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National Hurling League 2012
League details
Dates	25 February – 6 May 2012
Teams	34
League champions
Other division winners
Division 1B	Clare
Division 2A	Carlow
Division 2B	Kildare
Division 3A	Fingal
Division 3B	Fermanagh
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The 2012 National Hurling League will commence in February 2012. 34 GAA county hurling teams: 32 from Ireland (including Fingal), London and Warwickshire, will contest it.

Format

The 2012 format was originally to consist of five divisions: Divisions 1 and 2 having eight teams in each, Division 3A six, Division 3B seven, and six teams in Division 4.

However, this was controversially altered to a system of six divisions, with six teams in divisions 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B and 3A, and four in division 3B.^[1] This meant that many counties were effectively relegated to a lower division.^[2]^[3] It was agreed in October 2011 that here will no longer be an eight team Division 1, with the top division hurling counties giving their approval to the new system.^[4] The league settings are as follows:

Division 1A: Top three teams qualify for NHL semi-finals. Bottom two teams play a relegation playoff, with the losing team relegated.
Division 1B: Top two teams play division final, with the winner being promoted and qualifying for NHL semi-final. Bottom two teams play a relegation playoff, with the losing team relegated.
Division 2A: Top two teams play division final, with the winner being promoted. Bottom two teams play a relegation playoff, with the losing team relegated.
Division 2B: Top two teams play division final, with the winner being promoted. No relegation.
Division 3A: Top two teams play division final, but the winner is not promoted. Bottom two teams play a relegation playoff, with the losing team relegated.
Division 3B: Top two teams play division final, with the winner being promoted.

Fixtures and results

Division 1A

NHL finalists Relegated team

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Kilkenny	5	4	0	1	13-95	8-69	41	8
Cork	5	3	1	1	9-88	6-90	7	7
Tipperary	5	2	2	1	2-87	8-65	4	6
Waterford	5	2	0	3	4-79	5-98	-22	4
Galway	5	2	0	3	4-81	8-86	-17	4
Dublin	5	0	1	4	10-70	7-92	-13	1

Waterford are placed ahead of Galway as they won the head-to-head match between the teams.

Fixtures and results

25 February 2012 Round 1	Cork	3-17 - 0-18	Waterford	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
19:00	C Lehane 0-07, P O'Sullivan 2-01, P Horgan 0-04, C Naughton 1-01, B O'Connor, D Sweetnam, P Cronin, S Og O hAilpin 0-01 each.	Report	M O'Neill 0-05, P Mahony 0-04, G O'Brien 0-02, P O'Brien, K Moran, J Nagle, K Casey, S Prendergast, E McGrath, T Ryan 0-01 each.	Attendance: 7,356 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

26 February 2012 Round 1	Kilkenny	2-17 - 0-15	Tipperary	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
14:30	R Power 1-11 (1-00 pen, 0-10f, 0-01 '65'), E Larkin 1-02, M Rice 0-02, M Ruth, TJ Reid 0-01 each.	Report	P Bourke 0-06 (0-05f, 0-01 '65'), N McGrath, S Bourke 0-03 each, C O'Mahony (0-01f), B Maher, E Kelly 0-01 each	Attendance: 10,664 Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

26 February 2012 Round 1	Galway	0-20 - 0-13	Dublin	Pearse Stadium, Galway
14:30	N Burke (0-10, 3fs, 2'65); C Cooney (0-04); J Regan (0-03); C Donnellan (0-01); I Tannian (0-01); D Hayes (0-01).	Report	P Ryan (0-06, 5fs, 1'65); C McCormack (0-02); R O'Dwyer (0-02fs); S Durkin (0-01); D Sutcliffe (0-01); L Rushe (0-10).	Attendance: 3,241 Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

11 March 2012 Round 2	Dublin	2-17 - 2-18	Cork	Croke Park, Dublin
14:00	P Ryan 0-8 (2 ’65, 2f), S Lambert 1-2, D Sutcliffe 0-4, R O’Dwyer 1-0, J Boland 0-2, L Rushe 0-1.	Report	P Horgan 0-7 (5f), P Cronin 1-3, C Naughton 1-1, C Lehane 0-3, P O’Sullivan 0-2, B O’Connor 0-1, W Egan 0-1.	Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

11 March 2012 Round 2	Waterford	1-15 - 2-21	Kilkenny	Walsh Park, Waterford
14:30	M Shanahan 1-3, M O’Neill 0-6 (4fs), G O’Brien, T Browne (1f) 0-2 each; S Prendergast, Paudie Mahony (f) 0-1 each.	Report	R Power 0-10 (8fs), M Ruth 2-1, E Larkin 0-3, R Hogan, C Fennelly, TJ Reid (1 s/l) 0-2 each, M Fennelly 0-1.	Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

11 March 2012 Round 2	Tipperary	2-20 - 2-18	Galway	Semple Stadium, Thurles
14:30	P Bourke 1-6 (0-5f), N McGrath 1-3 (0-1f), J Woodlock, B Maher, J O’Neill & S Bourke 0-2 each, C O’Mahony (65), B O’Meara, J Ryan 0-1 each.	Report	N Burke 0-7f, D Hayes 1-3, J Regan 1-2, C Cooney 0-3 (1f), B Burke 0-2, B Daly 0-1.	Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

