1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

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All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1971
All Ireland Champions
WinnersCork (5th win)
CaptainPat McDonnell
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upWexford
CaptainMartin Quigley
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWexford
UlsterDown
ConnachtGalway
1970
1972

The 1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the eighth staging of Ireland's hurling knock-out competition for players aged between 18 and 21. Cork won the championship, beating Wexford 7-8 to 1-11 in the final.

The championship

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Format

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All-Ireland Championship

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Semi-finals: (2 matches) The three provincial winners join Galway to make up the four semi-finalists. The pairings are Munster v Ulster and Leinster v Galway. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while two teams advance to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest the All-Ireland final.

Results

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19 May 1971 First round Dublin 4-10 - 1-09 Westmeath O'Toole Park, Dublin
12 May 1971 First round Wicklow v Meath Ashford
13 May 1971 First round Laois v Offaly O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Second round

2 June 1971 Second round Wexford 6-24 - 1-04 Kildare Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
9 June 1971 Second round Meath 3-06 - 4-03 Dublin St. Loman's Park, Trim
F McCann 0-5, E O'Neill 1-1, C Geoghegan 1-0, J Gorman 1-0. C Hanley 1-2, B Lee 1-1, J Towell 1-0, C Henneberry 1-0.
20 June 1971 Second round replay Dublin 5-14 - 0-03 Meath Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
J Towell 3-2, C Hanley 1-2, B Lee 1-1, C Henneberry 0-3, PJ Holden 0-3, V Holden 0-2, P Lee 0-1. F McGann 0-2, P McLoughlin 0-1.

Semi-finals

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4 July 1971 Semi-final Kilkenny 5-15 - 3-08 Dublin Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
L Phelan 0-10, M Hughes 2-1, J Doyle 2-0, D McNamara 1-1, M Brennan 0-1, D Murphy 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1. J Towell 3-0, PJ Holden 0-3, V Holden 0-2, P Lee 0-1, C Hanly 0-1, N Rooney 0-1.

Final

21 July 1971 Final Wexford 2-16 - 2-09 Kilkenny Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
T Byrne 2-4, S Kinsella 0-4, L Bennett 0-3, M Casey 0-2, B Dunne 0-1, T Walsh 0-1, M Butler 0-1. W Phelan 0-5, M Hughes 1-0, D McNamara 1-0, T Waters 0-2, M Drennan 0-1, M Brennan 0-1. Referee: R Sheppard (Carlow)

First round

25 May 1971 First round Tipperary 2-05 – 2-04 Limerick MacDonagh Park, Nenagh
J Carey 1-1, J Tynan 1-1, J Fogarty 0-1, W Moloney 0-1, PJ Caplis 0-1. M Aherne 1-2, L O'Donoghue 1-1, S Condon 0-1.

Semi-finals

13 July 1971 Semi-final Waterford 3-09 – 5-12 Tipperary Walsh Park, Waterford
T Doyle 2-2, A Heffernan 1-5, M Holland 0-1, M Ormond 0-1. P O'Neill 2-2, S Power 1-2, S Carey 1-1, T Dwyer 1-0, T Duggan 0-3, J Noonan 0-3, J Tynan 0-1. Referee: P Cronin (Clare)
13 July 1971 Semi-final Cork 1-11 – 2-08 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
M Malone 1-1, S O'Leary 0-3, K McSweeney 0-2, D Collins 0-1, N Crowley 0-1, J Horgan 0-1, E Fitzpatrick 0-1. M O'Connor 2-0, C O'Neill 0-3, S Durack 0-2, H Russell 0-1, M McKeogh 0-1, C Woods 0-1.
20 July 1971 Semi-final replay Cork 6-09 – 0-05 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
S O'Leary 2-3, E Fitzpatrick 2-1, J Rothwell 2-0, K McSweeney 0-3, B Coleman 0-1, N Crowley 0-1. S Durack 0-2, C Woods 0-1, C Honan 0-1, M McKeogh 0-1. Referee: J Moloney (Tipperary)

Final

28 July 1971 Final Cork 5-11 – 4-09 Tipperary Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
S O'Leary 1-9, J Rothwell 1-0, K McSweeney 1-0, N Crowley 1-0, E Fitzpatrick 1-0, S Looney 0-1, M Malone 0-1. P O'Neill 2-3, T Dwyer 2-0, S Power 0-3, J Duggan 0-2, J Tynan 0-1. Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Semi-finals

1 August 1971 Semi-final Cork 11-10 – 2-11 Down Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
J Rothwell 4-1, M Malone 3-1, S O'Leary 1-5, E Fitzpatrick 2-0, N Crowley 1-0, S Looney 0-2, K McSweeney 0-1. M Coleman 1-6, J McGrattan 1-0, S McGrattan 0-2, S Sands 0-1, G Lennon 0-1, B Gilmore 0-1.
22 August 1971 Semi-final Galway 0-09 – 4-08 Wexford Ballinasloe
PJ Molloy 0-3, M Donoghue 0-3, E Donoghue 0-1, M Greaney 0-1. T Byrne 1-4, M Butler 1-2, S Kinsella 1-0, B Dunne 1-0, M Quigley 0-1, G Coone 0-1, M Casey 0-1.

Final

12 September 1971 Final Cork 7-08 – 1-11 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
J Rothwell 4-0, S O'Leary 2-4, B Cummins 1-0, P Kavanagh 0-2, M Malone 0-1, K McSweeney 0-1. M Butler 1-2, M Casey 0-3, L Bennett 0-2, T Byrne 0-2, J Russell 0-1, B Dunne 0-1. Referee: P Buggy (Kilkenny)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Cork's victory in the championship decider is the county's fourth All-Ireland title in succession and fifth in six years. The 'four-in-a-row' is a record which still stands as of 2010.
  • Wexford become the first team to lose three All-Ireland finals in-a-row.

4 goals in a final and 4 goals and a point in semi-final at U21 by John (Rocky) Rothwell are high scoring records which still stand as of 2013.