# 2002–03 Harty Cup

The 2002–03 Harty Cup was the 83rd staging of the Harty Cup since its establishment in hurling by the Munster Council of Gaelic Athletic Association in 1918. The competition ran from 25 September 2002 to 30 March 2003. A new format was used with the introduction of a group stage.
St Colman's College successfully defended its title at the Harty Cup final replay on 30 March 2003 at Páirc Caoimhín Ó Luing in Feenagh, 2–13 to 0–08, against St Flannan's College, in what was their seventh meeting in the final and a first meeting in two years. St Colman's College won their ninth successive Harty Cup title overall and a third consecutive title.
St Colman's College's Andrew O'Shaughnessy was the top scorer with 12–15.

## Group A
### Group A table

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| St Colman's College | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 31 | 78 | 8 |
| De La Salle College | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 53 | 20 | 6 |
| Youghal CBS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 82 | -30 | 4 |
| Coláistí na nDéise | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 70 | -10 | 4 |
| St Finbarr's College | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 102 | -68 | 0 |

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

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Doon CBS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 33 | 26 | 6 |
| Our Lady's SS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 50 | -1 | 4 |
| Midleton CBS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 46 | -3 | 2 |
| Coláiste an Phiarsaigh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 66 | -22 | 0 |

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

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Abbey CBS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 43 | 15 | 6 |
| Cashel Community School | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 38 | 22 | 4 |
| Scarriff CS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 58 | -10 | 2 |
| North Monastery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 62 | -21 | 0 |

### Group C results
## Group D
### Group D table

Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| St Flannan's College | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 26 | 61 | 6 |
| Thurles CBS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 35 | 47 | 4 |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 66 | -31 | 2 |
| Limerick CBS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 97 | -80 | 0 |

### Group D results
## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Andrew O'Shaughnessy | St Colman's College | 12-15 | 51 | 6 | 8.50 |
| 2 | Richie Ruth | Thurles CBS | 3-28 | 37 | 4 | 9.25 |
| 3 | Patrick Kirby | St Colman's College | 2-27 | 33 | 8 | 4.16 |
| 4 | Brendan Barry | Youghal CBS | 4-20 | 32 | 4 | 8.00 |
| 4 | Evan Sweeney | Our Lady's SS | 2-26 | 32 | 4 | 8.00 |
| 6 | Conor O'Brien | The Abbey CBS | 2-23 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 |
| 7 | Niall Dunne | St Flannan's College | 2-22 | 28 | 8 | 3.50 |
| 8 | David Morrissey | The Abbey CBS | 5-12 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |
| 9 | Eoin Shinnors | St Flannan's College | 0-25 | 25 | 7 | 3.57 |
| 10 | Mark Gorman | Coláistí na nDéise | 4-12 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |