2014 National Hurling League

National Hurling League 2014
League details
Dates 15 February – 4 May 2014
Teams 34
League champions
Winners Kilkenny (17th win)
Captain Lester Ryan
Manager Brian Cody
League runners-up
Runners-up Tipperary
Captain Brendan Maher
Manager Eamon O'Shea
Other division winners
Division 1B Cork
Division 2A Kerry
Division 2B Wicklow
Division 3A Donegal
Division 3B Tyrone
2013
2015

The 2014 National Hurling League was the 83rd staging of the National Hurling League. The league began on 15 February.[1] The divisional stage of the competition finished on 23 March.[2]

In the final played on 4 May at Semple Stadium, Kilkenny defeated Tipperary by 2-25 1-27 with TJ Reid getting the winning point in the last minute of extra-time.[3] Tipperary had led by 1-11 to 1-9 at half time, the Tipperary goal coming from John O'Dwyer when he connected with Noel McGrath's sideline cut to touch the ball to the net from the edge of the square. The game finished in a draw at 2-17 to 1-20 after 70 minutes with injury time points for Tipperary from Shane Bourke and Kieran Bergin sending the game to extra time.[4][5] Both goals for Kilkenny came from penalties and both scored by TJ Reid and the sides were level 11 times.[6]

Séamus Callanan of Tipperary and Aidan Harte of Galway in action in the 2014 National Hurling League in Pearse Stadium

Format

Results

Division 1A

  NHL quarter-finals   Relegation play-off

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Clare 5 3 1 1 10–84 3–90 15 7
Kilkenny (C) 5 3 0 2 14–99 8–82 25 6
Galway 5 2 1 2 6–88 4–87 7 5
Tipperary 5 2 0 3 9–85 12–86 −10 4
Dublin 5 2 03 5–80 5–90 −10 4
Waterford (R) 5 2 0 3 1–85 13–76 −27 4

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

Season
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
2 Pauric Mahony Waterford 1–53 56 6 9.33
1 Séamus Callanan Tipperary 5–62 77 7 11.00
3 Conor Cooney Galway 3–38 47 6 7.83
4 Colin Ryan Clare 1–38 41 6 6.83
5 Alan McCrabbe Dublin 0–38 38 6 6.33
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 T. J. Reid Kilkenny 3–8 17 Wexford
2 Séamus Callanan Tipperary 3–6 15 Kilkenny
3 Séamus Callanan Tipperary 1–11 14 Galway
4 Colin Fennelly Kilkenny 3–5 14 Tipperary
5 Conor Cooney Galway 1–9 12 Limerick
Colin Ryan Clare 1–9 12 Kilkenny
Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 0–12 12 Clare
Tony Kelly Clare 0–12 12 Galway
9 Patrick Horgan Cork 1–8 11 Tipperary
Ian Byrne Wexford 1–8 11 Kilkenny
Pauric Mahony Waterford 1–8 11 Dublin
Conor Cooney Galway 1–8 11 Kilkenny
Pauric Mahony Waterford 0–11 11 Galway
Séamus Callanan Tipperary 0–11 11 Dublin
Pauric Mahony Waterford 0–11 11 Dublin

Division 1B

  Promotion & NHL quarter-finals   NHL quarter-finals   Relegation play-off

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Cork (P) 5 4 1 0 3–97 3–74 23 9
Limerick 5 3 2 0 7–89 5–65 30 8
Wexford 5 3 0 2 7–83 7–80 3 6
Laois 5 2 0 3 5–78 5–87 −9 4
Offaly 5 1 1 3 12–87 10–86 7 3
Antrim 5 0 0 5 6–65 10–107 −54 0

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

Season
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Patrick Horgan Cork 2–43 49 5 9.80
2 Joe Bergin Offaly 1–29 32 4 8.00
3 Conor Allis Limerick 0–31 31 5 6.20
4 Stephen Maher Laois 1–22 25 5 5.00
5 Paul Shields Antrim 0–22 22 5 4.40
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Patrick Horgan Cork 1–10 13 Wexford
2 Stephen Maher Laois 1–9 12 Offaly
Joe Bergin Offaly 0–12 12 Limerick
4 Stephen Quirke Offaly 1–8 11 Antrim
Patrick Horgan Cork 1–8 11 Offaly
Patrick Horgan Cork 0–11 11 Antrim
Shane Dowling Limerick 0–11 11 Cork
Conor Allis Limerick 0–11 11 Antrim
9 Ross King Laois 1–7 10 Antrim
Paul Morris Wexford 0–10 10 Cork
Conor Allis Limerick 0–10 10 Wexford
Ian Byrne Wexford 0–10 10 Laois

