title: 2008 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
text: # 2008 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
  
  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 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 | 3 |
  
  * Qualification
  * Qualified for quarter-finals
  * Qualified for round of 16
  * Entered for relegation playoff
  
  ## Group B
  
  ### Standings
  
  | P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 | 0 |
  
  * Qualification
  * Qualified for quarter-finals
  * Qualified for round of 16
  * Entered into relegation playoff
  
  ## Group C
  
  ### Standings
  
  | P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 | 0 |
  
  * Qualification
  * Qualified for quarter-finals
  * Qualified for round of 16
  * Entered for relegation playoff
  
  ## Relegation playoffs
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ardmore | 2-09 | | | |
  | 4 | Stradbally | 0-16 | | | |
  | 4 | Stradbally | 0-16 | Ardmore | Ardmore | 1-05 |
  | | | | Mount Sion | Mount Sion | 3-14 |
  | 3 | Mount Sion | 0-00 | Mount Sion | Mount Sion | 3-14 |
  | 2 | Bye | 0-00 | | | |
  
  ## Knockout phase
  
  | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ballyduff Lower | Ballyduff Lower | 2-11 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Passage | Passage | 1-12 | Abbeyside | Abbeyside | 3-15 | | | | | | |
  | | | | Ballyduff Lower | Ballyduff Lower | 2-11 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Abbeyside | Abbeyside | 1-19 | | | |
  | | | | | | | Ballyduff Upper | Ballyduff Upper | 0-15 | | | |
  | | | | Ballyduff Upper | Ballyduff Upper | 0-13 | | | | | | |
  | | | | Lismore | Lismore | 0-12 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | Abbeyside | Abbeyside | 0-09 |
  | | | | | | | | | | De La Salle | De La Salle | 0-11 |
  | | | | Ballygunner | Ballygunner | 1-08 | | | | | | |
  | | | | Tallow | Tallow | 1-10 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Tallow | Tallow | 2-03 | | | |
  | | | | | | | De La Salle | De La Salle | 1-10 | | | |
  | | | | De La Salle | De La Salle | 1-11 | | | | | | |
  | | | | Fourmilewater | Fourmilewater | 0-13 | | | | | | |
  
  ### Matches
  
  **Final**
  
  | Abbeyside | De La Salle |
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  ABBEYSIDE GAA: :
  
  | 1 | Daryl Ryan |
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  | 2 | Tiernan Murray |
  | 3 | Patrick Lynch |
  | 4 | Gavin Breen |
  | 5 | John Hurney |
  | 6 | Richie Foley |
  | 7 | Eoin Enright |
  | 8 | John Foley |
  | 9 | Sean O'Hare |
  | 10 | Mark Fives |
  | 11 | John Gorman |
  | 12 | Patrick Hurney |
  | 13 | Mark Gorman |
  | 14 | Gary Hurney |
  | 15 | Declan Fives |
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  DE LA SALLE GAA: :
  
  | 1 | Stephen Brenner |
  | - | - |
  | 2 | Alan Kelly |
  | 3 | Ian Flynn |
  | 4 | Michael Doherty |
  | 5 | Darren Russell |
  | 6 | Kevin Moran |
  | 7 | Stephen Daniels |
  | 8 | Bryan Phelan |
  | 9 | Conan Watt |
  | 10 | Lee Hayes |
  | 11 | Brian Farrell |
  | 12 | Paidi Nevin |
  | 13 | Dean Twomey |
  | 14 | John Mullane |
  | 15 | James Quirke |
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  ## Top Scorer (up to round 3)
  
  | # | Name | Team | Scores | Games | Average |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Maurice Shanahan | Lismore | 2-27 (33) | 3 | 11 |
  | 2 | Brendan Hannon | Ballyduff Upper | 0-30 (30) | 3 | 10 |
  | 3 | Richard Fenton | Fourmilewater | 0-25 (25) | 3 | 8.33 |
  | 4 | James Quirke | De La Salle | 1-21 (24) | 3 | 8 |
  | 5 | Seamus Prendergast | Ardmore | 1-20 (23) | 3 | 7.67 |
  | 6 | John Mullane | De La Salle | 3-13 (22) | 3 | 7.33 |
  | 7 | Mark Gorman | Abbeyside | 1-16 (19) | 3 | 6.33 |
  | 8 | Dave Bennett | Lismore | 1-12 (15) | 3 | 5 |
  | 9 | Eoin Kelly | Passage | 2-8 (14) | 2 | 7 |
  | 10 | Paul O'Brien | Tallow | 2-7 (13) | 3 | 4.33 |
  
  ## Championship statistics
  
  ### Miscellaneous
  
  * De La Salle win their first ever senior title.
  * Abbeyside qualify for the final for the first time since 1969.
  