Draft:Joe McDonagh Cup records and statistics

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This article contains records and statistics related to the Joe McDonagh Cup, which has run since 2018.^[1]^[2]^[3]

General performances edit

Performance by county edit

County	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Antrim	2	0	2020, 2022	—
Carlow	2	0	2018, 2023	—
Westmeath	1	2	2021	2018, 2019
Laois	1	0	2019	—
Kerry	0	3	—	2020, 2021, 2022
Offaly	0	1	—	2023

Performance by province edit

Province	Won	Lost	Total	Different teams
Leinster	4	3	7	4
Ulster	2	0	2	1
Munster	0	3	3	1

Total Senior B grade championship titles edit

Includes All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship and Joe McDonagh Cup.

County	Titles	Last Senior B title
London	5	1995
Antrim	5	2022
Kildare	4	2004
Laois	4	2019
Westmeath	4	2021
Kerry	3	1986
Carlow	3	2023
Meath	1	1993
Roscommon	1	1994
New York	1	1996
Wicklow	1	2003

Counties edit

Team results edit

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd/4th/5th – Group Stage
5th/6th – Relegated
L – Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
CR – Christy Ring Cup

For year, the number of teams (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2018 (6)	2019 (5)	2020 (5)	2021 (6)	2022 (6)	2023 (6)	2024 (6)	Years
Antrim	5th	3rd	1st	L	1st	L	L	4
Carlow	1st	L	4th	4th	3rd	1st	L	5
Down	CR	CR	CR	3rd	5th	5th		4
Kerry	3rd	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th		7
Kildare	CR	CR	CR	6th	CR	6th	CR	2
Laois	4th	1st	L	L	L	3rd		4
Meath	6th	CR	5th	5th	6th	CR		5
Offaly	L	5th	CR	CR	4th	2nd		4
Westmeath	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	L	L		5

By Semi-Final/Top 4 Appearances edit

Team	No.	Years
Kerry	6	2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Carlow	5	2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Westmeath	4	2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Antrim	3	2019, 2020, 2022
Laois	3	2018, 2019, 2023
Offaly	2	2022, 2023
Down	1	2021

Least successful counties edit

Out of the 9 counties who have participated, five counties have never been represented in a Joe McDonagh Cup Final. These are Down, Kildare and Meath. Two of these counties have never competed in a semi-final: Kildare and Meath.

Kildare are the only team yet to win a Joe McDonagh Cup match.

Some of the Joe McDonagh Cup counties are more prominent in the sport of gaelic football. Joe McDonagh Cup participants such as Down, Kerry, Kildare and Meath have been historically are more competitive in football.

Levels edit

In the last few years, counties can be divided into two levels or tiers, based on results: Tier 1 counties are consistent participants in the latter stage of the cup. Tier 2 counties are usually in the bottom half of the Joe McDonagh Cup table.

Tier 1 counties (6): Antrim, Carlow, Kerry, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath

Tier 2 counties (3): Down, Kildare, Meath

Team participation edit

Debut of teams edit

Year	Debutants	Total
2018	Antrim, Carlow, Kerry, Laois, Meath, Westmeath	6
2019	Offaly	1
2020	None	0
2021	Down, Kildare	2
2022	None	0
2023	None	0
Total		9

Seasons in Joe McDonagh Cup edit

The number of years that each county has played in the Joe McDonagh Cup between 2018 and 2024. A total of 9 counties have competed in at least one season of the Joe McDonagh Cup. Kerry have participated in all 7 seasons. The counties in bold participate in the 2024 Joe McDonagh Cup.

Years	Counties
7	Kerry
5	Carlow, Meath, Westmeath
4	Antrim, Down, Laois, Offaly
2	Kildare

List of Joe McDonagh Cup counties edit

The following teams have competed in the McDonagh Cup for at least one season.

County	Total years	First year in Championship	Most recent year in Championship	Championship titles	Last Championship title	2023 championship finish	Best Joe McDonagh Cup finish	Current Championship	Lvl
Antrim	4	2018	2022	2	2022	5th (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)	1st	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship	1
Carlow	5	2018	2023	2	2023	Champions	1st	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship	1
Down	4	2021	2024	0	—	5th	3rd	Joe McDonagh Cup	2
Kerry	7	2018	2024	0	—	4th	2nd	Joe McDonagh Cup	2
Kildare	2	2021	2023	0	—	6th	6th	Christy Ring Cup	3
Laois	4	2018	2024	1	2019	3rd	1st	Joe McDonagh Cup	2
Meath	5	2018	2024	0	—	Champions (Christy Ring Cup)	5th	Joe McDonagh Cup	2
Offaly	4	2019	2024	0	—	Runners-up	2nd	Joe McDonagh Cup	2
Westmeath	5	2018	2024	1	2021	6th (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)	1st	Joe McDonagh Cup	2

Participation by province edit

Province	No.	County	No.	Years
Leinster	6	Carlow	5	2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
		Westmeath	5	2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024
		Meath	5	2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
		Laois	4	2018, 2019, 2023, 2024
		Offaly	4	2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
		Kildare	2	2021, 2023
Ulster	2	Antrim	4	2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Ulster	2	Down	4	2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Munster	1	Kerry	7	2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Team results table edit

All-time Joe McDonagh Cup rankings edit

All-time table edit

Includes Relegation Playoffs.

