2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
# 2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

The 2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship is the 2019 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA.

Galway were the defending champions, but were eliminated in controversial circumstances in Round 5 and finished fourth in the province, despite having the same number of points as Dublin and Leinster finalists Kilkenny and Wexford. Wexford defeated Kilkenny in the final.

## Teams

The Leinster championship was contested by four counties from the Irish province of Leinster, as well as one county from the Irish province of Connacht, where the sport is only capable of supporting one county team at this level.

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Carlow | Carlow | Netwatch Cullen Park | 21,000 |
| Dublin | Dublin | Parnell Park | 8,500 |
| Galway | Galway | Pearse Stadium | 26,197 |
| Kilkenny | Kilkenny | Nowlan Park | 27,800 |
| Wexford | Wexford | Innovate Wexford Park | 25,000 |

## Personnel and colours

| Team | Colours | Captain(s) | Manager(s) | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success | Main Sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Colours | Captain(s) | Manager(s) | All-Ireland | Provincial | League | Main Sponsor |
| Carlow | | Diarmuid Byrne Richard Coady | Colm Bonnar | | | | IT Carlow |
| Dublin | | Seán Moran | Mattie Kenny | 1938 | 2013 | 2011 | AIG |
| Galway | | David Burke | Micheál Donoghue | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | Supermac's |
| Kilkenny | | T. J. Reid | Brian Cody | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | Glanbia |
| Wexford | | Lee Chin Matthew O'Hanlon | Davy Fitzgerald | 1996 | 2004 | 1972–73 | Gain |

## Group table

Key to colours :

* Advance to Leinster final
* Advance to preliminary quarter-finals
* Relegation

    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts 1 Kilkenny42118-855-76185 2 Wexford 41304-842-75155 3 Dublin42117-845-79115 4 Galway 42114-846-7535 5 Carlow (R) 40043-648-96–470

Carlow were relegated to the 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup, because the winners of the 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup were from Leinster (Laois).

## Final

* 30 June 2019 Final
* Report

| Wexford | 1-23 (26) – (23) 0-23 | Kilkenny |
| - | - | - |
| (HT: 0-14 - 0-15) |||
| Gls: M Fanning 1. Pts: L Chin 9 (7f, 1 65), C McDonald 4, R O'Connor 4, D O'Keeffe 2, S Donohoe 1, P Morris 1, L Og McGovern 1, M Fanning 1, J O'Connor 1. | | Pts: TJ Reid 12 (7f, 1 65), A Mullen 3, W Walsh 2, C Fennelly 2, A Murphy 1, J Maher 1, E Murphy 1, G Aylward 1. |

* Croke Park, Dublin Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow) Attendance: 51,482
