# 2022 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

The 2022 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 121st staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the group stage pairings took place on 26 May 2022. The championship ran from 24 June to 7 August 2022.
Kilmoyley entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Causeway at the semi-final stage.
The final was played on 7 August 2022 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Causeway and Ballyduff, in what was their sixth meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in 16 years. Causeway won the match by 2–15 to 0–16 to claim their ninth championship title overall and a first title in three years.
Ballyduff's Pádraig Boyle was the championship's top scorer with 1-45.

## Group A
### Group A table

Advance to knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Ballyduff | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 3 |
| Causeway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 3 |
| St Brendan's | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 40 | -14 | 0 |

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

Advance to knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Kilmoyley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 30 | 19 | 3 |
| Abbeydorney | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 3 |
| Dr Crokes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 60 | -24 | 0 |

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

Advance to knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Crotta O'Neill's | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 28 | 17 | 4 |
| Ballyheigue | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 39 | -8 | 2 |
| Lixnaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 41 | -9 | 0 |

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

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Pádraig Boyle | Ballyduff | 1-45 | 48 | 5 | 9.60 |
| 2 | Shane Nolan | Crotta O'Neill's | 1-28 | 31 | 3 | 10.33 |
| 3 | Paul McGrath | Causeway | 0-25 | 25 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 4 | Brandon Barrett | Causeway | 2-16 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 5 | Nathan Guerin | Ballyheigue | 1-19 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 6 | Mark Heffernan | Dr Crokes | 2-15 | 21 | 2 | 10.50 |
| 7 | Michael O'Leary | Abbeydorney | 0-20 | 20 | 2 | 10.00 |
| 8 | Gavin Dooley | Causeway | 4-06 | 18 | 5 | 3.60 |
| 8 | Dan Goggin | Causeway | 3-09 | 18 | 5 | 3.60 |
| 8 | Maurice O'Connor | Kilmoyley | 2-12 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |

#### Single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Mark Heffernan | Dr Crokes | 2-08 | 14 | Abbeydorney |
| 2 | Maurice O'Connor | Kilmoyley | 2-07 | 13 | Dr Crokes |
| 3 | Keith O'Connor | Abbeydorney | 1-10 | 13 | Dr Crokes |
| 3 | Pádraig Boyle | Ballyduff | 0-13 | 13 | Abbeydorney |
| 5 | Shane Nolan | Crotta O'Neill's | 0-12 | 12 | Lixnaw |
| 5 | Michael O'Leary | Abbeydorney | 0-12 | 12 | Kilmoyley |
| 5 | Pádraig Boyle | Ballyduff | 0-12 | 12 | St Brendan's |
| 8 | Brandon Barrett | Causeway | 1-08 | 11 | Kilmoyley |
| 8 | Daniel Collins | Kilmoyley | 0-11 | 11 | Causeway |
| 10 | Pádraig Boyle | Ballyduff | 1-07 | 10 | Crotta O'Neill's |
| 10 | Brandon Barrett | Causeway | 1-07 | 10 | Ballyduff |
| 10 | Pádraig Boyle | Ballyduff | 0-10 | 10 | Causeway |
| 10 | Shane Nolan | Crotta O'Neill's | 0-10 | 10 | Ballyheigue |

### Miscellaneous

* Ballyheigue's 2-12 to 0-17 defeat of Lixnaw in Group C was their first championship victory in 11 years.