2022 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship
# 2022 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship

The 2022 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship was the third staging of the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2020. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 8 February 2022. The championship ran from 30 July to 9 October 2022.

The final was played on 9 October 2022 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Courcey Rovers and Fr. O'Neill's, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Fr. O'Neill's won the match by 0–20 to 2–12 to claim their first ever championship title in the grade.

Declan Dalton was the championship's top scorer with 1-50.

## Team changes

### To Championship

Relegated from the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship

* Carrigtwohill

Promoted from the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

* Courcey Rovers

### From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship

* Kanturk

Relegated to the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

* Bandon

## Participating clubs

| Team | Location | Colours | Manager(s) | Captain |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ballyhea | Ballyhea | Black and white | John Mortell | Pa O'Callaghan |
| Ballymartle | Riverstick | Green and yellow | | |
| Blarney | Blarney | Red and white | Mick Barrett | |
| Bride Rovers | Rathcormac | Green, white and gold | Liam Barry | Patrick O'Flynn |
| Courcey Rovers | Ballinspittle | Red and white | Seán Guineen | Tadhg O'Sullivan |
| Carrigtwohill | Carrigtwohill | Blue and yellow | | |
| Cloyne | Cloyne | Red and black | Eoin O'Lomasney | |
| Fermoy | Fermoy | Black and yellow | Trevor Grumbridge | |
| Fr. O'Neill's | Ballymacoda | Red and green | Dave Colbert Bryan Sweeney | Kevin O'Sullivan Robert Cullinane |
| Killeagh | Killeagh | Green and white | Brian Barry | |
| Mallow | Mallow | Red and yellow | Joe Buckley | |
| Newcestown | Newcestown | Red and yellow | Charlie Wilson | |

## Group A

### Group A table

Advance to knockout stage  Advance to relegation play-off

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Fermoy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 57 | 12 | 6 |
| Cloyne | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 68 | 3 | 2 |
| Mallow | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 72 | -3 | 2 |
| Newcestown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 75 | -13 | 2 |

## Group B

### Group B table

Advance to knockout stage  Advance to relegation play-off

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Fr. O'Neill's | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 55 | 26 | 6 |
| Courcey Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 4 |
| Blarney | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 73 | -19 | 2 |
| Killeagh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 64 | -7 | 0 |

## Group C

### Group C table

Advance to knockout stage  Advance to relegation play-off

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Bride Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 56 | 24 | 5 |
| Ballyhea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 50 | 13 | 4 |
| Carrigtwohill | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 69 | -12 | 3 |
| Ballymartle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 65 | -25 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bride Rovers (Imokilly) | 4-24 | | | | |
| Cloyne (Imokilly) | 2-11 | | | | |
| Cloyne (Imokilly) | 2-11 | Fr. O'Neill's (Imokilly) | 1-24 | | |
| | | Bride Rovers (Imokilly) | 0-16 | | |
| | | | | Fr. O'Neill's (Imokilly) | 0-20 |
| | | | | Courcey Rovers (Carrigdhoun) | 2-12 |
| Ballyhea (Avondhu) | 0-16 | | | | | Courcey Rovers (Carrigdhoun) | 2-12 |
| Courcey Rovers (Carrigdhoun) | 0-17 | | | | |
| Courcey Rovers (Carrigdhoun) | 0-17 | Fermoy (Avondhu) | 0-14 | | |
| | | Courcey Rovers (Carrigdhoun) | 5-14 | | |

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Overall**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Declan Dalton | Fr. O'Neill's | 1-50 | 53 | 5 | 10.60 |
| 2 | Eoghan Keniry | Killeagh | 2-42 | 48 | 4 | 12.00 |
| 3 | Pa O'Callaghan | Ballyhea | 3-38 | 47 | 4 | 11.75 |
| 4 | Brian O'Shea | Cloyne | 0-43 | 43 | 4 | 10.75 |
| 5 | Richard Sweetnam | Courcey Rovers | 0-34 | 34 | 6 | 5.66 |
| 6 | Adam Walsh | Bride Rovers | 2-24 | 30 | 5 | 6.00 |
| 7 | Billy Dunne | Fr. O'Neill's | 5-14 | 29 | 5 | 5.80 |
| 8 | Mark Coleman | Blarney | 0-28 | 28 | 3 | 9.33 |
| 9 | Edmund Kenneally | Newcestown | 1-24 | 27 | 3 | 9.00 |
| 10 | Brian Roche | Bride Rovers | 4-11 | 23 | 5 | 4.60 |
| 10 | Mark Tobin | Mallow | 1-20 | 23 | 3 | 7.66 |
| 10 | Tadhg O'Sullivan | Courcey Rovers | 0-23 | 23 | 6 | 3.83 |

**In a single game**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pa O'Callaghan | Ballyhea | 2-10 | 16 | Bride Rovers |
| 2 | Brian O'Shea | Cloyne | 0-15 | 15 | Newcestown |
| 3 | Pa O'Callaghan | Ballyhea | 1-11 | 14 | Ballymartle |
| 3 | Tadhg O'Sullivan | Courcey Rovers | 0-14 | 14 | Fr. O'Neill's |
| 3 | Mark Coleman | Blarney | 0-14 | 14 | Killeagh |
| 3 | Eoghan Keniry | Killeagh | 0-14 | 14 | Ballymartle |
| 7 | Eoghan Keniry | Killeagh | 2-07 | 13 | Courcey Rovers |
| 7 | Edmund Kenneally | Newcestown | 1-10 | 13 | Fermoy |
| 7 | Declan Dalton | Fr. O'Neill's | 1-10 | 13 | Blarney |
| 7 | Eoghan Keniry | Killeagh | 0-13 | 13 | Blarney |

### Miscellaneous

* Fr. O'Neill's win their first Senior A title, having lost previous two finals.
