2026 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

The 2026 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2026 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA.

Galway won the title for the fourth time overall and their first since 2018 after defeating Dublin in the final on 6 June.

Format

Group stage (15 matches) Each team play each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Leinster SHC final and the 3rd placed team advances to the All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team is relegated to the following year's Joe McDonagh Cup.

Final (1 match) The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Leinster champions advance to the All-Ireland SHC semi-finals and the Leinster runners-up advanced to the All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals.

Team Changes

To Championship Promoted from the Joe McDonagh Cup

Kildare

From Championship Relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup

Antrim

Teams

General Information Six counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: CountyLast Championship TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2025 Championship Dublin201319383rd Galway20182017Runners-up Kildare——Champions (Joe McDonagh Cup) Kilkenny20252015Champions Offaly199519985th Wexford201919964th

Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor DublinNiall Ó CeallacháinChris CrummeyStaycity GalwayMicheál DonoghueDarren MorrisseySupermac's KildareBrian DowlingRian BoranBrady Family Ham KilkennyDerek LyngTJ ReidAvonmore OffalyJohnny KellyCharlie MitchellGlenisk WexfordKeith RossiterJack O'ConnorZurich Insurance Group

Group Stage

Table TeamQualification1 Dublin541011-1145-106 +269Advance to Leinster Final2 Galway540111-1259-92 +3983 Offaly52218-1147-105 +126Advance to All-Ireland Quarter-Finals4 Kilkenny521211-1055-105 +1855 Wexford51047-9512-108 –2826 Kildare (R)50053-8413-122 –680Relegation to Joe McDonagh Cup

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Leinster Final

Stadia and Locations

CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacityNeutral venueDublinLeinsterCroke Park82,300 DublinDonnycarneyLeinsterParnell Park8,500 GalwayGalwayConnachtPearse Stadium26,197 KildareNewbridgeLeinsterSt Conleth's Park15,000 KilkennyKilkennyLeinsterNowlan Park27,000 OffalyTullamoreLeinsterGlenisk O'Connor Park20,000 WexfordWexfordLeinsterChadwicks Wexford Park18,000

Statistics

Top Scorers

Overall

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Scoring Events

Widest winning margin: 23 points Kilkenny 4–25 — 0–14 Kildare (Round 4) Most goals in a match: 6 Offaly 4–22 — 2–28 Dublin (Round 1) Kilkenny 5–21 — 1–16 Wexford (Round 2)

Most points in a match: 51 Wexford 3–20 — 2–31 Galway (Round 5) Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Kilkenny 5–21 — 1–16 Wexford (Round 2) Most points by one team in a match: 37'' Wexford 3–20 — 2–31 Galway (Round 5) Highest aggregate score: 68 pointsOffaly 4–22 — 2–28 Dublin (Round 1) Lowest aggregate score: 42 points''' Kildare 1–14 — 1–22 Wexford (Round 1)

2026 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

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