# 2012–13 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 2012–13 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 43rd staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970. The draw for the 2012-13 fixtures took place in August 2012. The championship began on 14 October 2012 and ended on 17 March 2013. Loughgiel Shamrocks were the defending champions.
St. Thomas's secured the title with a 1–11 to 1–9 defeat of Kilcormac–Killoughey in the All-Ireland final.

## Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the championship, including all of the representative teams from the 2011–12. The Armagh champions and the Carlow champions joined these teams in 2012–13.
The 2012–13 championship also saw a number of first-time participants. Kilcormac–Killoughey of Offaly, Swatragh of Derry and St. Thomas's of Galway won their first county championship titles and represented their respective counties in their respective provincial championships.

## Team summaries
### Participating clubs

| Team | County | Captain | Manager | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | County | Captain | Manager | All-Ireland | Provincial | County |
| Ballyhale Shamrocks | Kilkenny | David Hoyne | Tommy Shefflin | 2010 | 2009 | 2009 |
| Clonkill | Westmeath | Eoin Price | | | | 2011 |
| De La Salle | Waterford | Kevin Moran | Derek McGrath | | 2010 | 2010 |
| Kilcormac–Killoughey | Offaly | Ciarán Slevin | Danny Owens | | | |
| Kilmacud Crokes | Dublin | Ross O'Carroll | Gearóid Ó Riain | | | 1985 |
| Kilmallock | Limerick | Paudie O'Brien | Tony Considine | | 1994 | 2010 |
| Loughgiel Shamrocks | Antrim | Johnny Campbell | P. J. O'Mullan | 2012 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Middletown | Armagh | Ryan Gaffney | Sylvester McConnell | | | 2011 |
| Mount Leinster Rangers | Carlow | Brian Nolan | Tom Mullally | | | 2011 |
| Newmarket-on-Fergus | Clare | Enda Barrett | Bob Enright | | 1968 | 1981 |
| Oulart the Ballagh | Wexford | Keith Rossiter | Pat Herbert | | | 2011 |
| Portaferry | Down | Ciarán Coulter | | | | 2006 |
| Rathdowney-Errill | Laois | Shane Dollard | Frank McGrath | | | 2010 |
| Sarsfield's | Cork | Joe Barry | Pat Ryan | | | 2010 |
| St. Thomas's | Galway | Robert Murray | John Burke | | | |
| Swatragh | Derry | Michael Kirkpatrick | Seán McGuckin | | | |
| Thurles Sarsfield's | Tipperary | Pádraic Maher | Séamus Quinn | | | 2010 |

## Championship statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the championship: Ruairí Convery for Swatragh against Portaferry (Ulster semi-final, 14 October 2012)

### Discipline

* First red card of the championship: Ruairí Convery for Swatragh against Portaferry, 43 minutes (14 October 2012)

### Miscellaneous

* Thurles Sarsfield's win the Munster title for the first time in their history.
* The Leinster semi-final between Oulart-The Ballagh and Ballyhale Shamrocks was postponed due to torrential rain. Referee Barry Kelly took the decision for player safety.
* Kilcormac–Killoughey win the Leinster title for the first time in their history while Oulart-The Ballagh lose their third successive provincial decider.

## Top scorers
### Top scorers overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Games | Average |
| 1 | Ciarán Slevin | Kilcormac–Killoughey | 1-39 | 42 | 5 | 8.4 |
| 2 | Liam Watson | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 2-26 | 32 | 4 | 8.00 |
| 3 | Pa Bourke | Thurles Sarsfield's | 2-24 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 |
| 4 | Conor Cooney | St. Thomas's | 0-23 | 23 | 3 | 7.66 |
| | Eddie McCloskey | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 1-18 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 6 | Paul Braniff | Portaferry | 0-18 | 18 | 2 | 9.0 |
| 7 | Ross King | Rathdowney-Errill | 0-16 | 16 | 2 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Benny McCarry | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 1-11 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
| 8 | Nicky Kirwan | Oulart-the Ballagh | 1-11 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
| 9 | Dan Currams | Rathdowney-Errill | 3-04 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |

### Top scorers in a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Ciarán Slevin | Kilcormac–Killoughey | 1-10 | 13 | Mount Leinster Rangers |
| 2 | Conor Cooney | St. Thomas's | 0-12 | 12 | Loughgiel Shamrocks |
| 3 | Paul Braniff | Portaferry | 0-11 | 11 | Swatragh |
| 3 | Ciarán Slevin | Kilcormac–Killoughey | 0-11 | 11 | Thurles Sarsfield's |
| 4 | Seán McGrath | Kilmacud Crokes | 1-07 | 10 | Oulart the Ballagh |
| 4 | Liam Watson | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 1-07 | 10 | St. Thomas's |
| 5 | Eddie McCloskey | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 1-06 | 9 | Middletown |
| 5 | Jake Dillon | De La Salle | 0-09 | 9 | Thurles Sarsfield's |
| 6 | Pa Bourke | Thurles Sarsfield's | 1-05 | 8 | Kilmallock |
| 6 | Pa Bourke | Thurles Sarsfield's | 1-05 | 8 | Kilcormac–Killoughey |
| 6 | Liam Watson | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 1-05 | 8 | Portaferry |
| 6 | Liam Watson | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 0-08 | 8 | Middletown |
| 6 | Eddie McCloskey | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 0-08 | 8 | Portaferry |
| 6 | Ross King | Rathdowney-Errill | 0-08 | 8 | Clonkill |
| 6 | Cian McCarthy | Sarsfield's | 0-08 | 8 | Thurles Sarsfield's |
| 6 | Ross King | Rathdowney-Errill | 0-08 | 8 | Kilcormac–Killoughey |
| 6 | Ciarán Slevin | Kilcormac–Killoughey | 0-08 | 8 | St. Thomas's |