# 1982–83 National Hurling League

The 1982–83 National Hurling League was the 52nd season of the National Hurling League.

## Division 1

Division 1 saw a major restructuring with the abolition of the fourteen-team top flight which had previously been divided into two groups of seven teams. For the 1982-83 season, Division 1 was limited to a single group of eight teams.
Kilkenny came into the season as defending champions of the 1981-82 season.
On 24 April 1983, Kilkenny won the title after a 2-14 to 2-12 win over Limerick in the final. It was their 5th league title overall and their second in succession.
Kilkenny's Billy Fitzpatrick was the Division 1 top scorer with 4-33.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Kilkenny | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | National League champions |
| 2 | Wexford | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Clare | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Cork | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Galway | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Waterford | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Tipperary | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 8 | Offaly | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Relegated to Division 2 |

### Knock-out stage

Semi-finals
Final

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

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Billy Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 4-33 | 45 | 9 | 5.00 |
| 2 | Christy Heffernan | Kilkenny | 11-11 | 44 | 9 | 4.88 |
| 3 | P. J. Molloy | Galway | 3-30 | 39 | 7 | 5.57 |
| 4 | Gerry McInerney | Clare | 5-23 | 38 | 8 | 4.75 |
| 5 | Seán Kinsella | Wexford | 3-26 | 35 | 8 | 4.37 |
| 6 | Michael Walsh | Waterford | 3-21 | 30 | 7 | 4.28 |
| 7 | Pádraig Horan | Offaly | 2-20 | 26 | 6 | 4.33 |
| 8 | Tom Casey | Waterford | 1-21 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 9 | Bertie Óg Murphy | Cork | 1-20 | 23 | 6 | 3.83 |
| 10 | Tony Doran | Wexford | 5-06 | 21 | 7 | 3.00 |

#### Top scorers in a single game

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Billy Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 2-06 | 12 | Tipperary |
| 1 | Michael Walsh | Waterford | 1-09 | 12 | Galway |
| 3 | Michael Walsh | Waterford | 1-08 | 11 | Cork |
| 4 | Tony Doran | Wexford | 3-01 | 10 | Tipperary |
| 4 | Christy Heffernan | Kilkenny | 3-01 | 10 | Laois |
| 4 | Christy Heffernan | Kilkenny | 2-04 | 10 | Cork |
| 7 | Pat Morey | Clare | 3-00 | 9 | Kilkenny |
| 7 | Pádraig Horan | Offaly | 1-06 | 9 | Wexford |
| 7 | Gerry McInerney | Clare | 0-09 | 9 | Cork |
| 10 | Tom Casey | Waterford | 1-05 | 8 | Wexford |
| 10 | P. J. Molloy | Galway | 1-05 | 8 | Cork |
| 10 | Seán Kinsella | Wexford | 1-05 | 8 | Waterford |
| 10 | P. J. Molloy | Galway | 1-05 | 8 | Clare |
| 10 | Tom Casey | Waterford | 0-08 | 8 | Clare |
| 10 | P. J. Molloy | Galway | 0-08 | 8 | Waterford |

## Division 2

On 27 March 1983, Limerick won the title after a 2-16 to 1-7 win over Antrim in the final round of the group stage.
Laois secured promotion to the top flight as the second-placed team. Carlow, who lost all of their group stage games, were relegated to Division 3.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Limerick | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Division 2 champions |
| 2 | Laois | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | Promoted to Division 1 |
| 3 | Antrim | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Kerry | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Dublin | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Westmeath | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Wicklow | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Carlow | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Relegated to Division 3 |

## Division 3
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Kildare | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | Division 3 champions |
| 2 | Meath | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Roscommon | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Mayo | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Down | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Armagh | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Derry | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | Monaghan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Relegated to Division 4 |

## Division 4
### Table A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Cavan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | Division 4 champions |
| 2 | Fermanagh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Louth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Tyrone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Table B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Longford | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Donegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Sligo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Leitrim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Knock-out stage

Semi-finals
Finals