18 March 2012 Round 3	Cork	2-13 - 2-17	Galway	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
12:45	P Horgan 0-6 (0-6f), C Lehane 0-5, C Naughton, L McLoughlin 1-0 each, P O’Sullivan, J Coughlan 0-1 each.	Report	N Burke 1-10 (0-7f), D Hayes 1-1, A Smith, D Burke 0-2 each, D Glennon 0-1.	Attendance: 12,821 Referee: J Owens (Wexford)

18 March 2012 Round 3	Kilkenny	5-16 - 6-12	Dublin	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
14:30	R. Power 1-8 (5fs, 1 65), R Hogan 1-3, A Fogarty 1-1, M Ruth, C Fennelly 1-0 each, E Larkin 0-3, TJ Reid 0-1.	Report	D Sutcliffe 2-3, P Ryan 1-3 (2fs), A McCrabbe 0-4 (3fs), C McCormack, E Dillon, D O’Callaghan 1-0 each, L Rushe, M O’Brien 0-1 each.	Attendance: 5,571 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

18 March 2012 Round 3	Tipperary	0-31 - 2-15	Waterford	Semple Stadium, Thurles
14:30	N McGrath 0-7 (0-1f); P Bourke 0-7 (0-4f); B O’Meara 0-3; P Maher 0-2; B Maher 0-2; J Woodlock 0-2; J O’Neill 0-2; S Bourke 0-2; S McGrath 0-2; J Ryan, T Stapleton, 0-1 each.	Report	M Shanahan 1-4 (1-0p, 0-1f); M O’Neill 0-4 (4f); S Molumphy 1-0; S O’Sullivan 0-2; G O’Brien, S Walsh, J Nagle, K Moran, E McGrath, 0-1 each.	Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

24 March 2012 Round 4	Dublin	2-15 - 0-21	Tipperary	Croke Park, Dublin
	D Treacy, L Rushe both 1-2, A McCrabbe 0-3 (2f), R Dwyer, D Sutcliffe, N McMorrow all 0-2, J McCaffrey, D O’Callaghan both 0-1	Report	P Bourke 0-6 (5f), B O’Meara 0-5, N McGrath 0-4 (2f), J O’Brien 0-2, S Bourke, J Ryan, S McGrath, B Maher all 0-1	Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

25 March 2012 Round 4	Galway	0-16 - 1-14	Waterford	Pearse Stadium, Galway
	N Burke 0-5 (0-3f), D Burke 0-3, A Smith, B Daly 0-2 each, C Cooney, N Donoghue, B Flaherty 0-1 each.	Report	P Mahony 0-9 (0-9f), S Walsh 1-2, J Mullane 0-2, M Shanahan 0-1.	Referee: A Stapleton (Laois)

25 March 2012 Round 4	Cork	1-17 - 1-15	Kilkenny	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	P Horgan (0-8, 0-7f), P O’Sullivan (1-1), C Naughton (0-2), W Egan (0-2, 0-1 65, 0-1f), D Sweetnam (0-1); C Lehane (0-1), P Cronin (0-1), J Coughlan (0-1).	Report	R Power (1-11, 0-9f), R Hogan (0-2), M Rice (0-1); TJ Reid (0-1).	Referee: M Wadding

1 April 2012 Round 5	Waterford	0-17 - 0-13	Dublin	Fraher Field, Dungarvan
14:30	M Shanahan (0-4,0-2f), G O'Brien (0-4), P Mahony (0-3f);, J Mullane (0-2), S Walsh (0-1), T Browne (0-1), K Moran (0-1), E Kelly (0-1).	Report	D Tracey (0-4,0-3f), E Dillon (0-3), R O'Carroll (0-2), D Sutcliffe (0-1), R O'Dwyer (0-1), J McCaffery (0-1f), N McMorrow (0-1).

1 April 2012 Round 5	Kilkenny	3-26 - 0-10	Galway	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
14:30	E Larkin 1-7 (5fs), TJ Reid 1-6, M Ruth 1-1, M Rice, C Fennelly 0-3 each, M Fennelly, R Hogan (1f) 0-2 each, A Fogarty, M Bergin 0-1 each.	Report	N Burke 0-5fs, A Smith 0-2, T Regan, C Donnellan, A Harte 0-1 each.

1 April 2012 Round 5	Tipperary	1-23 - 1-23	Cork	Semple Stadium, Thurles
14:30	P Bourke (1-6, 1-2f), N McGrath (0-5), J O’Brien (0-3), S Bourke (0-3), G Ryan (0-2), J Woodlock (0-1), P Maher (0-1), T Stapleton (0-1), E Kelly (0-1).	Report	P Horgan (0-9, 3f), C Lehane (1-2), C Naughton (0-4), D Sweetnam (0-3), J Coughlan (0-2), W Egan (0-1f), P Cronin (0-1), J Gardiner (0-1).

15 April 2012 Relegation play-off	Galway	0-26 - 2-20 (aet)	Dublin	O'Connor Park, Tullamore
14:30	J Canning 0-12 (6f); N Burke 0-5 (4f); C Donnellan 0-2; D Hayes 0-2; D Burke, C Cooney, J Coen, J Glynn, J Regan, 0-1.	Report	P Ryan 0-9 (8f, 1 65); D Sutcliffe 0-3; N McMorrow 0-3 (1f, 1 65); C McCormack 1-0; R O’Carroll 1-0; J McCaffrey, A McCrabbe (65), S Lambert, D Plunkett, D Treacy, 0-1.

