# 2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 33rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 20 October 2002 and ended on 17 March 2002.
Birr were the defending champions.
On 17 March 2003 Birr won the championship following a 1–19 to 0–11 defeat of Dunloy in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title and their second title in succession.
Athenry's Eugene Cloonan was the championship's top scorer with 4-23.

## Pre-championship

The build-up to the opening of the championship was dominated by Birr and the possibility that they would retain their All-Ireland title and lead the all-time club roll of honour with four championships. Having secured their fourth successive county championship title, Birr were favourites to retain their provincial title for a second year-in-a-row. This would leave them only two wins away from hurling immortality.

## Results
### Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals
Semi-final
Final

### Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Semi-finals
Final

### All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

## Championship statistics
### Scoring statistics
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Eugene Cloonan | Athenry | 4-23 | 35 | 3 | 10.66 |
| 2 | Simon Whelehan | Birr | 2-26 | 32 | 5 | 6.40 |
| 3 | Ken McGrath | Mount Sion | 0-31 | 31 | 4 | 7.75 |
| 4 | D. J. Carey | Young Irelands | 4-10 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 5 | Gregory O'Kane | Dunloy | 0-21 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 6 | Pat Coady | St. Mullin's | 0-19 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
| 7 | Paul Braniff | Portaferry | 0-15 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 8 | Séamus Lyons | Castletown | 2-08 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
| 9 | Shane Brick | Kilmoyley | 1-10 | 13 | 1 | 13.00 |
| 10 | Rory Hanniffy | Birr | 2-06 | 12 | 5 | 2.40 |
| 10 | Paul Codd | Rathnure | 0-12 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 |

#### Single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Eugene Cloonan | Athenry | 4-10 | 22 | Seán Treacy's |
| 2 | Shane Brick | Kilmoyley | 1-10 | 13 | Blackrock |
| 3 | D. J. Carey | Young Irelands | 2-05 | 11 | Kilmessan |
| 3 | Paul Braniff | Portaferry | 0-11 | 11 | Keady Lámh Dhearg |
| 4 | D. J. Carey | Young Irelands | 2-04 | 10 | Rathnure |
| 5 | Ken McGrath | Mount Sion | 0-09 | 9 | Mullinahone |
| 5 | Ken McGrath | Mount Sion | 0-09 | 9 | Sixmilebridge |
| 6 | Joe Mannion | Four Roads | 1-05 | 8 | Ballyhaunis |
| 6 | Eugene Cloonan | Athenry | 0-08 | 8 | Four Roads |
| 6 | Ken McGrath | Mount Sion | 0-08 | 8 | Adare |
| 6 | Eoin Kelly | Mullinahone | 0-08 | 8 | Mount Sion |
| 6 | Ollie Collins | Lavey | 0-08 | 8 | Dunloy |
| 6 | Simon Whelehan | Birr | 0-08 | 8 | Dunloy |

### Miscellaneous

* St. Mullin's qualified for the Leinster semi-finals for only the second time in their history.
* Birr inscribed their names into the GAA's history books by becoming the first club to win four All-Ireland titles.