2021 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship

2021 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	3 September - 13 November 2021
Teams	16
Sponsor	Go-Ahead
Champions	Kilmacud Crokes (6th title); Caolan Conway (captain); Kieran Dowling (manager); Donal McGovern (manager)
Runners-up	Na Fianna; Donal Burke (captain); Niall Ó Ceallacháin (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	93 (2.82 per match)
Points scored	1217 (36.88 per match)
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The 2021 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship was the 134th and current staging of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Dublin County Board in 1887. The championship began on 3 September 2021 and ended on 13 November 2021.

Cuala entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kilmacud Crokes at the semi-final stage.^[1]

The final was played on 13 November 2021 at Parnell Park in Dublin, between Kilmacud Crokes and Na Fianna, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Kilmacud Crokes won the match by 4–26 to 2-25 - the first ever to be settled in extra time - to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first title since 2014.^[2]

Team changes

There were no changes in personnel in terms of the participating teams as a result of the suspension of promotion/relegation in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.^[3]

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Na Fianna	3	3	0	0	90	46	44	6
Craobh Chiaráin	3	2	0	1	81	68	13	4
Whitehall Colmcille	3	1	0	2	55	91	-36	2
Ballinteer St John's	3	0	0	3	50	71	-21	0

Group 2

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Lucan Sarsfields	3	3	0	0	78	47	31	6
St Jude's	3	2	0	1	70	68	2	4
St Vincent's	3	1	0	2	80	59	21	2
Setanta	3	0	0	3	40	94	-54	0

Group 3

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilmacud Crokes	3	3	0	0	93	47	46	6
Cuala	3	2	0	1	80	70	10	4
St Brigid's	3	1	0	2	71	70	1	2
Thomas Davis	3	0	0	3	37	94	-57	0

Group 4

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Ballyboden St Enda's	3	3	0	0	92	46	46	6
St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh	3	2	0	1	73	57	16	4
Faughs	3	1	0	2	59	61	-2	2
Scoil Uí Chonaill	3	0	0	3	27	87	-60	0

Relegation stage

Playoffs

16 October 2021 Semi-final	Ballinteer St John's	2-19 - 2-17	Setanta	O'Toole Park
				Referee: Tom Tansey

17 October 2021 Semi-final	Thomas Davis	1-11 - 3-21	Scoil Uí Chonaill	Parnell Park
				Referee: Paul Faughnan

Final

Setanta

v

Thomas Davis

Parnell Park

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

16 October 2021 Quarter-final	Na Fianna	0-26 - 0-23	St Jude's	Parnell Park
				Referee: Mark Ryan

16 October 2021 Quarter-final	Craobh Chiaráin	1-16 - 1-20	Lucan Sarsfields	Parnell Park
				Referee: Peter Smyth

17 October 2021 Quarter-final	Kilmacud Crokes	1-26 - 0-19	St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh	Parnell Park
				Referee: PJ Murray

17 October 2021 Quarter-final	Ballyboden St Enda's	0-28 - 1-27	Cuala	Parnell Park
				Referee: Dave Aston

Semi-finals

31 October 2021 Semi-final	Lucan Sarsfields	0-12 - 1-20	Na Fianna	Parnell Park
				Referee: Thomas Gleeson

31 October 2021 Semi-final	Cuala	1-13 - 1-18	Kilmacud Crokes	Parnell Park
				Referee: Sean Stack

Final

13 November 2021 Final	Kilmacud Crokes	4-26 - 2-25 (AET)	Na Fianna	Parnell Park
	R Hayes 1-14 (8f, 1 65), O O’Rorke 1-3, A Considine, F Whitley 1-1 each, C Conway 0-3, L McMullan 0-2, D Purcell, D Crowe 0-1 each.	Report	D Burke 2-7 (1-0 pen; 6 f), S Currie 0-8 (1 sideline), AJ Murphy, M Murphy 0-2 each, P Feeney, S Barrett, AJ Murphy, L Rushe, P O’Dea, K Burke 0-1 each.	Referee: Chris Mooney

References

^ McKeon, Conor (20 September 2020). "Cuala see off Ballyboden in cracker to claim Dublin SHC crown for fifth time in six years". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
^ McGoldrick, Seán (13 November 2021). "Kilmacud Crokes claim sixth Dublin Senior Hurling Championship title after dramatic final win over Na Fianna". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
^ O'Riordan, Ian (1 July 2020). "No promotion or relegation in 2020 Dublin club championship". Irish Times. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

External links

Dublin GAA website

[1] McKeon, Conor (20 September 2020). "Cuala see off Ballyboden in cracker to claim Dublin SHC crown for fifth time in six years". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

[2] McGoldrick, Seán (13 November 2021). "Kilmacud Crokes claim sixth Dublin Senior Hurling Championship title after dramatic final win over Na Fianna". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

[3] O'Riordan, Ian (1 July 2020). "No promotion or relegation in 2020 Dublin club championship". Irish Times. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

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