21 April 2012 Relegation play-off replay	Dublin	0-19 - 4-21	Galway	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
16:00	P Ryan (0-11, 8f), M Quilty (0-3), C McCormack (0-2), J McCaffrey (0-1), D Treacy (0-1), J Boland (0-1)	Report	J Canning (2-7, 1-6f), D Burke (1-3), N Burke (0-4), D Glennon (1-2), C Donnellan (0-2) D Hayes (0-1), I Tannian (0-1), J Coen (0-1).	Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

22 April 2012 Semi-final	Kilkenny	1-20 - 0-14	Clare	Semple Stadium, Thurles
14:00	M Ruth 1-3, R Power 0-9 (7f), C Fennelly 0-4, J Mulhall, E Larkin, K Joyce, TJ Reid 0-1 each.	Report	C McGrath 0-6 (5f), C Ryan 0-3 (2f), N O’Connell 0-2 (2f), L Markham, P Donnellan, S Collins 0-1 each.	Attendance: 15,424 Referee: Alan kelly

22 April 2012 Semi-final	Cork	1-25 - 2-15	Tipperary	Semple Stadium, Thurles
16:00	L O’Farrell 1-02, P Horgan 0-09 (6f), N McCarthy, W Egan (2f) 0-03 each, P Cronin, C Lehane 0-02 each, J Gardiner, P O’Sullivan, D Sweetnam, A Nash 0-01 each.	Report	B O’Meara 1-02, E Kelly 1-01 (1-01f), P Bourke 0-07 (5f), J Woodlock, G Ryan, N McGrath, S Bourke, J O’Brien 0-01 each.	Attendance: 15,424 Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

6 May 2012 Final

Kilkenny

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Cork

Top scorers

Season

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Richie Power	Kilkenny	3-49	58	5	11.60
2	Niall Burke	Galway	1-47	50	7	7.14
3	Pa Bourke	Tipperary	2-38	44	6	7.33
4	Patrick Horgan	Cork	0-43	43	6	7.16

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Richie Power	Kilkenny	1-11	14	Cork
1	Richie Power	Kilkenny	1-11	14	Tipperary
3	Joe Canning	Galway	2-7	13	Dubln
3	Niall Burke	Galway	1-10	13	Cork
5	Joe Canning	Galway	0-12	12	Dublin
6	Paul Ryan	Dublin	0-11	11	Galway
6	Richie Power	Kilkenny	1-8	11	Dublin
8	Eoin Larkin	Kilkenny	1-7	10	Galway
	Niall Burke	Galway	0-10	10	Dublin
	Richie Power	Kilkenny	0-10	10	Waterford
11	Danny Sutcliffe	Dublin	2-3	9	Kilkenny
	T. J. Reid	Kilkenny	1-6	9	Galway
	Pa Bourke	Tipperary	1-6	9	Galway
	Pa Bourke	Tipperary	1-6	9	Cork
	Paul Ryan	Dublin	0-9	9	Galway
	Patrick Horgan	Cork	0-9	9	Tipperary
	Patrick Horgan	Cork	0-9	9	Tipperary
	Richie Power	Kilkenny	0-9	9	Clare
19	Paul Ryan	Dublin	0-8	8	Cork
19	Patrick Horgan	Cork	0-8	8	Kilkenny

Division 1B

Division champions and promoted team Relegated team

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Clare	5	5	0	0	10-98	3-75	44	10
Limerick	5	3	1	1	9-95	8-81	17	7
Offaly	5	2	1	2	8-98	8-83	15	5
Antrim	5	2	0	3	5-65	7-73	-14	4
Wexford	5	2	0	3	9-87	10-91	-7	4
Laois	5	0	0	5	6-74	11-109	-50	0

Antrim are placed ahead of Wexford as they won the head-to-head match between the teams.

Fixtures and results

25 February 2012 Round 1	Limerick	1-13 - 2-24	Clare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
19:00	S Dowling 0-7 (4f), J N Moran 1-1, C Allis 0-2 (1 sl), D O’Grady, J Ryan & K Downes 0-1 each.	Report	C McGrath 1-10 (0-8f), C Ryan 1-1, J Conlon 0-4, N O’Connell 0-3, C McInerney & S Collins 0-2 each, P Donnellan & F Lynch 0-1.	Attendance: 5,390 Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

26 February 2012 Round 1	Offaly	1-27 - 0-18	Laois	O'Connor Park, Tullamore
14:30	S Dooley (0-7, 0-3 frees), B Murphy (0-5), J Bergin (0-4), J Mulrooney (1-1), S Ryan (0-3), T Carroll (0-2), R Hanniffy, D Morkan, D Molloy, C Mahon, C Egan (0-1 each).	Report	W Hyland (0-8, 0-4 frees), B Dunne (0-4), J Fitzpatrick, T Fitzgerald, J Brophy (0-2 each).	Referee: J Owens (Wexford)

26 February 2012 Round 1	Antrim	3-18 - 2-15	Wexford	Casement Park, Belfast
14:30	S McNaughton 1-7 (6f), K Stewart 1-3, PJ O'Connell 0-3, K Sheeran 1-0, N McManus (2f), M Herron 0-2 each, N McAuley 0-1.	Report	E Quigley 2-0, T O'Leary, G Sinnott, G Moore (2f), P Morris (1f), R Jacob, J Berry (2f) 0-2 each, R Kehoe, PJ Nolan, S Murphy 0-1 each	Referee: E Hasson (Derry)

