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2006 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Championship Details
Dates	14 May – 26 August 2006
Teams	8
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (6th win)
Captain	Darren Dineen
Manager	Johnny Keane
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Captain	David Carroll
Manager	Maurice Power
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	7
Total Goals	20 (2.8 per game)
Total Points	197 (28.1 per game)
Top Scorer	Eddie O'Donoghue (0-23)
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The 2006 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 23rd staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961. The championship began on 14 May 2006 and ended on 26 August 2006.

Wexford entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kilkenny in the Leinster final.^[1]^[2]

The All-Ireland final was played on 26 August 2006 at Fraher Field in Dungarvan, between Cork and Kilkenny, in what was their first meeting in the final in two years.^[3] Cork won the match by 3-15 to 1-18 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first title since 2004.^[4]^[5]

Kilkenny's Eddie O'Donoghue was the championship's top scorer with 0-23.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
Team	Colours	All-Ireland	Provincial
Clare	Saffron and blue
Cork	Red and white	2004	2005
Galway	Maroon and white	2002	1998
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1973	2004
Limerick	Green and white	1998	1998
Tipperary	Blue and gold	2000	2002
Waterford	White and blue
Wexford	Purple and gold	2005	2005

Results

Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Leinster final

12 July 2006 Final	Wexford	0-08 - 2-20	Kilkenny	Wexford Park
	M Cleere 0-4, J Berry 0-3, O Pitt 0-1.		E Walsh 1-2, A Healy 1-1, E Donoghue and M Murphy 0-5 each, A Murphy, G Nolan, A McCarthy 0-2 each, P Hogan 0-1.

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-final

14 May 2006 Quarter-final	Tipperary	4-13 - 2-08	Limerick	Semple Stadium
	A Fitzgerald 2-2, S Sweeney 0-4, S Stapleton 1-0, J Dixon 1-0, R O'Brien 0-3, E O Riain 0-2; C O'Brien 0-1; N Hogan 0-1.		J Moran 2-4, J Deere 0-1, M Clancy 0-1; J Quane 0-1, M Bodie 0-1.	Referee: A Heagney (Clare)

Munster semi-finals

28 May 2006 Semi-final	Cork	0-24 - 1-10	Clare	Semple Stadium
	D Dinneen 0-9, R O'Dwyer 0-5, R Doherty 0-4, M O'Sullivan 0-3, J Russell 0-2; S Hayes 0-1.		B Gaffney 1-5, C McKeogh 0-2, J Cusack 0-2, C Lafferty 0-1.	Referee: D Richardson (Limerick)

4 June 2006 Semi-final	Tipperary	1-13 - 0-15	Waterford	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	R O'Brien 1-5, B Hogan 0-4; W Keogh 0-1, S Sweeney 0-1, C O'Brien 0-1, S Stapleton 0-1.		J Wall 0-9, E Bennett 0-2, N Dunphy 0-2, D Howard 0-1; S Barron 0-1.	Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

Munster final

16 July 2006 Final	Cork	2-18 - 2-13	Tipperary	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	R Conway (1-2), R O'Dwyer (1-2, 1f), D Dineen (0-4, 1 free, 1 65), J Russell (0-4), K Hartnett (0-2), M O'Sullivan (0-2), M O'Callaghan (0-1), R Doherty (0-1).	Report	R O'Brien (1-3, 1-1f), J Dixon (1-1), S Sweeney (0-4), A Fitzgerald (0-2), E Ryan (0-2), W Keogh (0-1).	Referee: G Hoey (Clare)

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-final

5 August 2006 Semi-final	Kilkenny	2-15 - 0-07	Galway	Semple Stadium
	E O'Donoghue 0-8 (8f), A Healy 1-1, C O'Loughlin 1-0, A Murphy 0-3, G Nolan, E Walsh, D O'Gorman 0-1 each.	Report	M Broderick 0-4 (4f), K Hooban 0-2, A Diviney 0-1 (f).	Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

All-Ireland final

26 August 2006 Final	Cork	3-15 - 1-18 (aet)	Kilkenny	Fraher Field
	R O’Dwyer 2-1, R Doherty 1-4, M O’Sullivan 0-5, D Dineen 0-4.	Report	E O’Donoghue 0-10, R Hogan 1-0, P Hogan 0-2, E Walsh 0-1, A Murphy 0-1, C O’Loughlin 0-1, D O’Gorman 0-1, M Murphy 0-1, A Hickey 0-1.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Eddie O'Donoghue	Kilkenny	0-23	23	3	7.66
2	Rory O'Dwyer	Cork	3-08	17	3	5.66
	Ronan O'Brien	Tipperary	2-11	17	3	5.66
	Darren Dineen	Cork	0-17	17	3	5.66
5	Rory O'Doherty	Cork	1-09	12	3	4.00

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	John Anthony Moran	Limerick	2-04	10	Tipperary
1	Eddie O'Donoghue	Kilkenny	0-10	10	Cork
3	Darren Dineen	Cork	0-09	9	Clare
3	John Wall	Waterford	0-09	9	Tipperary
5	Aidan Fitzgerald	Tipperary	2-02	8	Limerick
	Bernard Gaffney	Clare	1-05	8	Cork
	Ronan O'Brien	Tipperary	1-05	8	Waterford
	Eddie O'Donoghue	Kilkenny	0-08	8	Galway
9	Rory O'Dwyer	Cork	2-01	7	Kilkenny
9	Rory O'Doherty	Cork	1-04	7	Kilkenny

References

^ "Wexford claim Intermediate win over Galway". Irish Examiner. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
^ "Wexford profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "A short burst is all Cork require". Irish Times. 6 September 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
^ "Intermediate Hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Cork land intermediate crown". Hogan Stand. 27 August 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2010.