The 2025 Laois Senior Hurling Championship was the 132nd staging of the Laois Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Laois County Board in 1888. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 27 February 2025. The championship ran from 11 July to 19 October 2025.
Clough–Ballacolla entered the championship as the defending champions.
The final was played on 19 October 2025 at Laois Hire O'Moore Park in Port Laoise, between Clough–Ballacolla and Camross, in what was their fourth meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in three years. Clough–Ballacolla won the match by 2–21 to 2–15 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a second consecutive title.
Zane Keenan was the championship's Top scorer with 7-68.
Format change
A change to the format of the competition was adopted by clubs at a County Committee meeting in November 2023. One of the main changes was an increase in the number of participating clubs from eight to ten. The new format saw the teams drawn into two groups of five but playing against the teams in the other group.
Team changes To Championship
Promoted from the Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Ballinakill Borris–Kilcotton
Group stage Group A table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Clough–Ballacolla530210710256 Rosenallis530211010736 Ballinakill5203111126-154 Abbeyleix5113111118-73 Portlaoise5113115131-163
Group B table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Rathdowney–Errill5401134104308 Camross5311128107217 Borris–Kilcotton530211211206 The Harps520311211114 Castletown511398120-223
Group stage results
Relegation stage Relegation playoff
Knockout stage Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
RankPlayer Club Tally Total Matches Average1Zane KeenanCamross7-6889811.122Stephen BerginClough–Ballacolla2-6975710.713Mark KavanaghRathdowney–Errill1-5861610.164Aaron DunphyBorris–Kilcotton1-515469.005Cha DwyerBallinakill1-495277.426Ciarán ComerfordThe Harps0-494959.807Cormac ByrneAbbeyleix1-444759.608Diarmuid DooleyRosenallis0-444467.339Aaron BerginPortlaoise4-2739313.0010Brian DugganBallinakill0-363675.14
In a single game
RankPlayer ClubTally TotalOpposition1Aaron DunphyBorris–Kilcotton1-1619Abbeyleix2Zane KeenanCamross2-1016Clough–BallacollaStephen BerginClough–Ballacolla1-1316Camross4Zane KeenanCamross1-1215BallinakillZane KeenanCamross1-1215RosenallisMark KavanaghRathdowney–Errill0-1515Portlaoise7Aaron BerginPortlaoise1-1114Castletown8Aaron BerginPortlaoise1-1013CastletownStephen BerginClough–Ballacolla1-1013BallinakillZane KeenanCamross1-1013AbbeyleixCiarán ComerfordThe Harps0-1313BallinakillCiarán ComerfordThe Harps0-1313RosenallisStephen BerginClough–Ballacolla0-1313The Harps
Miscellaneous
The round 1 game between Portlaoise and Camross ended in confusion regarding the score line. The referee had Portlaoise winning by a point, 2-22 to 5-12, however, following a review it was subsequently clarified that the game actually ended in a draw, 2-22 to 5-13. The round 2 game between Clough–Ballacolla and Borris–Kilcotton was abandoned following a serious injury to Clough–Ballacolla player Tommy Brennan.
References
External links Laois GAA website