2002 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
# 2002 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

The 2002 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 75th series of the inter-provincial hurling Railway Cup. Four matches were played between 2 November 2002 and 3 November 2002 to decide the title. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

Munster entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 3 November 2002, Leinster won the Railway Cup after a 4-15 to 3-17 defeat of Munster in the final at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny. It was their 22nd Railway Cup title overall and their first title since 1997. In the Railway Shield final, Connacht defeated Ulster by 0-19 to 0-16.

Leinster's Eddie Brennan (2-06) and Henry Shefflin (0-12) were the Railway Cup joint top scorers.

## Results

Semi-finals

Shield final

Final

## Top scorers

### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Eddie Brennan | Leinster | 2-06 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 |
| 1 | Henry Shefflin | Leinster | 0-12 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 |
| 2 | Tommy Dunne | Munster | 1-08 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |
| 3 | Joe Deane | Munster | 2-04 | 10 | 2 | 5.00 |
| 4 | Eoin McGrath | Munster | 2-03 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 |
| 4 | Ken McGrath | Munster | 0-09 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 |
| 4 | Francis Forde | Connacht | 0-09 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 |
| 5 | Brendan Murphy | Leinster | 2-02 | 8 | 2 | 4.00 |

### Single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joe Deane | Munster | 2-02 | 8 | Ulster |
| 2 | Eoin McGrath | Munster | 0-07 | 7 | Leinster |
| 2 | Francis Forde | Connacht | 0-07 | 7 | Ulster |
| 2 | Henry Shefflin | Leinster | 0-07 | 7 | Munster |
| 2 | Tommy Dunne | Munster | 0-07 | 7 | Leinster |
| 3 | Eddie Brennan | Leinster | 1-03 | 6 | Connacht |
| 3 | Eddie Brennan | Leinster | 1-03 | 6 | Munster |
| 3 | Ken McGrath | Munster | 0-06 | 6 | Ulster |

## Sources

* Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
