# 2023 Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship

The 2023 Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship was the fourth staging of the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and the 135th staging overall of a championship for the top-ranking hurling teams in Cork. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 11 December 2022. The championship ran from 6 June to 15 October 2023.
St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Sarsfields in the semi-finals. 27-time champions Glen Rovers' relegation brought an end to 97 years of top tier hurling for the club.
The final was played on 15 October 2023 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Sarsfields and Midleton, in what was second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 10 years. Sarsfields won the match by 0–21 to 0–19 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title in nine years.
Ben Cunningham was the championship's top scorer with 1-58.

## Team changes
### To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship
* Fr. O'Neill's

### From Championship

Relegated to the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship
* Na Piarsaigh

## Participating teams
### Clubs

| Team | Location | Colours | Manager(s) | Captain(s) |
| Bishopstown | Bishopstown | Maroon and white | Glen O'Callaghan Martin Hayes | |
| Blackrock | Blackrock | Green and yellow | Jamie Harrington | Niall Cashman Kevin O'Keeffe |
| Charleville | Charleville | Red and white | Mark Foley | Jack Meade |
| Douglas | Douglas | Green, white and black | Denis O'Riordan | Donnchadh Murphy |
| Erin's Own | Glounthaune | Blue and red | Martin Bowen | |
| Fr. O'Neill's | Ballymacoda | Green and red | Dave Colbert Bryan Sweeney | Declan Dalton John Millerick |
| Glen Rovers | Blackpool | Green, black and yellow | Richie Kelleher | Stephen McDonnell |
| Kanturk | Kanturk | White and green | Tom Walsh | Lorcán McLoughlin |
| Midleton | Midleton | Black and white | Micheál Keohane | Conor Lehane |
| Newtownshandrum | Newtownshandrum | Green and yellow | | Tim O'Mahony |
| Sarsfields | Glanmire | Blue, black and white | Johnny Crowley | |
| St. Finbarr's | Togher | Blue and yellow | Ger Cunningham | Billy Hennessy |

### Divisions and colleges

| Team | Location | Colours | Manager | Captain(s) |
| Avondhu | North Cork | Black and yellow | Joe O'Brien | Jack Twomey Stephen Condon |
| Carbery | West Cork | Purple and yellow | Joe Ryan | Michael Cahalane |
| Carrigdhoun | Southeast Cork | Red and white | | Cormac Desmond |
| Duhallow | Duhallow | Orange and black | Donal O'Mahoney | Jack Murphy |
| Imokilly | East Cork | Red and white | Denis Ring | John Cronin Ciarán O'Brien |
| Muskerry | Mid Cork | Green and white | Diarmuid Kirwan | Fenton Denny |
| University College Cork | College Road | Red and black | Tom Kenny | Seán Daly |

## Group A
### Group A table

Knockout stage  Relegation playoff
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Midleton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 50 | 31 | 6 |
| Blackrock | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 54 | 32 | 4 |
| Bishopstown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 94 | -41 | 2 |
| Glen Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 84 | -22 | 0 |

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

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Charleville | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 56 | 3 | 4 |
| Douglas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 57 | 11 | 4 |
| Fr. O'Neill's | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 59 | -3 | 2 |
| Erin's Own | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 67 | -11 | 2 |

### Group B results
## Group C
### Group C table

Knockout stage  Relegation playoff
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Sarsfields | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 66 | 13 | 5 |
| St. Finbarr's | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 69 | 11 | 4 |
| Newtownshandrum | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 78 | -14 | 2 |
| Kanturk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 72 | -10 | 1 |

### Group C results
## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final |
| | Midleton | |
| | TBD | |
| Charleville | TBD | |
| St Finbarr's | | |
| St Finbarr's | | TBD |
| | | TBD |
| Douglas | | | TBD |
| Imokilly | | |
| Imokilly | TBD | |
| | TBD | |
| Blackrock | TBD | |
| Sarsfields | | |

### Final
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Ben Cunningham | St Finbarr's | 1-58 | 61 | 5 | 12.20 |
| 2 | Aaron Myers | Sarsfields | 2-51 | 57 | 6 | 9.50 |
| 3 | Patrick Horgan | Glen Rovers | 2-37 | 43 | 4 | 10.75 |
| 4 | Shane Kingston | Douglas | 2-36 | 42 | 4 | 10.50 |
| 5 | Jamie Coughlan | Newtownshandrum | 4-28 | 40 | 3 | 13.33 |
| 6 | Stephen Condon | Avondhu | 2-32 | 38 | 5 | 7.60 |
| 6 | Declan Dalton | Fr O'Neill's | 2-24 | 30 | 3 | 10.00 |
| 8 | Conor Lehane | Midleton | 0-29 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 |
| 9 | Eoghan Murphy | Erin's Own | 0-27 | 27 | 3 | 9.00 |
| 9 | Jack Doyle | Charleville | 0-27 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Ben Cunningham | St Finbarr's | 0-18 | 18 | Kanturk |
| 2 | Aaron Myers | Sarsfields | 2-10 | 16 | Newtownshandrum |
| 2 | Patrick Horgan | Glen Rovers | 1-13 | 16 | Bishopstown |
| 4 | Jamie Coughlan | Newtownshandrum | 2-09 | 15 | Kanturk |
| 4 | Jamie Coughlan | Newtownshandrum | 1-12 | 15 | St Finbarr's |
| 6 | Shane Kingston | Douglas | 1-11 | 14 | Erin's Own |
| 6 | Ben Cunningham | St Finbarr's | 1-11 | 14 | Sarsfields |
| 6 | Ben Cunningham | St Finbarr's | 0-14 | 14 | Newtownshandrum |
| 9 | Declan Dalton | Fr O'Neill's | 1-10 | 13 | Erin's Own |
| 9 | Shane Kingston | Douglas | 1-10 | 13 | Imokilly |

### Miscellaneous

* Sarsfields qualify for the final for the first time since 2015.
* Sarsfields win the title for the first time since 2014.
* 27-time champions Glen Rovers' relegation brought an end to 97 years of top tier hurling for the club.