2009 National Hurling League

National Hurling League 2009

League details
Dates	7 February – 3 May, 2009
Teams	34
League champions
Winners	Kilkenny (14th win)
Captain	Michael Fennelly
Manager	Brian Cody
League runners-up
Runners-up	Tipperary
Captain	Willie Ryan
Manager	Liam Sheedy
Other division winners
Division 2	Offaly
Division 3A	Kildare
Division 3B	Louth
Division 4	Sligo
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Hurling League was the 78th NHL season. 35 GAA county hurling teams, 34 from Ireland (includes South Down & Fingal), and London contested it. Kilkenny were the Division 1 champions.

Format

The 2009 format of the National Hurling League is a new system consisting of five divisions. There are thirty-four teams competing: Divisions One and Two have eight teams in each, Division Three A contains six, Three B contains seven, and there are six teams in Division Four. Each team plays all of the other teams in its division once; the top two teams in each division contest the division final, and the champions of divisions Two, Three A, Three B and Four are promoted. The bottom-placed team in divisions One, Two, Three A and Three B is relegated. The winners of the Division One final are the 2009 NHL champions.

Division placings

Division One

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Status
Kilkenny	7	6	0	1	15–113	7–90	+67	12	Advanced to the final and remained in Division One for 2010
Tipperary	7	6	0	1	9–116	12–91	+16	12
Galway	7	4	0	3	11–109	8–112	+6	8	Remained in Division One for 2010
Dublin	7	3	1	3	13–103	6–108	+16	7
Waterford	7	3	0	4	9–107	9–107	0	6
Limerick	7	3	0	4	10–91	5–109	–3	6
Cork	7	2	0	5	8–94	18–125	–61	4
Clare	7	0	1	6	2–106	12–117	–41	1	Relegated to Division Two for 2010

Results

Limerick v Clare

8 February 2009 Round 1	Limerick	3-13 - 1-18	Clare	Gaelic Grounds
	A O’Shaughnessy (2-5, 1 pen, three frees), W McNamara (1-0), D Breen (0-3), P Browne (0-2), D O’Grady (0-2), S Hickey (0-1).	Report	C Ryan (1-5, five frees), B Nugent (0-3), T Griffin (0-3), T Carmody (0-3, one free), D McMahon (0-2), A Markham (0-1), P Donnellan (0-1).	Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Waterford v Tipperary

8 February 2009 Round 1	Waterford	1-12 - 2-13	Tipperary	Walsh Park
	S Prendergast (0-6, three frees and two 65s), C Hennessy (1-0, free), S Molumphy (0-2), J Nagle (0-1), J Kennedy (0-1), D Shanahan (0-1), P Hurney (0-1).	Report	P Kelly (1-1), P Kerwick (1-1), W Ryan (0-4, three frees), J Woodlock (0-2), J Devane (0-2), P Maher (0-1), B Dunne (0-1), C O’Mahony (0-1, 65).	Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Galway v Kilkenny

8 February 2009 Round 1	Galway	P - P	Kilkenny	Pearse Stadium

Cork v Dublin

8 February 2009 Round 1	Cork	1-14 - 4-14	Dublin	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	B Johnson (1-6, 1-0 penalty, 0-4 frees, 0-1 ’65), A Mannix (0-2), M Collins (0-1), G O’Connor (0-1), A Ryan (0-1), D Crowley (0-1), G O’Driscoll (0-1), E Cronin (0-1).	Report	A McCrabbe (1-9, 1-0 sideline, 0-4 frees, 0-1 ‘65), L Rushe (2-1), J Kelly (1-0), D O’Reilly (0-1), D O’Callaghan (0-1), J McCaffrey (0-1), D Treacy (0-1).	Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

Tipperary v Cork

14 February 2009 Round 2	Tipperary	2-15 - 0-9	Cork	Semple Stadium
	P Bourke 0-6 (5f), J O'Brien 1-1, P Maher 1-0, J Woodlock, S Hennessy 0-2 each, J Devane, S Maher, P Kelly, G Ryan 0-1 each.	Report	B Johnson (0-7, five frees), T Murphy (0-2).	Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

Dublin v Galway

15 February 2009 Round 2	Dublin	2-21 - 0-15	Galway	Parnell Park
	A McCrabbe (0-11, five frees, 0-1 pen, one sideline cut, one 65), L Ryan (1-3), D O'Callaghan (1-0), L Rushe (0-3), J McCaffrey (0-1, free), S Lambert (0-1), P Carton (0-1), J Kelly (0-1).	Report	G Farragher (0-6 (four frees, one sideline cut), A Callanan (0-2), N Healy (0-1), S Kavanagh (0-1, free), F Healy (0-1), R Murray (0-1), D Tierney (0-1), J Gantley (0-1).	Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

Clare v Waterford

15 February 2009 Round 2	Clare	0-13 - 0-20	Waterford	Cusack Park
	N Gilligan (0-5, three frees), B Nugent (0-3), C Ryan (0-3), J McInerney (0-1), C Morey (0-1).	Report	S Prendergast (0-5, three frees), E Kelly (0-4, one 65), K McGrath (0-4), G Hurney (0-2), S Walsh (0-2), D Shanahan (0-1), R Foley (0-1), J Nagle (0-1).	Referee: D Murphy (Wexford)

