2002 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

The 2002 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 39th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment in 1964. The championship began 7 June and ended on 15 September 2002.

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 2002

Championship Details
Dates	7 June – 15 September 2002
Teams	16
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Limerick (4th win)
Captain	Peter Lawlor
Manager	Dave Keane
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Captain	Damien Hayes
Provincial Champions
Munster	Limerick
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	15
Total Goals	42 (2.8 per game)
Total Points	373 (24.86 per game)
← 2001 2003 →

Limerick were the defending champions and retained their title for a third successive year after defeating Galway by 3-17 to 0-8 in the final.^[1]

Teams

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Most recent success
			All-Ireland	Provincial
Antrim	Saffron and white
Carlow	Red, green and yellow	Stone Developments
Clare	Saffron and blue	Vodafone
Cork	Red and white	O2	1998	1998
Derry	White and red	open+direct		1997
Down	Red and black	Canal Court Hotel		1990
Dublin	Blue and navy	Arnotts		1972
Galway	Maroon and white	Supermacs	1996	1996
Kerry	Green and gold	Kerry Group
Kilkenny	Black and amber	Avonmore plc	1999	1999
Laois	Blue and white	Meadow Meats		1983
Limerick	Green and white	Red Cow Moran Hotel	2001	2001
Offaly	Green, white and gold	Carroll Meats		2000
Tipperary	Blue and gold	enfer	1995	1999
Waterford	White and blue	Gain Feeds	1992	1994
Wexford	Purple and gold	Wexford Creamery	1965	2001

Results

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Carlow v Wexford

12 June 2002 Quarter-final	Carlow	0-12 - 3-18	Wexford	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	B Lawler 0-6, P Kehoe 0-2, K English 0-2, P Coady 0-1, S Smithers 0-1.	Report	B Lambert (0-10, 4 frees); D Mythen (1-3), W Doran (1-1), E Sludds (1-0), D Lyng (0-2); R Barry (0-1), MJ Furlong (0-1).	Referee: A Stapleton (Laois)

Offaly v Laois

25 June 2002 Quarter-final	Offaly	4-14 - 1-7	Laois	St. Brendan's Park, Birr
	R Hanniffy (2-3), M Cordial (2-2); B Carroll (0-3), P Teehan (0-2), D Tanner (0-1), S Brown (0-1); K Kelly (0-1), D Murray (0-1).	Report	F Keenan (1-3), E Jackman (0-2), J Phelan (0-1, 65), O Bergin (0-1).	Referee: J Kelly (Wexford)

Semi-finals

Kilkenny v Wexford

27 June 2002 Semi-final	Kilkenny	0-15 - 1-13	Wexford	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	B Dowling (0-6), E Walsh (0-3), G Byrne (0-3); P Doheny (0-1), A Fogarty (0-1), M Grace (0-1).	Report	B Lambert (0-7), R Jacob (1-3), D Mythen (0-2), D Lyng (0-1).	Referee: E Morris (Dublin)

Dublin v Offaly

17 July 2002 Semi-final	Dublin	3-12 - 2-6	Offaly	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	D O'Callaghan 1-7, S O'Neill, F Chambers 1-0 each, C Keaney 0-3, D O'Reilly, B O'Brien 0-1 each.		D Murray 1-2, R Hanniffy 1-1, B O'Meara, P Teehan, B Carroll 0-1 each.

Final

Wexford v Dublin

30 July 2002 Final	Wexford	1-15 - 0-15 (aet)	Dublin	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	B Lambert 1-8 (5f); R Jacob 0-3; D Mythen 0-2; E Quigley, MJ Furlong 0-1 each.	Report	D O'Callaghan 0-6 (4f); C Keaney 0-4 (1 '65', 2f); S O'Shea, Paul Murray 0-2 each; D O'Reilly 0-1.	Referee: J Guinan (Kilkenny)

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Tipperary v Kerry

7 June 2002 Quarter-final

Tipperary

w/o - scr.

Kerry

Limerick v Clare

7 June 2002 Quarter-final	Limerick	1-12 - 1-9	Clare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	M Keane 0-4, K Tobin 1-0, C Fitzgerald 0-3, E Foley 0-2, N Moran 0-1, A O'Shaughnessy 0-1, P Kirby 0-1.		S O'Neill 1-0, D Quinn 0-3, D McMahon 0-2, T Griffin 0-1, S Maloney 0-1, D Kennedy 0-1.	Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

Semi-finals

Limerick v Cork

9 July 2002 Semi-final	Limerick	1-15 - 1-14	Cork	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	M Keane (0-8), A O'Shaughnessy (1-1), N Moran (0-2), E Foley (0-2); C Fitzgerald (0-1), K Tobin (0-1).	Report	S O hAilpin (1-1), J Quinlan (0-3), N McCarthy (0-3), J Egan (0-2), Kieran Murphy (0-1); E Collins (0-1), G Callinan (0-1), T O'Leary (0-1), R Doherty (0-1).	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

Tipperary v Waterford

10 July 2002 Semi-final	Tipperary	2-14 - 1-11	Waterford	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	E Kelly 0-5, L Corbett 1-2, E Brislane 1-1, E Ryan 0-3, M Butler 0-2, D Shelley 0-1.		E Kelly 0-9, J Mullane 1-1, S Barron 0-1.