11 March 2012 Round 2	Clare	0-20 - 0-12	Antrim	Cusack Park, Ennis
14:30	N O’Connell (0-6) 4 f’s, C McGrath (0-6) 4 f’s, C Ryan (0-3), C Morey (0-2), J Conlon, D Keane, C McInerney (0-1) each.	Report	S McNaughton (0-5) f’s, N McManus (0-4) 1 f, K Stewart, PJ O’Connell, C McFall 90-1) each.	Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

11 March 2012 Round 2	Wexford	3-18 - 2-20	Offaly	Wexford Park, Wexford
14:30	H Kehoe (0-7, five frees), G Moore (1-1), D O’Keeffe (1-1), J Guiney (1-0, a free) E Quigley (0-2), D Redmond (0-2), PJ Nolan (0-2), T O’Leary (0-1), R Kehoe (0-1), R Jacob (0-1).	Report	S Dooley (0-9, eight frees), B Murphy (1-2), C Egan (1-1), D Molloy (0-2), J Bergin (0-2), D Morkham (0-1, free), S Ryan (0-1), D Mooney (0-1), T Carroll (0-1).	Referee: A Stapleton (Laois)

11 March 2012 Round 2	Laois	2-12 - 1-24	Limerick	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
14:30	W Hyland 0-8 (6frees), B Dunne 1-2, M McEvoy 1-0, J Fitzpatrick, T Fitzgerald 0-1 each.	Report	D Breen 1-4, G Mulcahy, S Dowling (4frees) 0-6 each, C Allis 0-5 (3frees, ’65), N Moran 0-2, P Browne 0-1.	Referee: T Carroll (Offaly)

18 March 2012 Round 3	Laois	2-13 - 2-22	Clare	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
12:45	W Hyland 1-6 (1 pen, 3f), N Foyle 1-1, M Whelan, J Walsh, M McEvoy, J Brophy, S Maher, C Murray 0-1 each	Report	J Conlon 1-3, C Ryan 0-5 (3f), P Donnellan 0-4, S Collins 1-1, D Keane 0-3, J McInerney, J Clancy 0-2 each, N O'Connell (1f), C Morey 0-1 each	Referee: E Hasson (Derry)

18 March 2012 Round 3	Offaly	1-22 - 1-17	Antrim	O'Connor Park, Tullamore
14:30	S Dooley 1-10 (0-10f), J Bergin 0-04, B Murphy 0-03, C Mahon, J Mulrooney 0-02 each, R Hanniffy 0-01	[2]	S McNaughton 0-10 (0-08f, 0-01 '65'), D Lynch 1-00, P Shiels, PJ O'Connell, N McManus (0-01 '65') 0-02 each, M Herron 0-01	Attendance: Sparse Referee: Johnny Ryan (Tipperary).

18 March 2012 Round 3	Wexford	0-18 - 2-20	Limerick	Wexford Park, Wexford
14:30	H Kehoe 0-7, (5f, 1 '65'), J Guiney 0-3 (2f, 1, 65), D Redmond, D O'Keeffe, S Banville 0-2 each, PJ Nolan, R Jacob, 0-1 each	Report	N Moran 1-5, D O'Grady 1-2, C Allis 0-6 (5f), G Mulcahy 0-3, G O'Mahoney (f) , P Browne, M Ryan, N Maher 0-1 each	Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

24 March 2012 Round 4	Limerick	2-16 - 4-10	Offaly	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
19:00	S Tobin 1-2, C Allis 0-4 (2f, 1 '65'), N Moran 1-0, T Quaid 0-3, D Breen, G Mulcahy 0-2 each, P Browne, N Maher, S O'Brien 0-1 each.	Report	S Dooley 2-5 (1-0 pen, 0-3f, 0-1 '65', 0-1 sl), C Mahon, G Healion 1-0 each, B Murphy, J Rigney 0-2 each, D Horan 0-1.	Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

25 March 2012 Round 4	Clare	3-16 - 0-18	Wexford	Cusack Park, Ennis
14:30	C McGrath (1-7, four frees), J Conlon (1-2), S Collins (1-1), N O’Connell (0-3, one free), L Markham (0-2), F Lynch (0-1).	Report	J Guiney (0-12, 10 frees, one 65), H Kehoe (0-2, free), D O’Keeffe (0-1), R Kehoe (0-1), J Berry (0-1), D Lyng (0-1).	Referee: A Kelly (Galway)

25 March 2012 Round 4	Antrim	2-18 - 2-16	Laois	Casement Park, Belfast
14:30	S McNaughton (1-8, 4f), N McManus (0-4), C Carson (1-0), P Shiels (0-2), C Donnelly (0-1f), S McCrory (0-1), PJ O’Connell (0-1), B McFall (0-1).	Report	W Hyland (0-9, 0-6f), C Murray (1-2), B Reddin (1-0), D O’Mahoney (0-2), W Dunphy (0-1), S Bourke (0-1), A Collier (0-1).	Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

1 April 2012 Round 5	Wexford	4-18 - 0-15	Laois	Wexford Park, Wexford
14:30	J Guiney 1-8 (1-5fs, 1 65), P Morris 2-2, R Jacob 1-2, H Kehoe 0-2, S Murphy, D Lyng, PJ Nolan, J Fogarty 0-1 each.	Report	W Hyland 0-9, (3fs, 1 65), S Lowney 0-3, M Whelan 0-2 (1f), J Walsh 0-1.	Referee: T Carroll (Laois)

