2014 National Hurling League


The 2014 National Hurling League was the 83rd staging of the National Hurling League. The league began on 15 February.
The divisional stage of the competition finished on 23 March.
In the final played on 4 May at Semple Stadium, Kilkenny defeated Tipperary by 2-25 1-27 with TJ Reid getting the winning point in the last minute of extra-time.
Tipperary had led by 1-11 to 1-9 at half time, the Tipperary goal coming from John O'Dwyer when he connected with Noel McGrath's sideline cut to touch the ball to the net from the edge of the square. The game finished in a draw at 2-17 to 1-20 after 70 minutes with injury time points for Tipperary from Shane Bourke and Kieran Bergin sending the game to extra time.
Both goals for Kilkenny came from penalties and both scored by TJ Reid and the sides were level 11 times.
of Tipperary and Aidan Harte of Galway in action in the 2014 National Hurling League in Pearse Stadium

Format

Division 1A

Top scorers

Season
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
2Pauric MahonyWaterford1–535669.33
1Séamus CallananTipperary5–6277711.00
3Conor CooneyGalway3–384767.83
4Colin RyanClare1–384166.83
5Alan McCrabbeDublin0–383866.33
Single game

Division 1B

Division 1B

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

Season
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Patrick HorganCork2–434959.80
2Joe BerginOffaly1–293248.00
3Conor AllisLimerick0–313156.20
4Stephen MaherLaois1–222555.00
5Paul ShieldsAntrim0–222254.40
Single game

Division 1 Knockout

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Division 1 Final

Division 2A

Division 2A

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

Season
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Shane NolanKerry2–344058.00
2Noel ConatyWestmeath2–222855.60
3Seán MurphyCarlow2–202655.20
4Gerry KeeganKildare1–212454.80
5Marty KavanaghCarlow1–192254.40
Single game

Division 2B

Division 2B

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

Season
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Mikey LeeWicklow2–424859.60
2J. M. SheridanFingal1–343757.40
3Mattie LennonArmagh3–263557.00
4Kenny FeeneyMayo0–323256.40
5Derek DoranMeath3–91853.60
Single game

Division 3A

Division 3A

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

Season
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Gerry FallonRoscommon1–343749.25
2Lee HendersonDonegal1–303348.25
2Hugh ByrneMonaghan1–293248.00

Division 3B

Division 3B

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

Season
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Pádraig O'DonnellLeitrim0–101025.00

Tickets

The GAA announced in January 2014 that tickets purchased before the day of the games would cost €10, a reduction of €3 from previous seasons, whereas the cost of entry on the day of the game would be raised to €15.