Finals

Tipperary v Limerick

8 August 2002 Final	Tipperary	3-9 - 2-12	Limerick	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	E Kelly 0-8 (0-7 frees), L Corbett 1-2, D Shelley 1-1, E Ryan 0-1.	Report	N Moran, J O’Brien 1-1 each, M Keane (frees), A O’Shaughnessy 0-3 each, E Foley 1-0 (pen), C Fitzgerald 0-1.	Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

Tipperary v Limerick

21 August 2002 Final replay	Tipperary	2-14 - 1-20	Limerick	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	E Kelly 0-6 (0-5 frees); E Brislane 0-3; M Butler, J O’Brien 1-0 each; D Shelley 0-2; P Morrissey, L Corbett, M Bourke 0-1 each.	Report	M Keane 0-7 (0-6 frees); K Tobin, E Foley (0-2 frees) 0-4 each; A O’Shaughnessy 1-0; P Kirby, C Fitzgerald 0-2 each; N Moran 0-1.	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Semi-final

Down v Derry

6 July 2002 Semi-final	Down	1-9 - 0-7	Derry	McKenna Park, Ballycran
	P Braniff (1-5), B McGourty (0-2), S Johnston (0-1), O Clarke (0-1).	Report	D McGill (0-4), K Hinphey (0-1); A McCloskey (0-1), S McBride (0-1).	Referee: T McIntyre (Antrim)

Final

Antrim v Down

21 July 2002 Final	Antrim	2-13 - 0-6	Down	Casement Park, Belfast
	G Bell 2-0, C Hernon 0-6, D McAuley 0-3, S Delargy 0-2, S McFadden 0-1, B Quinn 0-1.		P Braniff 0-4, G Clarke 0-1, F Conway 0-1.	Referee: G Devlin (Armagh)

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Galway v Wexford

24 August 2002 Semi-final	Galway	1-20 - 1-10	Wexford	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	G Farragher 0-13 (0-10 frees, 0-1 65); A Cullinane 1-1; M Coughlan 0-3; R Murray 0-2; D Hayes 0-1.	Report	B Lambert 0-7 (0-6 frees, 0-1 65); R Jacob 1-0; MJ Furlong, E Quigley, S O'Neill 0-1 each.	Referee: G Harrington (Cork)

Limerick v Antrim

25 August 2002 Semi-final	Limerick	2-20 - 2-6	Antrim	Parnell Park, Dublin
	M Keane 1-9, E Foley 1-3, K Tobin 0-3, A O'Shaughnessy 0-2, N Moran 0-1, P Tobin 0-1 C Fitzgerald 0-1.	Report	M McClements 1-0, S Delargy 1-0, K Stewart 0-2, D McAuley 0-1.	Referee: É Morris (Dublin)

Final

Limerick v Galway

15 September 2002 Final	Limerick	3-17 - 0-8	Galway	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	A O'Shaughnessy 2-2; M Keane 1-6 (0-5 frees); P Kirby 0-3 (0-2 frees); J O'Brien, P Lawlor (0-1 free) 0-2 each; C Fitzgerald, D Reale 0-1 each.	Report	G Farragher 0-5 (0-4 frees); R Murray 0-2; JP O'Connell 0-1.	Referee: D Murphy (Wexford)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Mark Keane	Limerick	2-37	43	6	7.16
2	Barry Lambert	Wexford	1-32	35	4	8.75
3	Andrew O'Shaughnessy	Limerick	4-09	21	6	3.50
4	Eoin Kelly	Tipperary	0-19	19	3	6.33
5	Ger Farragher	Limerick	0-18	18	2	9.00
6	David O'Callaghan	Dublin	1-13	16	2	8.00
7	Eoin Foley	Limerick	2-09	15	6	2.50
8	Rory Hanniffy	Offaly	3-04	13	2	6.50
9	Rory Jacob	Wexford	2-06	12	4	3.00
	Paul Braniff	Down	1-09	12	2	6.00

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Ger Farragher	Galway	0-13	13	Wexford
2	Mark Keane	Limerick	1-09	12	Antrim
3	Barry Lambert	Wexford	1-08	11	Dublin
4	David O'Callaghan	Dublin	1-07	10	Offaly
	Barry Lambert	Wexford	0-10	10	Carlow
5	Barry Lambert	Wexford	0-10	10	Carlow
6	Rory Hanniffy	Offaly	2-03	9	Laois
	Mark Keane	Limerick	1-06	9	Galway
	Eoin Kelly	Waterford	0-09	9	Tipperary
7	Michael Cordial	Offaly	2-02	8	Laois
	Andrew O'Shaughnessy	Limerick	2-02	8	Galway
	Paul Braniff	Down	1-05	8	Derry
	Mark Keane	Limerick	0-08	8	Cork
	Eoin Kelly	Tipperary	0-08	8	Waterford

Miscellaneous

• Limerick become the first team since Tipperary in 1981 to win three successive All-Ireland titles.