1 April 2012 Round 5	Offaly	0-19 - 2-14	Clare	O'Connor Park, Tullamore
14:30	S Dooley 0-12 (0-8 frees, 0-1 ’65 & 0-1 penalty), J Bergin 0-3, S Ryan 0-1, C Egan 0-1, D Morkan 0-1, C Parlon 0-1.	Report	C Ryan 0-7 (0-6 frees), B Donnellan 1-0, C Chaplin 1-0, C McInerney 0-2, A Cunningham 0-2, C Morey 0-1, L Markham 0-1, P Kelly 0-1.	Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

1 April 2012 Round 5	Antrim	0-17 - 3-22	Limerick	Casement Park, Belfast
14:30	S McNaughton (0-9, 4f), M Herron (0-2), E McCloskey (0-2), K Stewart (0-1), PJ O’Connell (0-1), N McManus (0-1), B McFall (0-1).	Report	S Dowling (2-4, 2-0 frees, 0-1 pen), C Allis (0-9, 2f, 0-2 ‘65s’), S Tobin (1-2), J Ryan (0-2), D Breen (0-2), N Moran (0-1), S Walsh (0-1), T Quaid (0-1).	Referee: A Nitwit Kelly (Galway)

7 April 2012 Final	Clare	0-21 - 1-16	Limerick	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
18:00	C McGrath (0-12, 0-10f), N O'Connell (0-3, 2'65's, 1f), C Ryan (0-3), P Donnellan (0-1), J Conlon (0-1), A Cunningham (0-1).	Report	S Dowling (1-7, 1pen, 4f, '65), G Mulcahy (0-3), S O'Brien (0-2), J Ryan (0-1), N Moran (0-1), T Quaid (0-1), K Downes (0-1).	Attendance: 9,897 Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

15 April 2012 Relegation play-off	Wexford	5-12 - 0-19	Laois	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
14:00	J Guiney 3-5 (4fs), D Redmond, P Morris 1-1 each, H Kehoe, R Jacob 0-2 each, PJ Nolan 0-1.	Report	W Hyland 0-11 (8fs, 2 s/l), C Murray 0-3, S Bourke 0-2, J Walsh, T Fitzgerald, B Reddin 0-1.	Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Top scorers

Season

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Willie Hyland	Laois	1-61	64	6	10.66
2	Shane Dooley	Offaly	3-43	52	5	10.40
3	Shane McNaughton	Antrim	2-39	45	5	9.00
4	Conor McGrath	Clare	2-35	41	4	10.25

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Jack Guiney	Wexford	3-5	14	Laois
2	Conor McGrath	Clare	1-10	13	Limerick
2	Shane Dooley	Offaly	1-10	13	Antrim
4	Jack Guiney	Wexford	0-12	12	Clare
	Conor McGrath	Clare	0-12	12	Limerick
	Shane Dooley	Offaly	0-12	12	Clare
7	Shane Dooley	Offaly	2-5	11	Limerick
	Jack Guiney	Wexford	1-8	11	Laois
	Shane McNaughton	Antrim	1-8	11	Laois
	Willie Hyland	Laois	0-11	11	Wexford
11	Shane Dowling	Limerick	2-4	10	Antrim
	Shane Dowling	Limerick	1-7	10	Clare
	Shane McNaughton	Antrim	1-7	10	Wexford
	Conor McGrath	Clare	1-7	10	Wexford
	Shane McNaughton	Antrim	0-10	10	Offaly
16	Willie Hyland	Laois	1-6	9	Clare
	Shane Dooley	Offaly	0-9	9	Wexford
	Willie Hyland	Laois	0-9	9	Antrim
	Willie Hyland	Laois	0-9	9	Wexford
	Shane McNaughton	Antrim	0-9	9	Limerick

Division 2A

Division champions and promoted team Relegated team

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Carlow	5	4	1	0	8-86	4-58	40	9
Westmeath	5	4	0	1	10–94	9-68	29	8
Derry	5	2	1	2	4-71	7-75	-13	5
Kerry	5	2	0	3	11-77	2-87	17	4
Wicklow	5	0	3	2	2–64	9-74	-31	3
Down	5	0	1	4	7-72	11-102	-42	1

Fixtures and results

26 February 2012 Round 1	Carlow	3-17 - 1-6	Down	Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
14:00	M Kavanagh 1-6 (4f), C Doyle 1-3, S Kavanagh 1-1 (1f), A Gaule, J Kane, D Roberts 0-2 each, P Kehoe 0-1f	Report	P Braniff 0-4f, D Toner 1-1, D Hughes 0-1	Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny)

26 February 2012 Round 1	Westmeath	0-19 - 3-8	Kerry	Cusack Park, Mullingar
14:30	B Murtagh (0-13, 9F, 1 '65), A Mitchell (0-2), J Gilligan (0-1, P Dowdall (0-1), A Mcgrath (0-1), Frank Boyle (0-1).	Report	P Boyle (3-0), S Brick (0-4, 3f), W O'Dwyer (0-2), S Nolan (0-1), A Boyle (0-1).

