2020 Walsh Cup

The 2020 Walsh Cup was an early-season inter-county hurling competition based in the Irish province of Leinster.^[1]

Seven counties compete – six from Leinster, Galway from Connacht and none from Ulster. No third-level college teams took part. Six other counties from Leinster and Ulster play in the second-ranked Kehoe Cup.

It took place in December 2019 and January 2020.^[2][3]

Wexford were the winners.^[4]

Competition format

Three teams receive a bye to the semi-finals – Kilkenny, Galway and Wexford. The remaining four teams compete in an initial group stage with each team playing the other teams once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The group winners advance to the semi-finals. If the semi-final or final games are drawn, a penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner; there is no extra time played.

Fixtures and results

Round-robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dublin	3	3	0	0	85	52	+33	6	Advance to semi-final
2	Westmeath	3	2	0	1	58	54	+4	4
3	Laois	3	1	0	2	59	76	−17	2
4	Carlow	3	0	0	3	54	74	−20	0

Westmeath v Carlow

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) Round 1	Westmeath	2-12 (18) – (14) 0-14	Carlow	Kinnegad
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Coralstown/Kinnegad GAA
		Report

Westmeath v Dublin

15 December 2019 (2019-12-15) Round 2	Westmeath	0-17 (17) – (25) 1-22	Dublin	Mullingar
13:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Cusack Park
		Report		Referee: Gavin Quilty (Kilkenny)

Carlow v Laois

15 December 2019 (2019-12-15) Round 2	Carlow	0-22 (22) – (27) 3-19	Laois	Carlow
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Dr Cullen Park
		Report		Referee: Thomas Gleeson (Dublin)

Dublin v Carlow

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) Round 3	Dublin	3-20 (29) – (18) 0-18	Carlow	Donnycarney
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Parnell Park
		Report		Referee: Gearóid McGrath

Laois v Westmeath

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) Round 3	Laois	1-12 (15) – (23) 2-17	Westmeath	Borris-in-Ossory
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: O'Keeffe Park
		Report		Referee: Justin Heffernan

Dublin v Laois

9 January 2020 (2020-01-09) Round 1	Dublin	1-28 (31) – (17) 0-17	Laois	Donnycarney
19:45 GMT (UTC±0)				Venue: Parnell Park
		Report		Referee: Barry Redmond

Finals

Kilkenny v Wexford

12 January 2020 (2020-01-12) 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Semi-Final

Report

Kilkenny	1-09 (12) – (24) 2-18	Wexford
(HT: 0-05 – 1-08)

John Locke Park, Callan Referee: Seán Stack

Dublin v Galway

12 January 2020 (2020-01-12) 14:00 GMT (UTC±0) Semi-Final

Report

Dublin	0-18 (18) – (19) 0-19	Galway
(HT: 0-11 – 0-12)

Parnell Park, Donnycarney Referee: Patrick Murphy

Wexford v Galway

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19) 17:00 GMT (UTC±0) Final

Report

Wexford	1-16 (19) – (18) 0-18	Galway
(HT: 0-08 – 0-10)

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Referee: Michael Murtagh (Westmeath)

References