2006 Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship

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.

2006 Interprovincial Hurling Championship
Dates14 October
– 28 October 2006
Teams Connacht
Leinster
Munster
Ulster
ChampionsLeinster
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored6 (2 per match)
Points scored104 (34.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Eugene Cloonan (2-15)
2005 (Previous) (Next) 2007

Results

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Leinster2-19 - 0-12Ulster
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)
Referee: M Haverty (Galway)

Munster1-16 - 2-17Connacht
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)
Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

Connacht0-17 - 1-23Leinster
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)
Referee: S Roche (Tipperary)
GK 1 Liam Donoghue
RCB 2 Damien Joyce
FB 3 Ger Mahon   47'
LCB 4 Tony Óg Regan
RWB 5 David Collins
CB 6 Diarmuid Cloonan
LWB 7 John Lee
MD 8 Richie Murray   60'
MD 9 David Tierney
RWF 10 Iarla Tannian
CF 11 Mark Kerins
LWF 12 Alan Kerins   44'
RCF 13 Kenneth Burke   25'
FF 14 Eugene Cloonan
LCF 15 Fergal Healy
Substitutes:
Damien Hayes   25'
Niall Healy   44'
M. J. Quinn   47'
Ger Farragher   60'
GK 1 Brian Mullins
RCB 2 Richie Mullally   48'
FB 3 John Tennyson
LCB 4 James Ryall
RWB 5 Tommy Walsh
CB 6 Rory Hanniffy
LWB 7 Diarmuid Lyng   67'
MD 8 Derek Lyng   59'
MD 9 Gary Hanniffy
RWF 10 Eoin Larkin   67'
CF 11 Richie Power
LWF 12 David Franks   29'
RCF 13 Eddie Brennan (c)
FF 14 Joe Bergin
LCF 15 Aidan Fogarty
Substitutes:
Michael Jacob   29'
Malachy Travers   48'
James Young   59'
Darren McCormack   67'
John McCaffrey   67'

Top scorers

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Championship

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

Single game

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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