2006 Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship

2006 Interprovincial Hurling Championship

Dates	14 October – 28 October 2006
Teams	File:Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht File:Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster File:Flag of Munster.svg Munster File:Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster
Champions	Leinster
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	6 (2 per match)
Points scored	104 (34.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eugene Cloonan (2-15)
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The 2006 Interprovincial Hurling Championship, known as the 2006 M Donnelly Hurling Interprovincial Championship due to the tournament's sponsorship by businessman Martin Donnelly, was the 79th series of the Interprovincial Championship. The annual hurling championship between the four historic provinces of Ireland was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The championship was won by Leinster.

Results

Inter provincial Championship

October 14
Semi-final

Leinster	2-19 - 0-12	Ulster
D Franks (0-6) A Fogarty (1-2) R Power (0-4) J Bergin (1-0) R McCarthy (0-3) J McCaffrey (0-2) Diarmuid Lyng (0-1) E Brennan (0-1)	Report	J McIntosh (0-10) S McBride (0-1) R Convery (0-1)

Parnell Park, Dublin

Referee: M Haverty (Galway)

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October 15
Semi-final

Munster	1-16 - 2-17	Connacht
E Kelly (1-6) P Kelly (0-3) N Gilligan (0-2) T Carmody (0-2) A O'Shaughnessy (0-1) M Walsh (0-1) N Moran (0-1)	Report	E Cloonan (2-6) R Murray (0-3) D Tierney (0-2) G Farragher (0-1) K Broderick (0-1) T Óg Regan (0-1) A Kerins (0-1) D Collins (0-1) F Healy (0-1)

Cusack Park, Ennis

Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

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October 28
Final

Connacht	0-17 - 1-23	Leinster
E Cloonan (0-9) I Tannian (0-3) F Healy (0-2) M Kerins (0-1) R Murray (0-1) D Tierney (0-1)	Report	R Power (0-7) E Brennan (0-6) J Bergin (1-3) A Fogarty (0-4) E Larkin (0-2) Derek Lyng (0-1)

Pearse Stadium, Galway

Referee: S Roche (Tipperary)

GK 1 Liam Donoghue RCB 2 Damien Joyce FB 3 Ger Mahon downward-facing red arrow 47' LCB 4 Tony Óg Regan RWB 5 David Collins CB 6 Diarmuid Cloonan LWB 7 John Lee MD 8 Richie Murray downward-facing red arrow 60' MD 9 David Tierney RWF 10 Iarla Tannian CF 11 Mark Kerins LWF 12 Alan Kerins downward-facing red arrow 44' RCF 13 Kenneth Burke downward-facing red arrow 25' FF 14 Eugene Cloonan LCF 15 Fergal Healy Substitutes: Damien Hayes upward-facing green arrow 25' Niall Healy upward-facing green arrow 44' M. J. Quinn upward-facing green arrow 47' Ger Farragher upward-facing green arrow 60'

GK 1 Brian Mullins RCB 2 Richie Mullally downward-facing red arrow 48' FB 3 John Tennyson LCB 4 James Ryall RWB 5 Tommy Walsh CB 6 Rory Hanniffy LWB 7 Diarmuid Lyng downward-facing red arrow 67' MD 8 Derek Lyng downward-facing red arrow 59' MD 9 Gary Hanniffy RWF 10 Eoin Larkin downward-facing red arrow 67' CF 11 Richie Power LWF 12 David Franks downward-facing red arrow 29' RCF 13 Eddie Brennan (c) FF 14 Joe Bergin LCF 15 Aidan Fogarty Substitutes: Michael Jacob upward-facing green arrow 29' Malachy Travers upward-facing green arrow 48' James Young upward-facing green arrow 59' Darren McCormack upward-facing green arrow 67' John McCaffrey upward-facing green arrow 67'

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Top scorers

Championship

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Eugene Cloonan	Connacht	2–15	21	2	10.50

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Eugene Cloonan	Connacht	2-6	10	Munster
1	Johnny McIntosh	Ulster	0-10	10	Leinster
1	Eoin Kelly	Munster	1-6	9	Connacht
	Eugene Cloonan	Connacht	0-9	10	Leinster