# 2021 Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship

The 2021 Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship was the second staging of the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and the 133rd staging overall of a championship for the top-ranking hurling teams in Cork. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 29 April 2021. The championship began on 14 July 2021 and ended on 21 November 2021.
Blackrock entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Midleton at the semi-final stage. Carrigtwohill were relegated from the championship after being beaten in a playoff by Charleville.
The final was played on 21 November 2021 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Glen Rovers and Midleton, in what was their first meeting in a final in 30 years. Midleton won the match by 0–24 to 1–18 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a first title since 2013.
Patrick Horgan was the championship's top scorer with 6-56.

## Team changes
### To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship
* Charleville

### From Championship

Relegated to the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship
* Ballyhea

## Participating teams
### Clubs

The seedings were based on final group stage positions from the 2020 championship.
Top seeds  Second seeds  Third seeds  Fourth seeds
| Team | Location | Colours | Manager | Captain | Seeding |
| Blackrock | Blackrock | Green and yellow | Fergal Ryan | Michael O'Halloran | 1 |
| Glen Rovers | Blackpool | Green, black and yellow | Ian Lynam | Cathal Hickey | 2 |
| Sarsfields | Glanmire | Blue, black and white} | Barry Myers | Daniel Kearney | 3 |
| Douglas | Douglas | Green, white and black | Mark O'Callaghan | Mark Harrington | 4 |
| Erin's Own | Glounthaune | Blue and red | Martin Bowen | Cian O'Connor | 5 |
| Na Piarsaigh | Farranree | Black and yellow | Colm O'Sullivan | Christopher Joyce | 6 |
| Newtownshandrum | Newtownshandrum | Green and yellow | Pat Mulcahy | Conor Griffin | 7 |
| Midleton | Midleton | Black and white | Ger FitzGerald | Conor Lehane | 8 |
| St. Finbarr's | Togher | Blue and yellow | Ronan Curran | Olan Murphy | 9 |
| Carrigtwohill | Carrigtwohill | Blue and gold | Seánie O'Farrell | Pat O'Sullivan | 10 |
| Bishopstown | Bishopstown | Maroon and white | Robin Murray | Ken O'Halloran | 11 |
| Charleville | Charleville | Red and white | Mark Foley | Alan Dennehy | 12 |

### Divisions and colleges

| Team | Location | Colours | Manager | Captain |
| Duhallow | Duhallow | Orange and black | Donie O'Mahony | |
| Imokilly | East Cork | Red and white | Ciarán Cronin | Séamus Harnedy |
| Muskerry | Muskerry | White and green | Diarmuid Kirwan | |
| Seandún | Cork city | Red and white | Justin McCarthy | |
| University College Cork | College Road | Red and black | Tom Kingston | Niall O'Leary |

## Group stage
### Group A
#### Table

Advance to knockout stage  Advance to relegation play-off
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Douglas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0-67 | 2-35 | 26 | 6 |
| Glen Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-47 | 2-56 | -3 | 4 |
| Newtownshandrum | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-52 | 3-61 | -9 | 1 |
| Bishopstown | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-41 | 2-55 | -14 | 1 |

#### Results
### Group B
#### Table

Advance to knockout stage  Advance to relegation play-off
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Sarsfields | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10-67 | 4-41 | 44 | 6 |
| Midleton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-64 | 4-49 | 15 | 4 |
| Na Piarsaigh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-47 | 4-70 | -29 | 2 |
| Carrigtwohill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-45 | 5-63 | -30 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group C
#### Table

Advance to knockout stage  Advance to relegation play-off
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Blackrock | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6-61 | 2-57 | 16 | 4 |
| Erin's Own | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6-51 | 4-55 | 2 | 4 |
| St. Finbarr's | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-59 | 8-47 | 3 | 3 |
| Charleville | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-53 | 7-65 | -21 | 1 |

#### Results
## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Glen Rovers | Glen Rovers | 1-17 | | | |
| | | | Sarsfields | Sarsfields | 0-18 | | | |
| Imokilly | Imokilly | 1-14 | Sarsfields | Sarsfields | 0-18 | | | |
| Glen Rovers | Glen Rovers | 1-15 | | | | | | |
| Glen Rovers | Glen Rovers | 1-15 | | | | Glen Rovers | Glen Rovers | 1-18 |
| | | | | | | Midleton | Midleton | 0-24 |
| Douglas | Douglas | 1-12 | | | | | | | Midleton | Midleton | 0-24 |
| Blackrock | Blackrock | 3-16 | | | | | | |
| Blackrock | Blackrock | 3-16 | Blackrock | Blackrock | 3-19 | | | |
| | | | Midleton | Midleton | 4-22 | | | |
| Erin’s Own | Erin’s Own | 0-19 | Midleton | Midleton | 4-22 | | | |
| Midleton | Midleton | 0-23 | | | | | | |

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

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Patrick Horgan | Glen Rovers | 6-56 | 74 | 6 | 12.33 |
| 2 | Conor Lehane | Midleton | 0-55 | 55 | 6 | 9.16 |
| 3 | Alan Connolly | Blackrock | 5-31 | 46 | 5 | 9.20 |
| 4 | Aaron Myers | Sarsfields | 1-41 | 44 | 4 | 11.00 |
| 5 | Darragh Fitzgibbon | Charleville | 2-35 | 41 | 4 | 10.25 |
| 6 | Shane Kingston | Douglas | 0-38 | 38 | 4 | 9.50 |
| 7 | Eoghan Murphy | Erin's Own | 1-29 | 32 | 4 | 8.00 |
| 8 | Seán Walsh | Carrigtwohill | 0-28 | 28 | 4 | 7.00 |
| 9 | Luke O'Farrell | Midleton | 4-14 | 26 | 6 | 4.33 |
| 9 | Ben Cunningham | St. Finbarr's | 1-23 | 26 | 3 | 8.66 |
| 9 | Liam Gosnell | Carrigtwohill | 1-23 | 26 | 4 | 6.50 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Patrick Horgan | Glen Rovers | 2-13 | 19 | Newtownshandrum |
| 2 | Alan Connolly | Blackrock | 2-09 | 15 | St. Finbarr's |
| 2 | Darragh Fitzgibbon | Charleville | 1-12 | 15 | Erin's Own |
| 2 | Patrick Horgan | Glen Rovers | 1-12 | 15 | Midleton |
| 5 | Patrick Horgan | Glen Rovers | 1-11 | 14 | Sarsfields |
| 5 | Aaron Myers | Sarsfields | 0-14 | 14 | Na Piarsaigh |
| 5 | Shane Kingston | Douglas | 0-14 | 14 | Newtownshandrum |
| 8 | Patrick Horgan | Glen Rovers | 1-10 | 13 | Bishopstown |
| 8 | Eoghan Murphy | Erin's Own | 0-13 | 13 | Charleville |
| 8 | Conor Lehane | Midleton | 0-13 | 13 | Glen Rovers |

### Miscellaneous

* Seandún return to the championship for the first time since the 2010 Championship
* Seandún recorded their first championship victory over Muskerry in 62 years. It was also the divisional sides first championship win since 2003.
* Midleton win the title for the first time since 2013.
* Glen Rovers become the first team since Cloyne in 2006 to lose three finals in a row.