title: 2021 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
text: # 2021 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
  
  The 2021 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 91st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 30 June 2021 and ended on 21 August 2021.
  
  The 2021 championship was the first in over 90 years to begin before the previous year's championship had concluded. The number of participating teams also increased, with Down and Meath joining the Leinster Championship. Galway entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a fifth successive title.
  
  The final, the first to be played at Semple Stadium in Thurles in over 30 years, was played on 21 August 2021 between Cork and Galway, in what was their first meeting in a final in four years. Cork won the match by 1-23 to 0-12 to claim their 19th championship title overall and their first title since 2001.
  
  Cork's Jack Leahy was the championship's top scorer with 4-41.
  
  ## Championship statistics
  
  ### Top scorers
  
  **Top scorer overall**
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jack Leahy | Cork | 4-41 | 53 | 4 | 13.25 |
  | 2 | Harry Shine | Kilkenny | 2-28 | 34 | 3 | 11.33 |
  | 3 | Fionn Maher | Kildare | 0-29 | 29 | 3 | 9.66 |
  | 4 | Luke Roche | Wexford | 1-23 | 26 | 3 | 8.66 |
  | 5 | Denis McSweeney | Dublin | 3-12 | 21 | 2 | 10.50 |
  | 6 | Joe Ennis | Meath | 2-13 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 |
  | 6 | Patrick Fitzgerald | Waterford | 0-19 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 |
  | 8 | Darragh Minogue | Offaly | 2-10 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
  | 9 | Rory Burke | Galway | 0-15 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
  | 10 | Diarmuid Healy | Cork | 0-14 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
  
  **In a single game**
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Harry Shine | Kilkenny | 2-15 | 21 | Offaly |
  | 2 | Jack Leahy | Cork | 3-09 | 18 | Clare |
  | 3 | Jack Leahy | Cork | 1-14 | 17 | Limerick |
  | 4 | Fionn Maher | Kildare | 0-15 | 15 | Carlow |
  | 5 | Denis McSweeney | Dublin | 2-08 | 14 | Meath |
  | 5 | Joe Ennis | Meath | 1-11 | 14 | Westmeath |
  | 7 | Adam Screeney | Offaly | 1-08 | 11 | Kilkenny |
  | 7 | Patrick Fitzgerald | Waterford | 0-11 | 11 | Tipperary |
  | 7 | Jack Leahy | Cork | 0-11 | 11 | Waterford |
  | 10 | Luke Roche | Wexford | 1-07 | 10 | Kildare |
  | 10 | Rory Burke | Galway | 0-10 | 10 | Kilkenny |
  