2022 Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship
# 2022 Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship

The 2022 Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship was the third staging of the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and the 134th staging overall of a championship for the top-ranking hurling teams in Cork. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 8 February 2022. The championship ran from 7 June to 16 October 2022.

Midleton entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify for the knockout stage after losing two games and finishing bottom of Group A. Na Piarsaigh's relegation ended 65 years of top tier hurling for the club.

The final was played on 16 October 2022 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Blackrock and St. Finbarr's, in what was their first meeting in the final in 40 years. St. Finbarr's won the match by 2–14 to 1–07 to claim their 26th championship title overall and a first title in 29 years.

Stephen Condon and Ben Cunningham were the championship's joint-top scorers.

## Team changes

### To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship

* Kanturk

### From Championship

Relegated to the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship

* Carrigtwohill

## Participating teams

### Clubs

The seedings were based on final group stage positions from the 2021 championship.

Top seeds  Second seeds

| Team | Location | Colours | Manager | Captain(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Midleton | Midleton | Black and white | James O'Connor | Conor Lehane |
| Glen Rovers | Blackpool | Green, black and yellow | Mark Kennefick | Cathal Hickey |
| Sarsfields | Glanmire | Blue, black and white | Barry Myers | Daniel Kearney |
| Blackrock | Blackrock | Green and yellow | Louis Mulqueen | John Cashman Shane O'Keeffe |
| Douglas | Douglas | Green, white and black | Mark O'Callaghan | Mark Harrington |
| Erin's Own | Glounthaune | Blue and red | Martin Bowen | Cian O'Connor Robbie O'Flynn |
| Bishopstown | Bishopstown | Maroon and white | Barry Cullinane | Barry Murphy |
| Charleville | Charleville | Red and white | Mark Foley | Jack Meade |
| Na Piarsaigh | Farranree | Black and yellow | Frank Nodwell | Eddie Gunning |
| Newtownshandrum | Newtownshandrum | Green and yellow | Shane Naughten | Tim O'Mahony |
| St. Finbarr's | Togher | Blue and yellow | Ger Cunningham | Billy Hennessy |
| Kanturk | Kanturk | White and green | Tom Walsh | Darren Browne |

### Divisions and colleges

| Team | Location | Colours | Manager(s) | Captain |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Avondhu | North Cork | Black and yellow | Joe O'Brien | Mark Keane |
| Carbery | West Cork | Purple and yellow | Charlie Vaughan | Jeremy Ryan |
| Carrigdhoun | Southeast Cork | Red and white | Declan O'Neill | |
| Duhallow | Duhallow | Orange and black | Donie O'Mahony | Seán Howard |
| Imokilly | East Cork | Red and white | Denis Ring | Brian Lawton |
| MTU Cork | Bishopstown | Red and white | John Mortell | Ger Collins |
| Muskerry | Mid Cork | Green and white | Diarmuid Kirwan | Fenton Denny |
| University College Cork | College Road | Red and black | Paddy Crowley | Éanna Desmond |

## Group A

### Group A table

Advanced to knockout stage

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Newtownshandrum | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 69 | -1 | 4 |
| Douglas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 68 | 16 | 4 |
| Kanturk | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 72 | -20 | 2 |
| Midleton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 76 | 5 | 2 |

## Group B

### Group B table

Advanced to knockout stage  Advanced to relegation play-off

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Erin's Own | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 58 | 14 | 5 |
| Glen Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 53 | 16 | 4 |
| Bishopstown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 68 | -8 | 3 |
| Na Piarsaigh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 85 | -22 | 0 |

## Group C

### Group C table

Advanced to knockout stage  Advanced to relegation play-off

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| St. Finbarr's | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 67 | 13 | 5 |
| Blackrock | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 4 |
| Sarsfields | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 74 | -7 | 2 |
| Charleville | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 79 | -8 | 1 |

## Divisional/colleges sections

### Semi-finals

* Imokilly, MTU Cork and University College Cork received byes to this stage.

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Blackrock (Seandun) | 2-23p | | | | |
| Imokilly | 1-26 | | | | |
| Imokilly | 1-26 | Erin's Own (Imokilly) | 0-21 | | |
| | | Blackrock (Seandun) | 3-21 | | |
| | | | | Blackrock (Seandun) | 1-07 |
| | | | | St. Finbarr's (Seandun) | 2-14 |
| Glen Rovers (Seandun) | 0-23 | | | | | St. Finbarr's (Seandun) | 2-14 |
| Newtownshandrum (Avondhu) | 1-23 | | | | |
| Newtownshandrum (Avondhu) | 1-23 | Newtownshandrum (Avondhu) | 0-20 | | |
| | | St. Finbarr's (Seandun) | 2-25 | | |
| Douglas (Seandun) | 0-18 | St. Finbarr's (Seandun) | 2-25 | | |
| St. Finbarr's (Seandun) | 0-22 | | | | |

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Overall**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stephen Condon | Avondhu | 3-47 | 56 | 5 | 11.20 |
| 1 | Ben Cunningham | St. Finbarr's | 2-50 | 56 | 6 | 9.33 |
| 3 | Shane Kingston | Douglas | 4-37 | 49 | 4 | 12.25 |
| 4 | Jamie Coughlan | Newtownshandrum | 0-46 | 46 | 5 | 9.20 |
| 5 | Alan Connolly | Blackrock | 1-39 | 42 | 6 | 7.00 |
| 6 | Patrick Horgan | Glen Rovers | 1-33 | 36 | 3 | 12.00 |
| 7 | Conor Lehane | Midleton | 0-34 | 34 | 3 | 11.33 |
| 8 | Jack Doyle | Charleville | 0-32 | 32 | 4 | 8.00 |
| 9 | Will Leahy | Imokilly | 2-25 | 31 | 3 | 10.33 |
| 10 | Brian Hayes | St. Finbarr's | 4-16 | 28 | 6 | 4.66 |
| 10 | Robbie O'Flynn | Erin's Own | 1-25 | 28 | 4 | 7.00 |

**In a single game**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Patrick Horgan | Glen Rovers | 1-14 | 17 | Bishopstown |
| 2 | Shane Kingston | Douglas | 1-12 | 15 | Midleton |
| 2 | Shane Kingston | Douglas | 1-12 | 15 | Kanturk |
| 2 | Conor Lehane | Midleton | 0-15 | 15 | Newtownshandrum |
| 5 | Stephen Condon | Avondhu | 0-14 | 14 | Duhallow |
| 6 | Conor Lenihan | Erin's Own | 3-04 | 13 | Na Piarsaigh |
| 6 | Ben Cunningham | St. Finbarr's | 1-10 | 13 | Midleton |
| 6 | Ben Cunningham | St. Finbarr's | 1-10 | 13 | Newtownshandrum |
| 6 | Colin O'Brien | Avondhu | 1-10 | 13 | Carbery |
| 6 | Stephen Condon | Avondhu | 1-10 | 13 | Muskerry |
| 6 | Brian Kelleher | Carrigdhoun | 0-13 | 13 | Muskerry |

### Miscellaneous

* Na Piarsaigh are relegated after 65 years in the senior championship.
* Newtownshandrum qualified for the semi-final stage for the first time since 2011.
* St. Finbarr's qualified for the final for the first time since 1993.
* St. Finbarr's and Blackrock face each other in the final for the first time since 1982.
* St. Finbarr's win the title for the first time since 1993.
