2006 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
# 2006 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

The 2006 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 23rd staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961. The championship began on 14 May 2006 and ended on 26 August 2006.

Wexford entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kilkenny in the Leinster final.

The All-Ireland final was played on 26 August 2006 at Fraher Field in Dungarvan, between Cork and Kilkenny, in what was their first meeting in the final in two years. Cork won the match by 3-15 to 1-18 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first title since 2004.

Kilkenny's Eddie O'Donoghue was the championship's top scorer with 0-23.

## Team summaries

| Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| - | - | - | - |
| Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial |
| Clare | Saffron and blue | | |
| Cork | Red and white | 2004 | 2005 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 2002 | 1998 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1973 | 2004 |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1998 | 1998 |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 2000 | 2002 |
| Waterford | White and blue | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 2005 | 2005 |

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Top scorers overall**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Eddie O'Donoghue | Kilkenny | 0-23 | 23 | 3 | 7.66 |
| 2 | Rory O'Dwyer | Cork | 3-08 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 2 | Ronan O'Brien | Tipperary | 2-11 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 2 | Darren Dineen | Cork | 0-17 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 5 | Rory O'Doherty | Cork | 1-09 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |

**Top scorers in a single game**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | John Anthony Moran | Limerick | 2-04 | 10 | Tipperary |
| 1 | Eddie O'Donoghue | Kilkenny | 0-10 | 10 | Cork |
| 3 | Darren Dineen | Cork | 0-09 | 9 | Clare |
| 3 | John Wall | Waterford | 0-09 | 9 | Tipperary |
| 5 | Aidan Fitzgerald | Tipperary | 2-02 | 8 | Limerick |
| 5 | Bernard Gaffney | Clare | 1-05 | 8 | Cork |
| 5 | Ronan O'Brien | Tipperary | 1-05 | 8 | Waterford |
| 5 | Eddie O'Donoghue | Kilkenny | 0-08 | 8 | Galway |
| 9 | Rory O'Dwyer | Cork | 2-01 | 7 | Kilkenny |
| 9 | Rory O'Doherty | Cork | 1-04 | 7 | Kilkenny |
