehan 0-1.		C Doyle 0-13, E Minchin 0-1.

St Mullin's v Ballinkillen

31 July 2020 Round 2	St Mullin's	0-14 - 3-14	Ballinkillen	Netwatch Cullen Park
	M Kavanagh 0-8, J Kavanagh 0-3, S Murphy 0-2, J O'Neill 0-1.		C Whelan 0-10, M Dalton 2-1, S Murphy 1-1, O Roberts 0-1, R Dunbar 0-1.

Mount Leinster Rangers v Naomh Eoin

1 August 2020 Round 2	Mount Leinster Rangers	1-16 - 2-05	Naomh Eoin	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Nolan 0-8, T Joyce 1-1, J Nolan 0-2, K McDonald 0-1, D Tobin 0-1, D Murphy 0-1, R Coady 0-1, E Byrne 0-1.		C Treacy 1-3, JM Nolan 1-1, M Kavanagh 0-1.

Bagenalstown Gaels v St Mullin's

4 August 2020 Round 3	Bagenalstown Gaels	1-16 - 3-15	St Mullin's	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Doyle 0-11, J Clarke 1-1, J Wall 0-2, B Doyle 0-2.		M Kavanagh 1-8, S Murphy 2-1, J Walsh 0-3, J Kavanagh 0-1, J O'Neill 0-1, O Ryan 0-1.

Ballinkillen v Mount Leinster Rangers

4 August 2020 Round 3	Ballinkillen	0-16 - 4-19	Mount Leinster Rangers	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Whelan 0-5, M Dalton 0-3, S Murphy 0-2, D Sheehan 0-2, E Whelan 0-2, R Dunbar 0-1, J Wall 0-1.		D Murphy 0-7, T Joyce 1-3, C Nolan 1-2, J Nolan 1-2, K McDonald 1-1, D Tobin 0-1, R Coady 0-1, G Lawler 0-1, E Byrne 0-1.

Mount Leinster Rangers v Bagenalstown Gaels

9 August 2020 Round 4	Mount Leinster Rangers	3-23 - 1-12	Bagenalstown Gaels	Netwatch Cullen Park
	D Murphy 1-7, D Tobin 1-4, C Nolan 0-7, E Byrne 1-2, J Murphy 0-1, K McDonald 0-1, C Kavanagh 0-1.		C Doyle 0-8, R Whelan 1-0, E Minchin 0-2, J McCullagh 0-1, B Doyle 0-1.

Naomh Eoin v Ballinkillen

9 August 2020 Round 4	Naomh Eoin	2-13 - 1-10	Ballinkillen	Netwatch Cullen Park
	JM Nolan 1-2, C McCabe 1-1, C Treacy 0-4, E Hosey 0-1, M Kavanagh 0-1, M Clowry 0-1.		C Whelan 0-7, E Whelan 1-0, M Dalton 0-1, D English 0-1, J Wall 0-1.

Mount Leinster Rangers v St Mullin's

16 August 2020 Round 5	Mount Leinster Rangers	0-17 - 0-10	St Mullin's	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Nolan 0-7, D Murphy 0-4, E Byrne 0-2, P Coady 0-2, C Kavanagh 0-1, J Nolan 0-1.		J O'Neill 0-8, P Kehoe 0-1, J Doyle 0-1.

Naomh Eoin v Bagenalstown Gaels

16 August 2020 Round 5	Naomh Eoin	0-23 - 1-17	Bagenalstown Gaels	Netwatch Cullen Park
	D Kavanagh 0-9, C Treacy 0-4, JM Nolan 0-3, R Smithers 0-3, M Mullins 0-1, E Hosey 0-1, M Clowry 0-1, B Treacy 0-1.		C Doyle 0-11, J Clarke 1-1, B Doyle 0-2, D Doyle 0-2, J Doyle 0-1.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Ballinkillen v St Mullin's

23 August 2020 Semi-final	Ballinkillen	1-20 - 1-19	St Mullin's	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Whelan 0-7, S Whelan 0-4, D Wall 1-0, S Murphy 0-3, D Sheehan 0-2, C Wall 0-2, J Treacy 0-1, E Whelan 0-1.		M Kavanagh 1-13, J Doyle 0-3, J Walsh 0-1, J O'Neill 0-1, S Murphy 0-1.

Mount Leinster Rangers v Naomh Eoin

23 August 2020 Semi-final	Mount Leinster Rangers	1-22 - 0-11	Naomh Eoin	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Nolan 1-8, D Murphy 0-4, J Nolan 0-3, E Byrne 0-2, T Joyce 0-2, D Byrne 0-1, P Coady 0-1, K McDonald 0-1.		D Kavanagh 0-4, C Treacy 0-2, C Foley 0-1, M Mullins 0-1, R Smithers 0-1, M Nolan 0-1, M Kavanagh 0-1.

Final

Mount Leinster Rangers v Ballinkillen

30 August 2020 Final	Mount Leinster Rangers	3-21 - 0-12	Ballinkillen	Netwatch Cullen Park
	D Murphy 2-7 (4f, 1’65), C Nolan 0-8 (1f), E Byrne 1-2, P Coady 0-1, T Joyce 0-1, M Malone 0-1, D Tobin 0-1	Report	C Whelan 0-8 (7f, 1’65), C Wall 0-1, E Whelan 0-1, S Murphy 0-1, D Sheehan 0-1.	Referee: J Murphy

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Ciarán Whelan	Ballinkillen	0-48	48	6	8.00
2	Marty Kavanagh	St Mullin's	2-40	46	4	11.50
2	Chris Nolan	Mount Leinster Rangers	2-40	46	6	7.66
4	Craig Doyle	Bagenalstown Gaels	0-43	43	4	10.75
5	Denis Murphy	Mount Leinster Rangers	3-30	39	6	6.50

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Craig Doyle	Bagenalstown Gaels	0-13	13	Ballinkillen
2	Marty Kavanagh	St Mullin's	1-08	11	Bagenalstown Gaels
	Chris Nolan	Mount Leinster Rangers	1-08	11	Naomh Eoin
	Marty Kavanagh	St Mullin's	0-11	11	Naomh Eoin
	Craig Doyle	Bagenalstown Gaels	0-11	11	St Mullin's
	Craig Doyle	Bagenalstown Gaels	0-11	11	Naomh Eoin
	Ciarán Whelan	Ballinkillen	0-11	11	Bagenalstown Gaels
8	Denis Murphy	Mount Leinster Rangers	1-07	10	Bagenalstown Gaels
8	Ciarán Whelan	Ballinkillen	0-10	10	St Mullin's
10	Dwaine Kavanagh	Naomh Eoin	0-09	9	Bagenalstown Gaels

References

"Carlow senior hurling championship club profiles". Carlow Nationalist. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
"Carlow GAA release Hurling Championship Fixtures". Scoreline. 10 July 202. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
"O'Neill gives Saints edge". Irish Independent. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
"Mount Leinster Rangers romp home in Carlow SHC Final". GAA website. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
"Bagenalstown return to top table". The Nationalist. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

External link

Carlow GAA website

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