# 1994–95 National Hurling League

The 1994–95 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League for Church & General (later acquired by Allianz), was the 64th edition of the National Hurling League, which ran from 8 October 1994 until 7 May 1995.
Kilkenny won the league, beating Clare by 2–12 to 0–9 in the final.

## Structure

There are eight teams in each division. Each plays each other team once, home or away, and receives two points for a win and one for a draw.
The top two teams in Division 1 advance to the semi-finals. The third- and fourth-placed teams in Division 1 go into the quarter-finals, as do the top two teams in Division 2.
The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted for the following season. The bottom two in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.

## Division 1

Tipperary came into the season as defending champions of the 1993-94 season. Clare and Kilkenny joined Division 1 as the promoted teams.
On 7 May 1995, Kilkenny won the title after a 2-12 to 0-9 win over Clare in the final. It was their 9th league title overall and their first since 1989-90.
Antrim, Laois and Limerick were relegated from Division 1.
Tipperary's Michael Cleary was the Division 1 top scorer with 3-34.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Clare | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 12 | National Hurling League runners-up |
| 2 | Kilkenny | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 10 | National Hurling League champions |
| 3 | Cork | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 |
| 4 | Galway | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 |
| 5 | Tipperary | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | Limerick | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -19 | 5 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 7 | Laois | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -62 | 3 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 8 | Antrim | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | -24 | 2 | Relegated to Division 2 |

### Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Scoring statistics
#### Top scorers overall

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Michael Cleary | Tipperary | 3-34 | 43 | 7 | 6.14 |
| 2 | Adrian Ronan | Kilkenny | 0-33 | 33 | 8 | 4.12 |
| 3 | Cyril Lyons | Clare | 2-23 | 29 | 8 | 3.62 |
| 3 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 1-26 | 29 | 6 | 4.83 |
| 3 | Barry Egan | Cork | 0-29 | 29 | 8 | 3.62 |
| 6 | D. J. Carey | Kilkenny | 6-10 | 28 | 8 | 4.50 |
| 7 | Liam Burke | Galway | 0-27 | 27 | 8 | 3.37 |
| 8 | Cathal Moran | Galway | 0-24 | 24 | 6 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Jim McInerney | Galway | 5-8 | 23 | 7 | 3.28 |
| 10 | John Carson | Antrim | 2-15 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 10 | Eamon Morrissey | Kilkenny | 2-15 | 21 | 9 | 2.33 |

#### Top scorers in a single game

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Michael Cleary | Tipperary | 2-06 | 12 | Laois |
| 2 | Michael Cleary | Tipperary | 1-08 | 11 | Limerick |
| 3 | D. J. Carey | Kilkenny | 3-01 | 10 | Offaly |
| 4 | Brian Cunningham | Cork | 2-03 | 9 | Antrim |
| 4 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 1-06 | 9 | Cork |
| 4 | Cyril Lyons | Clare | 1-06 | 9 | Laois |
| 4 | John Carson | Antrim | 1-06 | 9 | Galway |
| 4 | Liam Burke | Galway | 0-09 | 9 | Laois |
| 4 | Barry Egan | Cork | 0-09 | 9 | Tipperary |
| 4 | Johnny Dooley | Offaly | 0-09 | 9 | Kilkenny |

## Division 2

On 26 March 1995, Waterford secured the title after an 0-11 to 0-6 win over Kerry in the final round of the group stage. Kerry and Offaly were also promoted to Division 1.
Carlow and Meath were relegated from Division 2.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Waterford | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | Division 2 champions, promoted to Division 1 |
| 2 | Offaly | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 10 | Promoted to Division 1 |
| 3 | Kerry | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | Promoted to Division 1 |
| 4 | Down | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 5 | Wexford | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 6 |
| 6 | Meath | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -12 | 6 |
| 7 | Dublin | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 8 | Carlow | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -77 | 1 | Relegated to Division 3 |

### Knock-out stage

Play-off