26 February 2012 Round 1	Wicklow	0-14 - 1-11	Derry	O'Byrne Park, Aughrim
14:30	J O'Neill 0-11 (8f), A O'Brien, E Glynn, R Keddy 0-1 each	Report	S Farren 1-4 (3f), R Convery 0-4 (1f), O McCloskey, P McCloskey, J Mulholland 0-1 each	Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)

11 March 2012 Round 2	Kerry	0-13 - 0-20	Carlow	Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
12:45	S Nolan 1-3, S Brick 0-5 (3f), W O'Dwyer 0-2, P Boyle, J Griffin, D O'Connell (1f) 0-1 each	Report	P Kehoe 0-11 (10f), C Doyle 0-3, R Coady 0-2, M Brennan, J Kane, M Kavanagh, E Byrne 0-1 each	Referee: J O'Connell (Cork)

11 March 2012 Round 2	Down	2-11 - 0-17	Wicklow	Páirc Esler, Newry
14:30	P Braniff 1-6 (1f), D Toner 1-0, K McGarry , P Sheehan 0-2 each, P Keith 0-1	Report	J O'Neill 0-9 (7f), J Connors 0-4, A O'Brien 0-2, E Glynn, G Bermingham 0-1 each	Referee: L McAuley (Antrim)

11 March 2012 Round 2	Derry	2-13 - 3-19	Westmeath	Celtic Park, Derry
14:30	P Henry 0-10 (9f), R Convery 1-2, A Grant 1-0, P McCloskey 0-1	Report	B Murtagh 0-9 (8f, 1 '65'), P Greville 1-3, D Carthy 1-1, F Boyle 0-4, J Gilligan 1-0, J Clarke, A Dermody 0-1 each	Referee: D Magee (Down)

18 March 2012 Round 3	Down	1-14 - 1-20	Derry	Pairc Esler, Newry
12:45	P Braniff 1-8 (1-8f), D Toner 0-3, E Clarke 0-2 (1 '65'), F Conway 0-1	Report	P Henry 1-10 (10f), R Convery, O McCloskey 0-3 each, S Farren 0-2, L Hinphey, B Quigley 0-1 each	Referee: O Elliott (Antrim)

18 March 2012 Round 3	Wicklow	1-12 - 2-22	Kerry	O'Byrne Park, Aughrim
12:45	P Farrell 1-0, A O'Brien 0-4f, J O'Neill 0-3 (2f), T Doyle, E Glynn 0-2 each, C Moorehouse 0-1	Report	S Brick 0-10 (4f, 2 '65), S Nolan 2-3, J Flaherty 0-3, D Dineen 0-2, A O'Connor, C Harty, D O'Connell, PJ Connolly 0-1 each	Referee: P Murphy (Carlow)

18 March 2012 Round 3	Carlow	2-17 - 1-16	Westmeath	Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
12:45	R Smithers 2-2, S Kavanagh (3f), M Kavanagh (3f), C Doyle 0-3 each, P Kehoe (2f), M Brennan 0-2 each, J Kavanagh, E Byrne 0-1 each	Report	B Murtagh 1-10 (1-9f, 1 '65'), J Shaw 0-2, P Greville, A Clarke, D Carty, E Price 0-1 each

24 March 2012 Round 4	Westmeath	3-19 - 0-10	Wicklow	Cusack Park, Mullingar
14:30	B Murtagh 2-9 (1-6fs), P Greville 1-1, J Shaw 0-3, F Boyle 0-2, P Dowdall, C Boyle, A Clarke and A Dermody 0-1 each.	Report	A O’Brien 0-6 (5fs, 1‘65’), E Kearns, R Keddy, E Glynn and T Doyle 0-1 each.	Referee: J O'Mahony (Limerick)

25 March 2012 Round 4	Kerry	4-27 - 1-21	Down	Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
12:45	S Nolan 1-6, S Brick 1-5 (3f), A Boyle 2-0, W O’Dwyer, D O’Connell 0-4 each, D Walsh 0-3, D Dineen (1 sl) 0-2, C Harty, PJ Connolly, J Flaherty 0-1 each.	Report	P Braniff (1-6f) 1-9, F Conway, E Clarke (1 65, 1 sl) 0-3 each, P Keith, C Baillie 0-2 each, D Toner, P Sheehan 0-1 each.

25 March 2012 Round 4	Carlow	2-21 - 0-12	Derry	Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
12:45	S Kavanagh 1-3 (2fs, 1 65), E Byrne 0-4, M Brennan 1-1, P Kehoe 0-3fs, J Kavanagh, J Kane, C Doyle, A Gaul 0-2 each, R Smithers, H P O’Byrne 0-1 each.	Report	P Henry 0-9, (8fs, 1 65), P Kelly, O McCloskey, K Hinphey 0-1 each.

1 April 2012 Round 5	Wicklow	1-11 - 1-11	Carlow	O'Byrne Park, Aughrim
14:30	A O’Brien 0-10 (6fs), W O’Gorman 1-0, E Dunne 0-1.	Report	P Coady 0-4 (3fs), S Kavanagh 0-3 (2fs, 1 65), M Brennan 1-0, D Roberts 0-2, P Kehoe, K McCabe 0-1 each.	Referee: P Casey (Waterford)

1 April 2012 Round 5	Down	2-20 - 3-21	Westmeath	Páirc Esler, Newry
14:30	P Braniff 0-13 (11fs, 1 65), C Mageean 1-1, D Toner 1-0, C Bailie 0-2, M Ennis, E Clarke, D Hughes, F Conway 0-1 each.	Report	E Price, D Carty 1-4 each, N O’Brien 1-0, B Murtagh 0-5 (1f), J Shaw, A Dermody 0-2 each, J Clarke, A Clarke, D McCormack, R Grenville 0-1 each.	Referee: G Duffy (Antrim)