Legend

Colours
Currently competing in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Currently competing in the Joe McDonagh Cup
Currently competing in the Christy Ring Cup

As of 2023 Cup (After final).

#	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	Points
1	Carlow	5	23	14	3	6	31
2	Antrim	4	21	14	1	6	29
3	Kerry	6	28	14	1	13	29
4	Westmeath	4	18	11	1	6	23
5	Laois	3	15	9	2	4	20
6	Offaly	3	15	7	0	8	14
7	Down	3	12	4	0	8	8
8	Meath	4	17	2	0	15	4
9	Kildare	2	9	0	0	9	0

Other records edit

By decade edit

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Joe McDonagh Cup titles, is as follows:

2010s: 1 each for Carlow (2018) and Laois (2019)
2020s: 2 for Antrim (2020, 2022)

Match records edit

Most matches played
- 28, Kerry

Most wins
- 14, Antrim
- 14, Carlow
- 14, Kerry

Most losses
- 15 Meath

Most draws
- 3, Carlow

Finishing positions edit

Most championships
- 2, Antrim (2020, 2022)
- 2, Carlow (2018, 2023)

Most second-place finishes
- 3, Kerry (2020, 2021, 2022)

Most third-place finishes
- 1, Kerry (2018)
- 1, Antrim (2019)
- 1, Westmeath (2020)
- 1, Down (2021)
- 1, Carlow (2022)
- 1, Laois (2023)

Most fourth-place finishes
- 2, Carlow (2020, 2021)
- 2, Kerry (2019, 2023)

Most fifth-place finishes
- 2, Meath (2020, 2021)
- 2, Down (2022, 2023)

Most sixth-place finishes
- 2, Meath (2018, 2022)
- 2, Kildare (2021, 2023)

Unbeaten sides edit

Four teams have won the Joe McDonagh Cup unbeaten:
- Laois had 4 wins and 1 draw in 2019.
- Antrim had 4 wins and 1 draw in 2020.
- Westmeath had 3 wins in 2021.
- Carlow had 4 wins and 2 draws in 2023.

Beaten sides edit

The group stage of the cup has resulted in 2 'back-door' Joe McDonagh Cup champions:

Carlow (2018) were beaten by Antrim in round 2.
Antrim (2022) were beaten by Kerry in round 5.

On one occasion a team was defeated twice but have remained in the championship:

Kerry (2022) were beaten by Down and Offaly but still qualified for the final.

Final success rate edit

Only two counties have appeared in the final more than once, being victorious on all occasions:

Antrim (2020, 2022)
Carlow (2018, 2023)

On the opposite end of the scale, only one county has appeared in the final more than once, losing on each occasion:

Kerry (2020, 2021, 2022)

Consecutive participations edit

7, Kerry (2018–2024)

Kerry have the record number of consecutive participations in the Joe McDonagh Cup, taking part in the all 7 seasons.

Winning other trophies edit

Although not an officially recognised achievement, a number of teams have achieved the distinction of winning the Joe McDonagh Cup and their respective Division in the National Hurling League:

Carlow in 2018 (Division 2A).
Antrim in 2020 (Division 2A).

Biggest wins edit

The most one sided finals:
- 11 points – 2019: Laois 3-26 - 1-21 Westmeath
The most one sided group matches:
- 31 points – 2023: Laois 7-24 - 0-14 Down

Scoring Events edit

Most goals in a match:
- 10 – 2022: Meath 3-13 - 7-29 Antrim
Most points in a match:
- 51 points – 2022: Kerry 2-28 - 4-23 Offaly
- 51 points – 2023: Down 0-28 - 6-23 Carlow
Most goals by one team in a match:
- 7 points – 2022: Meath 3-13 - 7-29 Antrim
- 7 points – 2023: Laois 7-24 - 0-14 Down
Most points by one team in a match:
- 30 points – 2022: Meath 0-17 - 4-30 Carlow
Highest aggregate score:
- 73 points – 2022: Antrim 5-22 - 4-24 Kerry
Lowest aggregate score:
- 33 points – 2018: Kerry 0-15 - 2-12 Westmeath

Successful defending edit

Defending champions are promoted and a number of teams survived the first year of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship. These are:

Laois on 1 attempts out of 1 (2020)
Westmeath on 1 attempts out of 1 (2022)
Antrim on 1 attempts out of 2 (2021, 2023)
Carlow on 0 attempts out of 1 (2019)

Gaps edit

Longest gaps between successive cup titles:
- 5 years: Carlow (2018–2023)
- 2 years: Antrim (2020–2022)
Longest gaps between successive Joe McDonagh Cup final appearances:
- 5 years: Carlow (2018–2023)
- 2 years: Westmeath (2019–2021)
- 2 years: Antrim (2020–2022)
- 1 year: Kerry (2020–2021)
- 1 year: Kerry (2021–2022)
Longest gap between successive championship appearances
- 4 years: Laois (2019–2023)

