+ Waterford Senior Hurling Championship 2008 Waterford ChampionsWinnersDe La SalleCaptainJohn MullaneManagerEoin DunphyPlayer of the yearJohn MullaneRelegatedArdmore The 2008 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship is the current championship of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship having commenced on 27 April 2008. There are 12 teams in the championship, structured into 3 groups of four teams. From these groups, quarter finals, and semi-finals will be played with a county final being played in either Walsh Park or Fraher Field. Ballyduff Upper are the defending champions having beaten Ballygunner in 2007.
De La Salle won their first Waterford Senior Hurling Championship after an 11 to 8 points win against Abbeyside played in very bad condition at Fraher Field, Dungarvan.
Group A Standings P TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts 1 Tallow 3 1 1 1 54 46 +8 3 2 Fourmilewater 3 1 1 1 47 43 +4 3 3 Stradbally 3 1 1 1 41 43 −2 3 4 Ballyduff Upper 3 1 1 1 45 55 −10 3QualificationQualified for quarter-finalsQualified for round of 16Entered for relegation playoff
Matches
3rd and 4th Place Playoff
Group B Standings P TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts 1 De La Salle 3 2 1 0 65 47 +18 5 2 Ballygunner 3 2 0 1 59 49 +10 4 3 Ballyduff Lower 3 1 1 1 48 54 −6 3 4 Ardmore 3 0 0 3 36 58 −22 0QualificationQualified for quarter-finalsQualified for round of 16Entered into relegation playoff
Matches
Group C Standings PTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts 1 Lismore 3 3 0 0 66 46 +20 6 2 Abbeyside 3 2 0 1 62 46 +16 4 3 Passage 3 1 0 2 40 59 −19 2 4 Mount Sion 3 0 0 3 40 57 −17 0QualificationQualified for quarter-finalsQualified for round of 16Entered for relegation playoff
Matches
Relegation playoffs
Matches
Knockout phase
Matches Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
ABBEYSIDE GAA: 1 Daryl Ryan2 Tiernan Murray3 Patrick Lynch4 Gavin Breen5 John Hurney6 Richie Foley7 Eoin Enright8 John Foley9 Sean O'Hare10 Mark Fives11 John Gorman12 Patrick Hurney13 Mark Gorman14 Gary Hurney15 Declan FivesSubstitutes:16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Manager: DE LA SALLE GAA: 1 Stephen Brenner2 Alan Kelly3 Ian Flynn4 Michael Doherty5 Darren Russell6 Kevin Moran7 Stephen Daniels8 Bryan Phelan9 Conan Watt10 Lee Hayes11 Brian Farrell12 Paidi Nevin13 Dean Twomey14 John Mullane15 James QuirkeSubstitutes:16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 2728 29 30 Manager:
Top Scorer (up to round 3) #NameTeamScoresGames Average1Maurice ShanahanLismore2–27 (33)3112Brendan HannonBallyduff Upper0–30 (30)3103Richard FentonFourmilewater0–25 (25)38.334James QuirkeDe La Salle1–21 (24)385Seamus PrendergastArdmore1–20 (23)37.676John MullaneDe La Salle3–13 (22)37.337Mark GormanAbbeyside1–16 (19)36.338Dave BennettLismore1–12 (15)359Eoin KellyPassage2–8 (14)2710Paul O'BrienTallow2–7 (13)34.33
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
De La Salle win their first ever senior title. Abbeyside qualify for the final for the first time since 1969.