1 April 2012 Round 5	Derry	0-15 - 1-7	Kerry	Celtic Park, Derry
14:30	K Hinphey 0-5, R Convery 0-3, P Henry 0-2, P Kelly 0-2, C Gilmore, L Craig, A Grant 0-1 each.	[www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/derry-dominate-kingdom-189136.html Report]	D O’Connell 0-5, J Lahert 1-0, PJ Connolly 0-2.	Referee: O Elliot (Antrim}

15 April 2012 Final	Carlow	1-14 - 0-12	Westmeath	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
16:00	M. Clowry (1-0), P. Kehoe (0-3, 0-2 from frees), S. Kavanagh (0-3 from frees), M. Kavanagh (0-2 from frees), C. Doyle (0-2), A. Gaule (0-2), D. Roberts (0-1), J. Kavanagh (0-1).	Report	B. Murtagh (0-5, 0-2 from frees), N. O’Brien (0-5, 0-3 from frees, 0-1 from a ’65), D. McCormack (0-2).	Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

22 April 2012 Relegation play-off	Wicklow	2-14 — 0-17	Down	St. Loman's Park, Trim
2:30 p.m.	J O'Neill (1-0 pen, 0-1f), E Kearns 1-1 each; W Gorman, E Glynn 0-3 each; A O'Brien, R Keddy 0-2 each; B Cuddihy, C Moorehouse 0-1 each	Report	P Braniff 0-14 (10f); M Cunningham (s/l), D Toner, A O'Prey 0-1 each	Referee: F Smith (Meath)

Top scorers

Season

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Brendan Murtagh	Westmeath	3-51	60	6	10.00
2	Paul Braniff	Down	3-37	46	5	9.20
3	Paddy Henry	Derry	1-31	34	4	8.50

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Brendan Murtagh	Westmeath	2-9	15	Wicklow
2	Brendan Murtagh	Westmeath	1-10	13	Carlow
	Paddy Henry	Derry	1-10	13	Down
	Paul Braniff	Down	0-13	13	Westmeath
	Brendan Murtagh	Westmeath	0-13	13	Kerry
6	Paul Braniff	Down	1-8	11	Derry
	Paudie Kehoe	Carlow	0-11	11	Kerry
	Jonathan O'Neill	Wicklow	0-11	11	Derry
9	Paddy Henry	Derry	0-10	10	Westmeath
	Andy O'Brien	Wicklow	0-10	10	Carlow
	Shane Brick	Kerry	0-10	10	Wicklow
12	Pádraig Boyle	Kerry	3-0	9	Westmeath
	Shane Nolan	Kerry	1-6	9	Down
	Paul Braniff	Down	1-6	9	Kerry
	Paul Braniff	Down	1-6	9	Wicklow
	Brendan Murtagh	Westmeath	0-9	9	Derry
	Jonathan O'Neill	Wicklow	0-9	9	Down
	Paddy Henry	Derry	0-9	9	Carlow

Division 2B

Division champions and promoted team

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Kildare	5	4	0	1	13-104	2-68	69	8
Meath	5	3	1	1	7-74	5-50	30	7
Mayo	5	2	1	2	6-69	5-84	-12	5
London	5	2	0	3	7-75	6-74	4	4
Armagh	5	2	0	3	1-66	12-95	-62	4
Roscommon	5	1	0	4	7-68	11-85	-29	2

London are placed ahead of Armagh because they won the head-to-head game between the teams.

Fixtures and results

26 February 2012 Round 1	Meath	0-13 - 1-12	Kildare	Páirc Tailteann, Navan
14:30	N Horan 0-5 (5f), S Clynch 0-3 (2f), N Kirby (0-2), S Donoghue (0-1), E Marsh (0-1), P Durnin (0-1).	Report	P Divilly 1-2 (0-2f), L Quinn (0-3), R Hoban (0-2 one free, one '65'), C Kenny (0-2), M Maloney (0-1), D Harney (0-1), J Enright (0-1).

26 February 2012 Round 1	Roscommon	1-8 - 0-16	Mayo	Athleague
14:30	G Fallon (1-0), D Nolan (0-3), G Fallon (0-2), S Curley (0-1), T Seale (0-1), J Coyne (0-1).	Report	K Higgins (0-10), C Freeman (0-4), C McCrudden (0-1), K Feeney (0-1).	Referee: C Browne (Galway)

26 February 2012 Round 1	London	2-21 - 0-12	Armagh	Ruislip
14:30	E Brennan 2-1, P Sloane 0-5 (2f, 1 ’65), E Gleeson 0-3, E Cooney, S Ryan, T Dunne 0-2 each, G Fennelly, N Forde, M O’Meara, H Vaughan, N Rogers 0-1 each.	Report	D Carvill 0-5 (4f), C Carvill 0-2, D Coulter (f), F Bradley, A Carville, M Lennon 0-1 each.	Referee: F Smith (Meath)

