The 2019 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship is the 119th staging of the

Waterford Senior Hurling Championship The Waterford Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 18 ...

since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in

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. The championship began on 6 April 2019 and is scheduled to end on 19 October 2019.

Ballygunner Ballygunner ( ga, Baile Gunnair), is a civil parish in County Waterford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies on the southern outskirts of Waterford city. The placename is derived, in part, from the Old Norse masculine personal name ''Gunnarr' ...

were the defending champions. On 13 October 2019, Ballygunner won the championship after a 1-24 to 1-15 defeat of De La Salle in the final. It was their 18th championship title overall and their 6th title in succession. Ballygunner's

Pauric Mahony Pauric Mahony (born 11 May 1992) is an Irish hurler who plays for Waterford Senior Championship club Ballygunner and was previously the captain of the Waterford senior hurling team before announcing his retirement from inter-county hurling in ...

was the championship's top scorer with 0-69.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the

Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship is a second-tier hurling competition organised by the Waterford Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The winning club progresses to the senior grade the following year for the Waterford Senior H ...

* Clonea

From Championship

Relegated to the

An Rinn Ring (, its official name) or Ringagonagh ( ) is a parish within the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht na nDéise area in County Waterford, Ireland. It lies on a peninsula about south of Dungarvan. The main settlement is the village of Ring or Ringvill ...

Results/fixtures

Group A

Table

Group A results

Group B

Table

Group B results

Group C

Table

Group C results

Knock-out stage

Play-offs

Relegation play-offs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall ;Top scorers in a single game

Miscellaneous

* On 28 July 2019,

recorded their 30th consecutive championship victory.

References

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