# 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 47th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship since it began in the 1970–71 season. It is the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The winners receive the Tommy Moore Cup.
The championship began on 2 October 2016 and ended on 17 March 2017.
On 17 March 2017, Cuala won the championship following a 2–19 to 1–10 defeat of Ballyea in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title and a first title for a Dublin club.
Cuala's David Treacy was the championship's top scorer with 0-39.
Na Piarsaigh were the 2015-16 champions. They failed to make it out of the group stage of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship.
In the final on 17 March, Cuala from Dublin defeated Ballyea by 2–19 to 1–10 to claim their first ever title.

## Format

County Championships
Ireland's counties play their county championships between their senior hurling clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc. or a combination.
Provincial Championships
Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. Connacht do not organise a provincial championship and are represented in the All-Ireland semi-finals by the Galway champions. All matches are knock-out and extra time is played if it's a draw at the end of normal time.
All-Ireland
The two semi-finals are usually played on a Saturday in early February. The All-Ireland final is traditionally played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March. All matches are knock-out. If it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals, extra time is played. If the final ends in a draw the match is replayed.
Initial Schedule
County championships April 2016 to November 2016 Provincial championships October 2016 to December 2016 All-Ireland semi-finals early February 2017 All-Ireland final 17 March 2017

## All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
### All-Ireland Semi-Finals

| 4 February 2017 17:00 Semi-final | St. Thomas's | 2-14 - 1-19 | Ballyea | Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny) Man of the Match: Niall Deasy |
| 4 February 2017 17:00 Semi-final | Darragh Burke 0-8 (0-6f, 0-1 ’65), Conor Cooney (1-0f), Anthony Kelly 1-0 each, Kenneth Burke 0-2, Shane Cooney, James Regan, Donal Cooney, Éanna Burke 0-1 each. | Report | Niall Deasy 1-11 (0-9f), Tony Kelly 0-3, Gearoid O’Connell, PJ Connolly 0-2 each, Cathal Doohan 0-1. | Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny) Man of the Match: Niall Deasy |
| 25 February 2017 15:00 Semi-final | Slaughtneil | 2-11 - 3-21 | Cuala | Athletic Grounds, Armagh Referee: C Lyons (Cork) Man of the Match: Sean Moran |
| 25 February 2017 15:00 Semi-final | Gerald Bradley 1-2 (1f), Sé McGuigan 1-0, Chrissy McKaigue 0-2, Brendan Rodgers 0-2, Cormac O’Doherty 0-5 (2f, one ’65′). | Report | David Treacy 0-8 (7f), Con O’Callaghan 1-3, Sean Treacy 1-1, Niall Carty 1-0, Colm Cronin 0-3, Mark Schutte 0-1, Jake Malone 0-1, Colum Sheanan 0-1, Sean Moran 0-1. | Athletic Grounds, Armagh Referee: C Lyons (Cork) Man of the Match: Sean Moran |

### All-Ireland final

| 17 March 2017 15:00 Final | Ballyea | 1-10 - 2-19 | Cuala | Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Fergal Horgan (Tipperary) Man of the Match: Darragh O'Connell |
| 17 March 2017 15:00 Final | Niall Deasy (1-6, 6f), Pearse Lillis (0-2), Gary Brennan (0-1), James Murphy (0-1). | Report | David Treacy (0-9, 8f), Colm Cronin (1-1), Jake Malone (1-0), Darragh O'Connell (0-3), Con O'Callaghan (0-2), Colum Sheanon (0-2), John Sheanon (0-1), Mark Schutte (0-1). | Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Fergal Horgan (Tipperary) Man of the Match: Darragh O'Connell |

## Top scorers
### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | David Treacy | Cuala | 0-39 | 39 | 5 | 7.80 |
| 2 | Con O'Callaghan | Cuala | 7-15 | 36 | 5 | 7.20 |
| 3 | Niall Deasy | Ballyea | 2-29 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 |
| 4 | Cormac O'Doherty | Slaughtneil | 2-22 | 28 | 3 | 9.33 |
| 5 | Mark Bergin | O'Loughlin Gaels | 1-18 | 21 | 2 | 10.50 |
| 5 | Tony Kelly | Ballyea | 1-18 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 7 | Maol Connolly | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 0-16 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 7 | Pa Bourke | Thurles Sarsfields | 0-16 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 9 | Marty Kavanagh | St. Mullin's | 1-12 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 10 | Patrick Horgan | Glen Rovers | 0-13 | 13 | 2 | 6.50 |

### Single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Con O'Callaghan | Cuala | 4-3 | 15 | Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton |
| 2 | Niall Deasy | Ballyea | 1-11 | 14 | St. Thomas' |
| 3 | Tony Kelly | Ballyea | 1-10 | 13 | Thurles Sarsfields |
| 4 | Marty Kavanagh | St. Mullin's | 1-10 | 13 | Raharney |
| 5 | Cormac O'Doherty | Slaughtneil | 1-9 | 12 | Loughgiel Shamrocks |
| 6 | Cormac O'Doherty | Slaughtneil | 1-8 | 11 | Middletown |
| 6 | Mark Bergin | O'Loughlin Gaels | 1-8 | 11 | Oulart-the Ballagh |
| 6 | Maol Connolly | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 0-11 | 11 | Ballygalget |
| 6 | David Treacy | Cuala | 0-11 | 11 | O'Loughlin Gaels |
| 10 | Mark Bergin | O'Loughlin Gaels | 0-10 | 10 | Cuala |

## Team Summaries

| Team | County | Captain(s) | Manager | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | County | Captain(s) | Manager | All-Ireland | Provincial | County |
| Ballygalget | Down | Danny Toner | Johnny McGrattan | | 2005 | 2003 |
| Ballygunner | Waterford | Brian O'Sullivan | Denis Walsh | | 2001 | 2015 |
| Ballyea | Clare | Stan Lineen | Robbie Hogan | | | |
| Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton | Laois | Brian Stapleton | Ken Hogan | | | |
| Cuala | Dublin | Oisín Gough | Mattie Kenny | | | 2015 |
| Glen Rovers | Cork | Graham Callinan | Richie Kelleher | 1977 | 1976 | 2015 |
| Lisbellaw | Fermanagh | | | | | 2013 |
| Loughgiel Shamrocks | Antrim | D. D. Quinn | Johnny Campbell | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 |
| Middletown | Armagh | Shea Gaffney David Carvill | Arthur Hughes | | | 2014 |
| O'Loughlin Gaels | Kilkenny | Brian Hogan | Aidan Fogarty | | 2010 | 2010 |
| Oulart-the Ballagh | Wexford | Garrett Sinnott | Frank Flannery | | 2015 | 2015 |
| Patrickswell | Limerick | Thomas O'Brien | Gary Kirby | | 1990 | 2003 |
| Raharney | Westmeath | | | | | 2015 |
| Slaughtneil | Derry | Chrissy McKaigue | Michael McShane | | | 2015 |
| St. Mullin's | Carlow | | | | | 2015 |
| St. Rynagh's | Offaly | Seán Dolan | Francis Forde | | 1993 | 1993 |
| St. Thomas's | Galway | Patrick Skehill | John Burke | 2012 | | 2012 |
| Thurles Sarsfields | Tipperary | Pádraic Maher | Tommy Maher | | 2012 | 2015 |