title: 2021 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
text: # 2021 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
  
  The 2021 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 127th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 2 October 2021 and ended on 7 November 2021.
  
  Ballyhale Shamrocks entered the championship as the defending champions. Rower-Inistioge were relegated from the championship after being beaten in a playoff by Erin's Own.
  
  The final was played on 7 November 2021 at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Ballyhale Shamrocks and O'Loughlin Gaels, in what was their first meeting in a final in five years. Ballyhale Shamrocks won the match by 3–19 to 3–15 to claim their 19th championship title overall and a fourth title in succession.
  
  T. J. Reid was the championship's top scorer with 1-31.
  
  ## Team changes
  
  ### To Championship
  
  Promoted from the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
  
  * Lisdowney
  
  ### From Championship
  
  Relegated to the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
  
  * Danesfort
  
  ## Championship statistics
  
  ### Top scorers
  
  **Overall**
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | T. J. Reid | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 1-31 | 34 | 4 | 8.50 |
  | 2 | Shane Walsh | Tullaroan | 0-31 | 31 | 3 | 10.33 |
  | 3 | Mark Bergin | O'Loughlin Gaels | 1-26 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 |
  | 4 | Seán Ryan | Graigue-Ballycallan | 2-16 | 22 | 2 | 11.00 |
  | 4 | Jack Buggy | Erin's Own | 2-16 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
  | 6 | Jack Walsh | Rower-Inistioge | 0-21 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |
  | 7 | Paddy Deegan | O'Loughlin Gaels | 3-11 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
  | 8 | Aidan Tallis | Lisdowney | 3-10 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 |
  | 9 | Owen Wall | O'Loughlin Gaels | 4-05 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 |
  | 9 | Shane Stapleton | Dicksboro | 0-17 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
  
  **In a single game**
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | T. J. Reid | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 1-11 | 14 | James Stephens |
  | 2 | Aidan Tallis | Lisdowney | 3-04 | 13 | Rower-Inistioge |
  | 2 | Mark Bergin | O'Loughlin Gaels | 1-10 | 13 | Mullinavat |
  | 4 | Seán Ryan | Graigue-Ballycallan | 1-09 | 12 | Ballyhale Shamrocks |
  | 5 | Jack Buggy | Erin's Own | 2-05 | 11 | Tullaroan |
  | 6 | Seán Ryan | Graigue-Ballycallan | 1-07 | 10 | Erin's Own |
  | 6 | Shane Stapleton | Dicksboro | 0-10 | 10 | Lisdowney |
  | 6 | John Walsh | Mullinavat | 0-10 | 10 | O'Loughlin Gaels |
  | 6 | Shane Walsh | Tullaroan | 0-10 | 10 | O'Loughlin Gaels |
  | 10 | Paddy Deegan | O'Loughlin Gaels | 2-03 | 9 | Ballyhale Shamrocks |
  | 10 | Jack Walsh | Rower-Inistioge | 0-09 | 9 | O'Loughlin Gaels |
  | 10 | Shane Walsh | Tullaroan | 0-09 | 9 | Erin's Own |
  | 10 | Mark Bergin | O'Loughlin Gaels | 0-09 | 9 | Tullaroan |
  | 10 | T. J. Reid | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 0-09 | 9 | O'Loughlin Gaels |
  