11 March 2012 Round 2	Kildare	0-24 - 0-15	London	Newbridge
12:45

11 March 2012 Round 2	Mayo	3-12 - 1-18	Meath	McHale Park, Castlebar
12:45

11 March 2012 Round 2	Armagh	1-20 - 1-14	Roscommon	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
14:30

18 March 2012 Round 3	Armagh	0-11 - 0-5	Mayo	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
14:30

18 March 2012 Round 3	Roscommon	1-13 - 5-19	Kildare	Athleague
14:30

18 March 2012 Round 3	London	0-7 - 2-8	Meath	Ruislip
14:30

24 March 2012 Round 4	London	3-18 - 1-10	Mayo	Ruislip
14:30

25 March 2012 Round 4	Kildare	7-30 - 0-7	Armagh	Newbridge
12:45

25 March 2012 Round 4	Meath	3-16 - 1-11	Roscommon	Pairc Tailteann, Navan
14:30

1 April 2012 Round 5	Roscommon	3-22 - 2-14	London	Athleague
14:30

1 April 2012 Round 5	Armagh	0-8 - 1-19	Meath	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
14:30

1 April 2012 Round 5	Mayo	1-20 - 0-19	Kildare	McHale Park, Castlebar
14:30	K Feeney (0-11,9f, 1 65’), S Hoban (1-3), B Hunt (0-3), C Freeman (0-2), K Higgins (0-1).	Report	P Divilly (0-8,7f), M Fitzgerald (0-4, 1f), T Murphy (0-2), R Kelly (0-1), D Butler (0-1), M Moloney (0-1), D Smith (0-1), L Quinn (0-1).	Referee: C Brown (Galway)

15 April 2012 Final

Kildare

3-13 - 1-12

Meath

Parnell Park

Division 3A

Division champions (not promoted) Relegated team

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Monaghan	5	4	1	0	6-78	5-50	31	9
Fingal	5	4	0	1	9-73	4-69	19	8
Louth	5	2	2	1	6–87	4-63	30	6
Tyrone	5	2	0	3	4-82	7-75	-2	4
Donegal	5	1	0	4	7-61	9-99	-44	2
Sligo	5	0	1	4	8-58	11-83	-34	1

Fixtures and results

26 February 2012 Round 1	Tyrone	3-18 - 2-09	Sligo	Healy Park, Omagh
14:30

26 February 2012 Round 1	Monaghan	1-18 - 1-11	Donegal	Clones
14:30

26 February 2012 Round 1	Louth	0-12 - 1-13	Fingal	Dowdallshill
14:30

11 March 2012 Round 2	Sligo	2-13 - 1-16	Louth	Markievicz Park, Sligo
12:45

11 March 2012 Round 2	Fingal	0-11 - 0-16	Monaghan	Swords
14:30

11 March 2012 Round 2	Donegal	1-10 - 0-24	Tyrone	Letterkenny
14:30

18 March 2012 Round 3	Monaghan	1-09 - 1-09	Louth	Inniskeen
14:30

18 March 2012 Round 3	Fingal	4-15 - 0-14	Tyrone	Swords
14:30

18 March 2012 Round 3	Donegal	1-16 - 2-12	Sligo	Letterkenny
14:30

25 March 2012 Round 4	Sligo	0-15 - 2-15	Fingal	Markievicz Park, Sligo
14:30

25 March 2012 Round 4	Tyrone	1-10 - 0-17	Monaghan	Healy Park, Omagh
12:45

25 March 2012 Round 4	Louth	4-24 - 0-12	Donegal	Dowdallshill
14:30

1 April 2012 Round 5	Fingal	2-19 - 4-12	Donegal	Swords
14:30

1 April 2012 Round 5	Monaghan	0-24 - 0-16	Sligo	Inniskeen
14:30

1 April 2012 Round 5	Louth	4-18 - 2-9	Tyrone	Dowdallshill
14:30

15 April 2012 Relegation playoff	Donegal	2-13 - 0-16	Sligo	Brewster Park, Enniskillen
16:30

15 April 2012 Final

Fingal

w/o — scr.

Monaghan

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

The Monaghan team gave a walkover after a dispute with the county board, who had refused to reschedule Gaelic football club games to allow their players to rest for the final.^[5]

Division 3B

Division champions and promoted team

Team	Pld	W	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Fermanagh	3	3	0	6-41	3-16	34	6
Warwickshire	3	2	1	11-49	2-29	47	4
Leitrim	3	1	2	6-35	9-57	-31	2
Longford	3	0	3	1-15	10-38	-50	0

Fixtures and results

18 March 2012 Round 1	Longford	1-8 - 2-21	Leitrim	Michael Fay Park, Longford
14:30

18 March 2012 Round 1	Fermanagh	0-14 - 1-10	Warwickshire	Brewster Park, Enniskillen
14:30

25 March 2012 Round 2	Warwickshire	8-19 - 0-5	Longford	Páirc na hÉireann, Solihull
14:30

25 March 2012 Round 2	Leitrim	2-6 - 6-27	Fermanagh	Seán O'Heslin park, Ballinamore
14:30

1 April 2012 Round 3	Leitrim	2-10 - 2-20	Warwickshire	Seán O'Heslin park, Ballinamore
14:30

1 April 2012 Round 3	Fermanagh	w/o - scr.	Longford	Irvinestown
14:30		Report

14 April 2012 Final	Warwickshire	2-5 - 2-15	Fermanagh	Parnell Park, Dublin
14:00

References

^ "Counties to vote on new hurling league format". Irish Independent. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^ "Hurling League changes are announced". RTE Sport. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^ "Revamp announced for next year's hurling league". Irish Examiner. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^ "Hurling's elitist divide". Irish Independent. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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External links

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[1] "Counties to vote on new hurling league format". Irish Independent. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

[2] "Hurling League changes are announced". RTE Sport. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

[3] "Revamp announced for next year's hurling league". Irish Examiner. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

[4] "Hurling's elitist divide". Irish Independent. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

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