2012 Interprovincial Hurling Championship

The 2012 Interprovincial Hurling Championship, known as the 2012 M Donnelly Hurling Interprovincial Championship due to the tournament's sponsorship by businessman Martin Donnelly, is the 83rd series of the Interprovincial Championship. The annual hurling championship between the four historic provinces of Ireland is contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The championship was won by Leinster.

2012 Interprovincial Hurling Championship

Dates	19 February – 4 March 2012
Teams	Connacht Leinster Munster Ulster
Champions	Leinster
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	11 (3.67 per match)
Points scored	98 (32.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Richie Power (1-15)
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Participants

The teams involved are:

Province	Manager	Captain
Connacht	Anthony Cunningham
Leinster	Joe Dooley	Jackie Tyrrell
Munster	Liam Sheedy	Eoin Kelly
Ulster	Gregory O'Kane	Cormac Donnelly

Results

Interprovincial Championship

Leinster	3-14 – 1-16	Munster
R Power (1-5) S Dooley (0-5) J Bergin (1-1) M Fennelly (1-0) B Hogan (0-1) E Larkin (0-1) C Fennelly (0-1)	Report	J Conlon (1-3) P Horgan (0-3) J Gardiner (0-3) P Mahony (0-2) M Walsh (0-1) P Cronin (0-1) S McGrath (0-1) P Donnellan (0-1) E Kelly (0-1)

February 19
Semi-final

14:00 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0)

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Referee: A Kelly (Galway)

GK 1 Gary Maguire RCB 2 Paul Murphy FB 3 Noel Hickey LCB 4 Jackie Tyrrell (c) RWB 5 Tommy Walsh CB 6 Brian Hogan  35' LWB 7 J. J. Delaney MD 8 Michael Fennelly  64' MD 9 Michael Rice RWF 10 Ryan O'Dwyer  54' CF 11 Richie Power LWF 12 Eoin Larkin RCF 13 Shane Dooley CF 14 Joe Bergin  61' LCF 15 Richie Hogan  35' Substitutes: Willie Hyland  35' Darren Stamp  35' Colin Fennelly  54' Rory Hanniffy  61' Rory Jacob  66' Manager: Joe Dooley Selectors: John Conran Derek Lyng

GK 1 Donal Óg Cusack RCB 2 Michael Cahill FB 3 Paul Curran LCB 4 Tom Condon RWB 5 John Gardiner  58' CB 6 Pádraic Maher LWB 7 Pat Donnellan MD 8 Shane O'Sullivan MD 9 Shane McGrath  39' RWF 10 Pa Cronin  44' CF 11 Michael Walsh LWF 12 Brendan Maher RCF 13 John Conlon CF 14 Eoin Kelly (c)  58' LCF 15 Patrick Horgan  35' Substitutes: Donal O'Grady  39' Stephen Molumphy  44' Pauric Mahony  58' Gearóid Ryan  58' Kevin Moran  67' Manager: Liam Sheedy Selectors: Jamesie O'Connor Stephen Frampton

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Connacht	3–19 – 1-15	Ulster
N Burke (0-8) I Tannian (1-4) E Ryan (1-3) D Glennon (1-0) J Coen (0-2) N Healy (0-2)	Report	K Stewart (0-6) N McManus (0-5) C Donnelly (1-0) M Armstrong (0-2) N McAuley (0-1) C Carville (0-1)

February 19
Semi-final

14:00 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0)

Duggan Park, Ballinasloe

Referee: T Carroll (Offaly)

GK 1 Jamie Ryan RCB 2 Pádraig Shiel FB 3 Niall Donoghue LCB 4 Gerard O'Halloran RWB 5 Tony Óg Regan CB 6 Fergal Moore LWB 7 Brian Flaherty  58' MD 8 Jason Grealish  46' MD 9 Donal Fox  35' RWF 10 Bernard Burke CF 11 Niall Burke  56' LWF 12 Éanna Ryan RCF 13 Damien Hayes CF 14 Johnny Coen  74' LCF 15 Iarla Tannian Substitutes: Barry Daly  35' Davy Glennon  46' Niall Healy  56' Paul Gordon  58' Keith Raymond  74' Manager: Anthony Cunningham Selectors: Mattie Murphy Tom Helebert

GK 1 Graham Clarke RCB 2 Arron Graffin FB 3 Cormac Donnelly (c) LCB 4 Seán Ennis  78' RWB 5 Neil McCauley CB 6 Liam Hinphey LWB 7 Simon McCrory MD 8 Connor Woods MD 9 Neil McManus RWF 10 Michael Herron CF 11 Kevin McGarry  35' LWF 12 Michael Armstrong RCF 13 Paul McCloskey  43' CF 14 Karl Stewart LCF 15 Cathal Carville Substitutes: James Coyle  35' Ryan Gaffney  43' Michael Ennis  78' . . Manager: Gregory O'Kane

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Leinster	2-19 – 1-15	Connacht
R Power (0-10) R O'Dwyer (2-2) S Dooley (0-3) J Bergin (0-2) E Larkin (0-2)	Report	C Cooney (0-9) D Hayes (1-1) B Burke (0-3) I Tannian (0-1) D Burke (0-1)

March 4
Final

14:00 IST/GMT+0 (UTC+0)

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

GK 1 Gary Maguire  35' RCB 2 Paul Murphy FB 3 Keith Rossiter LCB 4 Niall Corcoran  61' RWB 5 Tommy Walsh CB 6 Jackie Tyrrell (c) LWB 7 Rory Hanniffy MD 8 Michael Rice MD 9 Michael Fennelly RWF 10 Richie Power CF 11 Joe Bergin LWF 12 Eoin Larkin RCF 13 Shane Dooley  61' FF 14 Ryan O'Dwyer  49' LCF 15 T. J. Reid  48' Substitutes: David Herity  35' Paul Ryan  48' Brendan Murtagh  49' Rory Jacob  61' David Kenny  61' Manager: Joe Dooley Selectors: John Conran Derek Lyng

GK 1 Jamie Ryan RCB 2 Pádraig Shiel FB 3 David Collins LCB 4 Gerard O'Halloran RWB 5 Niall Donoghue  60' CB 6 Fergal Moore LWB 7 Joseph Cooney MD 8 Aidan Harte MD 9 Jason Grealish  33' RWF 10 Johnny Coen  35' CF 11 Conor Cooney LWF 12 Iarla Tannian  42' RCF 13 Bernard Burke FF 14 Barry Daly  48' LCF 15 David Burke Substitutes: Paul Gordon  33' Damien Hayes  35' James Regan  42' Davy Glennon  48' Keith Raymond  60' Manager: Anthony Cunningham Selectors: Mattie Murphy Tom Helebert

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Top scorers

Championship

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Richie Power	Leinster	1–15	18	2	9.00

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Richie Power	Leinster	0-10	10	Connacht
2	Conor Cooney	Connacht	0-9	9	Leinster
3	Ryan O'Dwyer	Leinster	2-2	8	Connacht
	Richie Power	Leinster	1-5	8	Munster
	Niall Burke	Connacht	0-8	8	Ulster

Media coverage

None of the Interprovincial Championship semi-finals of final were broadcast live on television, however, brief highlights of all three games were shown on TG4's GAA 2012 highlights programme.

External links

• M Donnelly Interprovincials official website