1972 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition season May 2025 1972 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship 20px|Border Rathnure 7 20px|Border Rapparees 1971 1971 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship 1973 1973 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship The 1972 Wexford Senior Hurling Championship was the 62nd completed staging of the Wexford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Wexford County Board in 1889. Rathnure entered the championship as the defending champions.https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/sport/gaa/rathnure-mourns-a-true-icon/41349849.html Rathnure mourns a true icon Wexford People 16 February 2022 6 October 2024https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/sport/gaa/rathnure-hurling-special-oulart-the-ballagh-the-most-frequent-rivals-in-head-to-head-battles/a1163672577.html Rathnure hurling special: Oulart-The Ballagh the most frequent rivals in head-to-head battles Wexford People 14 August 2024 6 October 2024https://hoganstand.com/Wexford/ClubTitles Club Titles - Wexford Hogan Stand 2 May 2025 The final was played on 8 October 1972 at O'Kennedy Park in New Ross, between Rathnure and Rapparees, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Rathnure won the match by 1–17 to 1–08 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a second title in succession.http://www.wexfordgaa.ie/clubs/roll-of-honour/senior-hurling/ Championship Roll of Honour Wexford GAA website 6 October 2021https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/sport/gaa/rathnure-hurling-special-twenty-titles-for-a-super-club-from-1948-to-2006/a1286281530.html Rathnure hurling special: Twenty titles for a super club from 1948 to 2006 Wexford People 13 August 2024 6 October 2024 Results Final 9 October 1972 Final Rathnure 1-17 - 1-08 Rapparees D Quigley 0-12, J Higgins 1-0, J Quigley 0-2, P Flynn 0-1, J Murphy 0-1, M Quigley 0-1. C Kehoe 1-2, D Fortune 0-2, P Lynch 0-2, P Sinnott 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1. O'Kennedy Park M O'Neill (Adamstown) References Category:Wexford Senior Hurling Championship Wexford Senior Hurling Championship Wexford Senior Hurling Championship