2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship


The 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 46th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship since it began in the 1970-71 season. It is the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The winners receive the Tommy Moore Cup.
The championship began on 4 October 2015 and ended on 17 March 2016.
Ballyhale Shamrocks were the defending champions but were defeated by O'Loughlin Gaels in the Kilkenny championship. Cuala, Glen Rovers and Sarsfields returned to the championship after prolonged absences.
On 17 March 2016, Na Piarsaigh won the championship following a 2-25 to 2-14 defeat of Ruairí Óg, Cushendall in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title and a first title for a Limerick club.
Ruairí Óg, Cushendall's Neil McManus was the championship's top scorer with 2-29.

Format

County Championships
Ireland's counties play their county championships between their senior hurling clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc or a combination.
Provincial Championships
Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. Connacht do not organise a provincial championship and are represented in the All-Ireland semi-finals by the Galway champions. All matches are knock-out and extra time is played if it's a draw at the end of normal time.
All-Ireland
The two semi-finals are played in early February. The All-Ireland final is traditionally played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March. All matches are knock-out. If it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals, extra time is played. If the final ends in a draw the match is replayed.
Initial Schedule
County championships April 2015 to November 2015

Provincial championships October 2015 to December 2015

All-Ireland semi-finals early February 2016

All-Ireland final 17 March 2016

Provincial Championships

[Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship]

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

[Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship]

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

[Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship]

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

[All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship]

All-Ireland Draw

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

All-Ireland Final

Top scorers

;Overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Neil McManusRuairí Óg2-293548.75
2Shane DowlingNa Piarsaigh1-283156.20
3David TreacyCuala0-282839.33
4Cormac O'DohertySlaughtneil1-161929.50
4Nicky KirwanOulart-the Ballagh0-191936.33
6Brian O'SullivanBallygunner1-151829.00
7Ryan GaffneyMiddletown0-171728.50
8Peter CaseyNa Piarsaigh2-91553.00
9Kevin DownesNa Piarsaigh2-81443.50
10Adrian BreenNa Piarsaigh2-71352.60

;Single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Neil McManusRuairí Óg0-1313Slaughtneil
2David TreacyCuala0-1212Coolderry
3Keith HoganClara0-1212Cuala
4Ryan GaffneyMiddletown0-1111Lisbellaw
5Neil McManusRuairí Óg1-710Na Piarsaigh
5Cormac O'DohertySlaughtneil1-710Ballycran
5Neil McManusRuairí Óg1-710Sarsfields
5David TreacyCuala0-1010Oulart the Ballagh
5Nicky KirwanOulart the Ballagh0-1010Na Piarsaigh
10Seán CorriganLisbellaw1-69Middletown
10Brian O'SullivanBallygunner1-69Na Piarsaigh
10Cormac O'DohertySlaughtneil0-99Ruairí Óg
10Brian O'SullivanBallygunner0-99Glen Rovers

Miscellaneous

After losing six provincial finals between 1994 and 2013, Oulart-the Ballagh finally won the Leinster title by defeating Cuala 2-13 to 0-13.

Team Summaries