# 2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

The 2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2023 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Leinster GAA. Kilkenny were the defending champions having defeated Galway in the 2022 final.

## Format
### Group stage (15 matches)

Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Leinster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the all-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team may face relegation to next years Joe McDonagh Cup.

### Final (1 match)

The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Leinster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Leinster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

## Team changes
### To Championship

Promoted from the Joe McDonagh Cup
* Antrim

### From Championship

Relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup
* Laois

## Teams
### General Information

Six counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship:
| County | Last Championship Title | Last All-Ireland Title | Position in 2022 Championship |
| Antrim | — | — | Champions (Joe McDonagh Cup) |
| Dublin | 2013 | 1938 | 4th |
| Galway | 2018 | 2017 | Runners-up |
| Kilkenny | 2022 | 2015 | Champions |
| Westmeath | — | — | 5th |
| Wexford | 2019 | 1996 | 3rd |

### Personnel and kits

| County | Manager | Captain(s) | Sponsor |
| Antrim | Darren Gleeson | Conor McCann | Fibrus |
| Dublin | Micheál Donoghue | Eoghan O'Donnell and Cian O'Callaghan | AIG |
| Galway | Henry Shefflin | Daithí Burke and Joseph Cooney | Supermac's |
| Kilkenny | Derek Lyng | Richie Reid and Eoin Cody | Avonmore |
| Westmeath | Joe Fortune | Aonghus Clarke and Killian Doyle | Renault |
| Wexford | Darragh Egan | Lee Chin | Zurich Insurance Group |

## Group stage
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Galway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 116 | +59 | 8 | Advance to Leinster Final |
| 2 | Kilkenny | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 163 | 120 | +43 | 7 | Advance to Leinster Final |
| 3 | Dublin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 125 | 117 | +8 | 6 | Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals |
| 4 | Wexford | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 141 | -4 | 4 | |
| 5 | Antrim | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 141 | 167 | -26 | 3 | |
| 6 | Westmeath (R) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 173 | -80 | 2 | Relegation to Joe McDonagh Cup |

### Matches
#### Round 5
## Leinster Final
## Stadia and locations

| County | Location | Province | Stadium | Capacity |
| Neutral venue | Dublin | Leinster | Croke Park | 82,300 |
| Antrim | Belfast | Ulster | Corrigan Park | 3,700 |
| Dublin | Donnycarney | Leinster | Parnell Park | 7,300 |
| Galway | Galway | Connacht | Pearse Stadium | 26,197 |
| Kilkenny | Kilkenny | Leinster | Nowlan Park | 27,000 |
| Westmeath | Mullingar | Leinster | Cusack Park | 11,500 |
| Wexford | Wexford | Leinster | Chadwicks Wexford Park | 18,000 |

## Championship statistics
### Scoring events

* Widest winning margin: 34 points
** Galway 6-33 - 0-17 Westmeath (Round 3)
* Most goals in a match: 9
** Wexford 4-23 - 5-18 Kilkenny (Round 5)
* Most points in a match: 56
** Wexford 1-30 - 1-26 Antrim (Round 2)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 6
** Galway 6-33 - 0-17 Westmeath (Round 3)
* Most points by one team in a match: 33
** Galway 6-33 - 0-17 Westmeath (Round 3)
* Highest aggregate score: 75 points
** Antrim 3-20 - 5-31 Kilkenny (Round 3)
* Lowest aggregate score: 36 points
** Kilkenny 0-29 - 0-07 Westmeath (Round 1)

## Miscellaneous

* Kilkenny won the championship for a fourth year in a row
* Westmeath defeated Wexford in the championship for the first time since 1940.