SHC Bulletin for week ending 6th & 7th May:

LEINSTER AND MUNSTER LIVING UP TO EXCITING EXPECTATIONS
None of the nine counties who have played two games in the Leinster and Munster GAA hurling champion- ships have full points, underlining just how competitive the ‘round robin’ campaigns are. And all the indica- tions are that they will continue that way as the battle continues for places in the provincial finals and the All -Ireland series.
In Leinster, Galway, Kilkenny and Dublin have all taken three from a possible four points; Wexford have two points, Antrim one and Westmeath none.
Four of the five Munster counties are on two points, leaving Waterford, who have lost both games so far, at the bottom of the table. Cork and Tipperary have played one game each, while the other three have played two each.
The action continues in both provinces next weekend with three games in Leinster and one in Munster. Leinster
Saturday: Dublin v Wexford, Croke Park, 5.0; Westmeath v Galway, TEG Cusack Park, 6.0
Sunday: Antrim v Kilkenny, Corrigan Park, 1.0
Munster
Saturday: Cork v Tipperary, Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 7.0

DUBLIN V WEXFORD
Their last three championship meetings have been very close. Dublin won by a point last year while the sides drew in 2019. Wexford won by two points in 2018.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2022: Dublin 0-24 Wexford 0-23 (Leinster ‘round robin)

2019: Dublin 1-22 Wexford 2-19 (Leinster ‘round robin’) 2018: Wexford 0-22 Dublin 2-14 (Leinster ‘round robin’) 2016: Dublin 2-19 Wexford 0-12 (Leinster quarter-final) 2014: Dublin 0-22 Wexford 1-14 (Leinster semi-final)
*Dublin have beaten Westmeath and drawn with Antrim in their first two games. Wexford lost to Galway and beat Antrim.
*Dublin have lost only once to Wexford (2018) in their last seven championship meetings.
*Top Scorers 2023 Championship
Dublin
Donal Burke………2-18 (0-13 frees, 0-2 ‘65s’)
Cian O’Sullivan…….0-6 (0-1 s/l)
Cian Boland…………1-3
Wexford
Rory O’Connor…..0-12 (0-5 frees)
Lee Chin……………..0-8 (0-4 frees, 0-1 ‘65’)
Cathal Dunbar……..1-4
Liam Og McGovern…1-4
WESTMEATH v GALWAY
Galway won last year’s Leinster championship tie by 25 points and this year’s Allianz League game by 24 points.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2022: Galway 3-36 Westmeath 1-17 (Leinster round robin)
2016: Galway 3-27 Westmeath 0-19 (Leinster quarter-final)
2012: Galway 5-19 Westmeath 4-12 (Leinster quarter-final)
2011: Galway 4-17 Westmeath 2-14 (Leinster quarter-final)
2006: Galway 3-21 Westmeath 0-6 (All-Ireland qualifiers)
*Galway beat Wexford and drew with Kilkenny in their first two ‘round robin’ games. Westmeath lost to Kilkenny and Dublin.
*Galway have scored a total of 18 goals in their last five championship meetings with Westmeath and have won them by an average of 17 points.
Top Scorers Championship 2023 Westmeath
Ciaran Doyle……0-13 (0-8 frees) Niall Mitchell….1-0
Eoin Keyes……….0-2
Galway
Evan Niland……0-20 (0-11 frees, 0-1 ‘65’) Brian Concannon…1-7
Conor Whelan………0-4

KILKENNY v ANTRIM
They meet in the championship for the first time in thirty years, when Kilkenny won an All-Ireland semi- final by 18 points in 1993. Antrim’s only ever championship win over Kilkenny came in 1943 when they won an All-Ireland semi-final by three points.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
1993: Kilkenny 4-18 Antrim 1-9 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1991: Kilkenny 2-18 Antrim 1-19 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1987: Kilkenny 2-18 Antrim 2-11 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1946: Kilkenny 7-11 Antrim 0-7 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1943: Antrim 3-3 Kilkenny 1-6 (All-Ireland semi-final)
*Kilkenny beat Westmeath and drew with Galway in their first two ‘round robin’ games. Antrim drew with Dublin and lost to Wexford.
*The last competitive game between Antrim and Kilkenny was in this year’s Allianz League when Kilkenny won by 1-18 to 0-15.

CORK v TIPPERARY
Cork won the corresponding tie by 12 points last year. Both have played one game in this year’s champion- ship, with Cork beating Waterford and Tipperary beating Clare.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2022: Cork 3-30 Tipperary 1-24 (Munster ‘round robin’)
2020: Tipperary 2-18 Cork 1-17 (All-Ireland qualifier)
2019: Tipperary 2-28 Cork 1-24 (Munster ‘round robin’)
2018: Tipperary 2-20 Cork 1-23 (Munster ‘round robin)
2017: Cork 2-27 Tipperary 1-26 (Munster quarter-final)
*They meet in the championship for the 90th time, with Tipperary leading 41-39 in wins. There have also been eight draws and one abandoned game.
Top Scorers Championship 2023
Tipperary
Jason Forde………2-6 (0-5 frees, 1-1 s/l, 1-0 pen) Jake Morris………2-4
Sean Ryan…………1-1
Cork
Patrick Horgan……..0-8 (6 frees)
Darragh Fitzgibbon..0-5
GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS, JOE MCDONAGH CUP, CHRISTY RING CUP, NICKEY RACKARD CUP, LORY MEAGHER CUP
LIAM MACCARTHY CUP