Active gaps edit

Longest active gaps between since last title:
- 5 years: Laois (2019–)
- 3 years: Westmeath (2021–)
- 2 years: Antrim (2022–)
- 1 year: Carlow (2023–)
Longest active gaps since last cup final appearance:
- 5 years: Laois (2019–)
- 3 years: Westmeath (2021–)
- 2 years: Antrim (2022–)
- 2 years: Kerry (2022–)
- 1 year: Carlow (2023–)
- 1 year: Offaly (2023–)
Longest active gap since last cup appearance
- 2 years: Antrim (2022–)

Provinces edit

Only on 3 occasions has the Joe McDonagh Cup final involved two teams from the same province:
- Carlow vs Westmeath (2018)
- Laois vs Westmeath (2019)
- Carlow vs Offaly (2023)
The province providing the highest number of different winning teams is Leinster, with three:
- Carlow
- Laois
- Westmeath
Province success rates
- Leinster 25% (3 out of 12 counties)
- Ulster 11% (1 out of 9 counties)
- Connacht 0% (0 out of 5 counties)
- Munster 0% (0 out of 6 counties)

Longest undefeated run edit

The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 9 games held by Antrim (2020-2022).

Miscellaneous edit

Best finish by a debuting team
- Champions, Carlow (2018)
Best finish by a debuting team (after 2018)
- 3rd, Down (2021)
Highest winning record
- 66.7%, Antrim (14 wins in 21 matches)
Lowest winning record
- 0%, Kildare (0 wins in 7 matches)
Most played match
- 6, Antrim v Kerry (2018, 2019, 2020 (2x), 2022 (2x))

Managers edit

Winning managers edit

#	Manager(s)	Winning team(s)	Titles(s)	Winning years
1	Darren Gleeson	Antrim	2	2020, 2022
2	Colm Bonnar	Carlow	1	2018
	Eddie Brennan	Laois	1	2019
	Shane O'Brien	Westmeath	1	2021
	Tom Mullally	Carlow	1	2023

Players edit

Top scorers edit

All time edit

As of 7 May 2023


#	Name	County	Goals	Points	Total
1	Shane Conway	Kerry	6	188	206
2	Marty Kavanagh	Carlow	6	151	169
3	Jack Regan	Meath	5	109	124
4	Neil McManus	Antrim	6	105	123
5	Pádraig Boyle	Kerry	5	107	122
6	Eoghan Cahill	Offaly	4	108	120
7	Ciarán Clarke	Antrim	11	61	94
8	Chris Nolan	Carlow	5	75	90
9	Killian Doyle	Westmeath	3	61	70
10	Stephen Maher	Laois	1	63	66
11	Conal Cunning	Antrim	2	56	62
11	Ross King	Laois	2	56	62

By year edit

Year	Top scorer	County	Score	Total
2018	Neil McManus	Antrim	3-67	76
2019	Killian Doyle	Westmeath	3-61	70
2020	Ciarán Clarke	Antrim	4-47	59
2021	Jack Regan	Meath	1-36	39
2022	Pádraig Boyle	Kerry	3-64	73
2023	Martin Kavanagh	Carlow	3-71	80

In a single game edit

Year	Top scorer	County	Score	Total
2018	Neil McManus	Antrim	0-17	17
2019	Killian Doyle	Westmeath	0-17	17
2020	Martin Kavanagh	Carlow	1-13	16
2021	Jack Regan	Meath	0-17	17
2022	Pádraig Boyle	Kerry	2-11	17
2023	Eoghan Cahill	Offaly	2-11	17

In finals edit

Year	Top scorer	County	Score	Total
2018	Denis Murphy	Carlow	0-10	10
2019	Killian Doyle	Westmeath	1-11	14
2020	Ciarán Clarke	Antrim	0-11	11
2021	Niall Mitchell	Westmeath	0-07	7
2021	Pádraig Boyle	Kerry	1-04	7
2022	Pádraig Boyle	Kerry	2-11	17
2023	Martin Kavanagh	Carlow	1-08	11

Captains edit


Winning captain(s)	County	Title(s)	Year(s)
Diarmuid Byrne and Richard Coady	Carlow	1	2018
Patrick Purcell	Laois	1	2019
Conor McCann	Antrim	1	2020
Cormac Boyle	Westmeath	1	2021
Conor McCann	Antrim	1	2022
Paul Doyle	Carlow	1	2023

References edit

^ "Hurling changes will benefit Tier 2 counties, says Westmeath boss". RTÉ News. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ Moran, Seán (30 September 2017). "GAA Congress approve round-robin provincial hurling championships". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
^ "GAA 2018: How the new season will look". Irish Examiner. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[1] "Hurling changes will benefit Tier 2 counties, says Westmeath boss". RTÉ News. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[2] Moran, Seán (30 September 2017). "GAA Congress approve round-robin provincial hurling championships". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

[3] "GAA 2018: How the new season will look". Irish Examiner. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

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