# 2022 Laois Senior Hurling Championship

The 2022 Laois Senior Hurling Championship was the 129th staging of the Laois Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Laois County Board in 1888. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 24 February 2022. The championship ran from 14 July to 2 October 2022.
Clough–Ballacolla entered the championship as the defending champions.
The final was played on 2 October 2022 at MW Hire O'Moore Park in Port Laoise, between Clough–Ballacolla and Camross, in what was their third meeting in the final and a first in five years. Clough–Ballacolla won the match by 1–24 to 0–16 to claim their 11th championship title overall and a third title in succession.
Clough–Ballacolla's Stephen Maher was the championship's top scorer with 1-57.

## Team changes
### To Championship

Promoted from the Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Ballinakill

### From Championship

Relegated to the Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Abbeyleix St Lazarian's

## Group A
### Group A table

Advanced to semi-finals  Advanced to quarter-finals  Advanced to relegation playoff
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Clough–Ballacolla | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 48 | 37 | 6 |
| Camross | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 69 | 14 | 4 |
| Castletown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 90 | -27 | 2 |
| The Harps | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 86 | -24 | 0 |

### Group A results
## Group B
### Group B table

Advanced to semi-finals  Advanced to quarter-finals  Advanced to relegation playoff
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Rathdowney–Errill | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 51 | 47 | 6 |
| Rosenallis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 69 | -9 | 3 |
| Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 70 | -17 | 3 |
| Ballinakill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 78 | -24 | 0 |

### Group B results
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Stephen Maher | Clough–Ballacolla | 1-57 | 60 | 5 | 12.00 |
| 2 | Zane Keenan | Camross | 1-43 | 46 | 6 | 7.66 |
| 3 | Aaron Gaughan | Castletown | 0-31 | 31 | 5 | 6.20 |
| 4 | Ryan Mullaney | Castletown | 3-17 | 26 | 5 | 5.20 |
| 5 | Cha Dwyer | Ballinakill | 2-20 | 26 | 4 | 6.50 |
| 5 | John Brophy | The Harps | 1-23 | 26 | 4 | 6.50 |
| 7 | Brandon McGinley | Rathdowney–Errill | 2-19 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 8 | Brian Fitzpatrick | Rosenallis | 2-18 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 9 | Daniel Delaney | Camross | 2-17 | 23 | 6 | 3.83 |
| 9 | Stephen Dunphy | Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton | 0-23 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 |
| 9 | Dylan Carroll | Rathdowney–Errill | 2-17 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Stephen Maher | Clough–Ballacolla | 0-16 | 16 | Castletown |
| 2 | Stephen Maher | Clough–Ballacolla | 0-13 | 13 | Castletown |
| 2 | Zane Keenan | Camross | 0-13 | 13 | Rathdowney–Errill |
| 4 | John Brophy | The Harps | 1-08 | 11 | Clough–Ballacolla |
| 4 | Zane Keenan | Camross | 1-08 | 11 | Castletown |
| 4 | Stephen Maher | Clough–Ballacolla | 0-11 | 11 | Camross |
| 7 | Brian Fitzpatrick | Rosenallis | 2-04 | 10 | Rathdowney–Errill |
| 7 | Ryan Mullaney | Castletown | 2-04 | 10 | The Harps |
| 7 | Stephen Maher | Clough–Ballacolla | 1-07 | 10 | The Harps |
| 7 | Stephen Maher | Clough–Ballacolla | 1-07 | 10 | Camross |