LEINSTER
Round 1: April 22: Antrim 1-19 Dublin 1-19, Corrigan Park; Galway 0-24 Wexford 2-12, Pearse Stadium; Kilkenny 0-29 Westmeath 0-7, UPMC Nowlan Park.
Round 2: April 29: Wexford 1-30 Antrim 1-26, Chadwicks Wexford Park; Dublin 2-23 Westmeath 1-14, Parnell Park; April 30: Kilkenny 0-28 Galway 1-25, UPMC Nowlan Park.
Round 3: May 6: Dublin v Wexford, Croke Park; Westmeath v Galway, TEG Cusack Park; May 7: Antrim v Kilkenny, Corrigan Park.
Round 4: May 20: Kilkenny v Dublin, UPMC Nowlan Park; May 21: Galway v Antrim, Pearse Stadium; Wex- ford v Westmeath, Chadwicks Wexford Park.
Round 5: May 28: Wexford v Kilkenny, Chadwicks Wexford Park; Dublin v Galway, Croke Park; Westmeath v Antrim, TEG Cusack Park.
MUNSTER
Round 1: April 23: Limerick 1-18 Waterford 0-19, FBD Semple Stadium; Tipperary 5-22 Clare 3-23, Ennis. Round 2: April 29: Clare 1-24 Limerick 2-20 TUS Gaelic Grounds; April 30: Cork 0-27 Waterford 0-18, Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
Round 3: May 6: Cork v Tipperary, Pairc Ui Chaoimh; May 13: Waterford v Clare, FBD Semple Stadium. Round 4: May 21: Clare v Cork, Ennis; Tipperary v Limerick, FBD Semple Stadium.
Round 5: May 28: Limerick v Cork, TUS Gaelic Grounds; Tipperary v Waterford, FBD Semple Stadium. Final: June 11
JOE McDONAGH CUP
Round 1: Kerry 1-26 Down 1-14; Carlow 5-23 Kildare 0-19; Offaly 3-19 Laois 1-22.
Round 2: April 16: Laois 7-24 Down 0-14; Offaly 2-22 Kildare 3-11; Kerry 0-21 Carlow 0-21.
Round 3: April 22: Kerry 1-17 Kildare 0-14; Carlow 1-22 Laois 1-22; Offaly 1-26 Down 1-15.
Round 4: May 6/7: Offaly v Kerry; Laois v Kildare; Down v Carlow.
Round 5: May 13: Kildare v Down; Carlow v Offaly; Kerry v Laois.
CHRISTY RING CUP
Round 1: April 16: Sligo 2-20 London 1-20; Tyrone 2-20 Derry 2-20; Meath 2-20 Mayo 0-24.
Round 2: May 22: Tyrone 2-22 Mayo 1-17; April 23: London 4-17 Meath 1-24; Derry 4-27 Sligo 2-13. Round 3: April 29: Meath 1-21 Derry 1-19; April 30: London 2-22 Mayo 0-21; Sligo 0-20 Tyrone 1-16 Round 4: May 13: Sligo v Mayo; Meath v Tyrone; May 14: London v Derry.
May 20: Tyrone v London; Derry v Mayo; Sligo v Meath.
NICKEY RACKARD CUP
Round 1: April 16: Wicklow 4-25 Louth 0-13; Armagh 2-24 Roscommon 0-18; Donegal 1-21 Fermanagh 0- 18.
Round 2: April 22: Wicklow 1-14 Fermanagh 1-12; Donegal 3-20 Armagh 1-16; Roscommon 5-8 Louth 1- 17.
Round 3: April 29: Wicklow 3-28 Armagh 3-8; April 30: Donegal 2-25 Roscommon 2-16; Louth 3-17 Fer- managh 3-17.
Round 4: May 13: Fermanagh v Armagh; Donegal v Louth; Wicklow v Roscommon.
Round 5: Armagh v Louth; Donegal v Wicklow; Roscommon v Fermanagh.
LORY MEAGHER CUP
Round 1: April 15: Lancashire 3-21 Longford 2-17; April 16: Monaghan 1-18 Leitrim 2-12; Warwickshire 3- 15 Cavan 0-22;
Round 2: April 22/23: Cavan 2-16 Monaghan 0-19; Lancashire 4-15 Leitrim 1-15; Longford 2-23 Warwick- shire 1-9.

Round 3: April 29/30: Cavan 3-29 Lancashire 5-9; Monaghan 2-26 Warwickshire 1-4; Longford 0-12 Lei- trim 0-8.
Round 4: May 13/14: Longford v Cavan; Warwickshire v Leitrim; Lancashire v Monaghan.
Round 5: May 20: Cavan v Leitrim; Monaghan v Longford; Warwickshire v Lancashire.