Division 2A

  Division winners   Relegated

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Kerry 5 5 0 0 14–92 6–72 44 10
Carlow 5 4 0 1 7–88 4–55 41 8
Derry 5 2 1 2 11–58 9–79 −15 5
London 5 1 1 3 2–70 5–73 −12 3
Westmeath 5 1 1 3 5–60 9–72 −24 3
Kildare (R) 5 0 1 4 5–71 11–88 −35 1

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

Season
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Shane Nolan Kerry 2–34 40 5 8.00
2 Noel Conaty Westmeath 2–22 28 5 5.60
3 Seán Murphy Carlow 2–20 26 5 5.20
4 Gerry Keegan Kildare 1–21 24 5 4.80
5 Marty Kavanagh Carlow 1–19 22 5 4.40
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Shane Nolan Kerry 1–11 14 Derry
2 Ruairí Convery Derry 1–10 13 Kildae
3 Marty Kavanagh Carlow 1–7 10 Kildare
Ruairí Convery Derry 1–7 10 London
5 Stephen Lambert London 0–9 9 Kildare
Willie Greene Kildare 0–9 9 London
7 Brendan Rodgers Derry 2–2 8 Westmeath
Gerry Keegan Kildare 1–5 8 Westmeath
Mikey Boyle Kerry 1–5 8 Kildare
Derek McNicholas Westmeath 1–5 8 Kerry
Seán Murphy Carlow 1–5 8 Derry
Shane Nolan Kerry 0–8 8 Kildare

Division 2B

  Division final/Promotion play-off   Relegation play-off

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Down 5 5 0 0 9–79 3–51 46 10
Wicklow (C) (P) 5 4 0 1 6–86 3–55 40 8
Meath 5 3 0 2 6–74 7–46 25 6
Mayo 5 2 0 3 3–61 4–62 −4 4
Fingal (R) 5 1 0 4 10–52 16–99 −65 2
Armagh 5 0 0 5 7–55 8–92 −32 0

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

Season
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Mikey Lee Wicklow 2–42 48 5 9.60
2 J. M. Sheridan Fingal 1–34 37 5 7.40
3 Mattie Lennon Armagh 3–26 35 5 7.00
4 Kenny Feeney Mayo 0–32 32 5 6.40
5 Derek Doran Meath 3–9 18 5 3.60
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Mikey Lee Wicklow 2–14 20 Fingal
2 Derek Doran Meath 3–3 12 Fingal
Kenny Feeney Mayo 0–12 12 Armagh
4 J. M. Sheridan Fingal 0–11 11 Armagh
5 Stephen Hoban Mayo 2–3 9 Fingal
Willie McGrath Meath 1–6 9 Fingal
7 Mattie Lennon Armagh 1–5 8 Down
Mattie Lennon Armagh 1–5 8 Meath
Mikey Lee Wicklow 0–8 8 Down
Mikey Lee Wicklow 0–8 8 Mayo
Mattie Lennon Armagh 0–8 8 Wicklow
Kenny Feeney Mayo 0–8 8 Down

Division 3A

  Division winners and promotion   Relegation

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Roscommon 5 4 0 1 13–69 2–62 40 8
Donegal (P) 5 4 0 1 8–85 9–56 26 8
Fermanagh 5 3 0 2 10–59 9–75 −13 6
Monaghan 5 2 0 3 5–59 10–61 −17 4
Louth 5 1 0 4 8–64 10–69 −11 2
Longford (R) 5 1 0 4 7–53 11–66 −25 2

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

Season
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Gerry Fallon Roscommon 1–34 37 4 9.25
2 Lee Henderson Donegal 1–30 33 4 8.25
2 Hugh Byrne Monaghan 1–29 32 4 8.00

Division 3B

  Division winners and promotion

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Tyrone (P) 3 3 0 0 6–43 3–32 20 6
Leitrim 3 2 0 1 3–33 3–34 −1 4
Warwickshire 3 1 0 2 2–38 6–33 −7 2
Sligo 3 0 0 3 5–24 4–39 −12 0

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

Season
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Pádraig O'Donnell Leitrim 0–10 10 2 5.00

Tickets

The GAA announced in January 2014 that tickets purchased before the day of the games would cost €10, a reduction of €3 from previous seasons, whereas the cost of entry on the day of the game would be raised to €15.[9]

References

  1. "2014 National League Fixtures" (PDF). GAA.ie. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. "League sheds light on summer prospects". Irish Independent. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  3. "Kilkenny win third Allianz Hurling League in a row with last-gasp win over Tipperary". The Score. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. "Kilkenny claim third consecutive league crown". Munster GAA. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  5. "Cats edge yet another classic". Irish Examiner. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  6. "Kilkenny edge Tipperary in absorbing league decider after extra time". Irish Independent. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  7. http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/1/2403141246-allianz-hurling-league-fixture-details-confirmed/
  8. "GAA cuts ticket prices for National League matches". The Score. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
Preceded by
2013 National Hurling League
National Hurling League
1926 – present
Succeeded by
2015 National Hurling League
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