2009 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

The 2009 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 26th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. It started on 31 May 2015 and ended on 29 August 2009.

2009 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

Championship Details
Dates	31 May 2009 – 29 August 2009
Teams	9
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (7th win)
Captain	Dara McSweeney
Manager	Johnny Keane
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Manager	Pat Hoban
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	8
Total Goals	25 (3.125 per game)
Total Points	235 (29.5 per game)
Top Scorer	Leigh Desmond (1-23)
← 2008 2010 →

Kilkenny were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the final by Cork who won the title by 2-23 to 0-16.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
		All-Ireland	Provincial
Clare	Saffron and blue
Cork	Red and white	2006	2006
Dublin	Blue and navy		1972
Galway	Maroon and white	2002	2008
Kilkenny	Black and amber	2008	2008
Limerick	Green and white	1999	2008
Tipperary	Blue and gold	2000	2002
Waterford	White and blue		2007
Wexford	Purple and gold	2007	2007

Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Leinster semi-final

Kilkenny v Dublin

24 June 2009 Semi-final	Kilkenny	1-13 - 0-13	Dublin	Nowlan Park
	B Lannon, JJ Farrell, P Murphy 0-3 each, C Dunne 1-0, E Guinan 0-2 (2f), E Brennan, E Hickey 0-1 each.	Report	P Garbutt 0-7 (3f), R O’Carroll 0-3, P O’Driscoll, B O’Rorke, M May 0-1each.	Referee: A Stapleton (Laois)

Leinster final

Kilkenny v Wexford

19 July 2009 Final	Kilkenny	0-12 - 0-11	Wexford	Nowlan Park
	E Guinan (0-8, four frees, two 65s), JJ Farrell (0-2), M Boran (0-1), B Lannon (0-1).	Report	J Gahan (0-4, two frees), J Lawlor (0-4, one free), G Jacob (0-1), E Moore (0-1), P Nolan (0-1).	Referee: F Smith (Meath)

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-final

Tipperary v Cork

31 May 2009 Quarter-final	Tipperary	2-06 - 1-24	Cork	Semple Stadium
	T Dalton 1-1, F Horgan 1-0, W O'Dwyer, M Dunne, A Ryan, D Stapleton, J Ryan (f) 0-1 each.	Report	B Ring 0-7 (0-3f), Maurice O'Sullivan 1-2, R Dwyer 0-4, J Carey, S Moylan 0-3 each, B Coleman 0-2, J O'Leary (f), E Collins, M Collins 0-1 each,	Referee: D Richardson (Limerick)

Munster semi-finals

Waterford v Limerick

14 June 2009 Semi-final	Waterford	5-15 - 0-07	Limerick	Semple Stadium
	P Kearney (3-1), B Hannon (0-6f), P Hurney (1-2), J Kearney (1-1), D Murphy 0-3, P Fitzgerald and L Lawlor (0-1 each).	Report	T O’Brien (0-4; 0-2f, 0-1 ‘65), N Quaid and M Keane (0-1) and T Quaid (0-1f).	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

Cork v Clare

21 June 2009 Semi-final	Cork	2-16 - 1-14	Clare	Gaelic Grounds
	L Farrell (1-3), Maurice O’Sullivan (1-0), B Ring (0-3, frees), A Mannix (0-2), J O’Leary (0-2, one free), B Coleman (0-2), S Moylan (0-2), R Dwyer (0-1), J Carey (0-1).	Report	C O’Donovan (1-1), N O’Connell (0-4, two frees), S Chaplin (0-4, frees),P O’Brien (0-2), B Lynch (0-1), C Earley (0-1), P Hickey (0-1).	Referee: N Cosgrove (Tipperary)

Munster final

Cork v Waterford

22 July 2009 Final	Cork	5-24 - 3-09	Waterford	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	Maurice O’Sullivan 2-3; L Desmond 1-7 (0-5 frees, 0-1 65); Mark O’Sullivan 1-2; S Moylan 0-5; L Farrell 0-3; L O’Loughlin 1-0; R Dwyer 0-1, B Ring (free), J Jordan 0-1 each.	Report	D Howard 1-1; B Hannon 0-4 (frees); J Kearney, P Hurney 1-0 each; P Fitzgerald 0-2; P, Kearney, L Lawlor 0-1 each.	Referee: N Cosgrove (Tipperary)

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-final

Galway v Cork

8 August 2009 Semi-final	Galway	1-10 - 2-23	Cork	O'Moore Park
	T Tierney 0-6 (five frees), M Kelly (1-1), D O’Reilly (0-2), M Lydon (0-1).	Report	Mark O’Sullivan (1-5), L Farrell (1-4), L Desmond 0-5 (three frees, one 1 65), É Collins (0-2), L McLoughlan (0-2), E Dillon (0-1), B Ring (0-1), A Mannix (0-1, free), B Lawton (0-1), W Egan (0-1).	Referee: J O'Mahoney (Limerick)

All-Ireland final

Kilkenny v Cork

29 August 2009 Final	Kilkenny	0-16 - 2-23	Cork	Fraher Field
	E Guinan 0-8 (7f), JJ Farrell, P Murphy 0-2 each, M Boran, B Lannon, N Kennedy, E Hickey 0-1 each.	Report	L Desmond 0-11 (7f), L Farrell 1-2, R Dwyer 0-4 (3f), E Collins 1-0, S Moylan 0-2, J Carey, L McLoughlin, M O'Sullivan, A Mannix 0-1 each.

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Leigh Desmond	Cork	1-23	26	4	6.50
2	Luke O'Farrell	Cork	3-12	21	4	5.25
3	Eoin Guinan	Kilkenny	0-18	18	3	6.00

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Leigh Desmond	Cork	0-11	11	Kilkenny
2	Pa Kearney	Waterford	3-1	10	Limerick
	Leigh Desmond	Cork	1-7	10	Waterford
4	Maurice O'Sullivan	Cork	2-3	9	Waterford
5	Mark O'Sullivan	Cork	1-5	8	Galway
	Eoin Guinan	Kilkenny	0-8	8	Cork
	Eoin Guinan	Kilkenny	0-8	8	Wexford
8	Luke O'Farrell	Cork	1-4	7	Galway
	Brendan Ring	Cork	0-7	7	Tipperary
	Paul Garbutt	Dublin	0-7	7	Kilkenny