Kilkenny v Limerick

15 February 2009 Round 2	Kilkenny	0-15 - 0-14	Limerick	Nowlan Park
	R Power (0-8, six frees), E Brennan (0-2), A Fogarty (0-2), T Walsh (0-1), M Grace (0-1), M Rice (0-1).	Report	A O’Shaughnessy (0-6, four frees), D Ryan (0-3), B O’Sullivan (0-1), G O’Mahoney (0-1, a 65), G Mulcahy (0-1), M O’Brien (0-1), J O’Brien (0-1).	Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Limerick v Dublin

1 March 2009 Round 3	Limerick	1-11 - 0-12	Dublin	Gaelic Grounds
	N Moran 1-4 (0-2f), A O'Shaughnessy 0-6 (6f), B O'Sullivan 0-1.	Report	A McCrabbe 0-8 (5f, 1 '65), D O'Callaghan 0-2, S Lambert, J McCaffrey 0-1 each.	Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Waterford v Kilkenny

1 March 2009 Round 3	Waterford	2-17 - 1-16	Kilkenny	Walsh Park
	K McGrath (0-9, two 65s, six frees), D Shanahan (1-1), S Prendergast (0-4, three frees), S Molumphy (1-0), S Walsh (0-1), J Nagle (0-1), E Kelly (0-1).	Report	R Power (1-7, four points frees), E Brennan (0-2), J Tennyson (0-2, one 65), E Larkin (0-1), M Grace (0-1), J Ryall (0-1), M Rice (0-1), A Fogarty (0-1).	Referee: A Stapleton (Laois)

Cork v Galway

1 March 2009 Round 3	Cork	1-11 - 4-16	Galway	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	T Óg Murphy (0-4), S White (1-0), E Cronin (0-2), B Johnson (0-2 frees), A Mannix (0-2, one free), R O’Driscoll (0-1).	Report	A Callanan (2-1), D Tierney (1-2), C Donnellan (1-1), N Healy (0-4, one free), G Farragher (0-4, two 65s, one free), K Hynes (0-1), A Cullinane (0-1), E Forde (0-1), A Coen (0-1).	Referee: G Hoey (Clare)

Tipperary v Clare

1 March 2009 Round 3	Tipperary	0-23 - 0-16	Clare	Semple Stadium
	S Callinan (0-9, 7 frees), W Ryan (0-7, 4 frees), T Stapleton (0-2), N McGrath (0-2), J O’Brien (0-1), L Corbett (0-1), P Kelly (0-1).	Report	B Nugent (0-4), J Clancy (0-3), T Griffin (0-2), D McMahon (0-2), C Ryan (0-2, frees), N Gilligan (0-1), G Quinn (0-1, free), C Morey (0-1).	Referee: J Kelly (Cork)

Galway v Kilkenny

9 March 2009 Round 1 refixture	Galway	0-12 - 1-20	Kilkenny	Pearse Stadium
	G Farrager (0-6 three frees, one 65), C Donnellan (0-2), N Healy (0-2, one free), R Murray (0-1), A Callanan (0-1).	Report	R Power (1-4, three frees), M Rice (0-4), J Tennyson (0-3), M Grace (0-2), E Larkin (0-2), B Hogan (0-1), PJ Delaney (0-1), E Brennan (0-1), M Comerford (0-1).

Dublin v Waterford

22 March 2009 Round 4	Dublin	0-15 - 1-11	Waterford	Parnell Park
	A McCrabbe 0-9 (four 65s, three frees), S Durkin (0-2), J Boland (0-1), D O’Callaghan (0-1), J McCaffrey (0-1), K Flynn (0-1).	Report	E Kelly 0-8 (six frees, one 65), S Molumphy (1-0), G Hurney (0-2), K McGrath (0-1).	Referee: D Murphy (Wexford)

Clare v Cork

22 March 2009 Round 4	Clare	0-16 - 2-14	Cork	Cusack Park
	C Ryan (0-8, six frees, sideline), J Clancy (0-2), D McMahon (0-1), P Vaughan (0-1), B Nugent (0-1), T Griffin (0-1), N Gilligan (0-1), T Carmody (0-1).	Report	B O’Connor (0-9, eight frees), P Horgan (2-1, 1-0 free), N McCarthy (0-1), C Naughton (0-1), K Murphy (Sarsfields, 0-1), K Murphy (Erin’s Own, 0-1).	Referee: A Kelly (Galway)

Galway v Limerick

22 March 2009 Round 4	Galway	1-14 - 1-12	Limerick	Pearse Stadium
	J Canning (1-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 sideline), A Callanan (0-3), D Tierney (0-1), J Gantley (0-1), C Donnellan (0-1).	Report	N Moran (1-7, 1-6 frees), D O’Grady (0-2), J O’Brien (0-1), D Breen (0-1), P Tobin (0-1).	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

Kilkenny v Tipperary

22 March 2009 Round 4	Kilkenny	5-17 - 1-12	Tipperary	Nowlan Park
	M Comerford (3-2), TJ Reid (1-2), R Hogan (0-5, one free), A Fogarty (1-1), R Power (0-2, frees), E Brennan (0-2), M Grace (0-1), M Rice (0-1), D Fogarty (0-1).	Report	M Webster (1-0), S Hennessy (0-3), S Callanan (0-3, two frees), J O’Brien (0-2), C O’Mahony (0-2, one free, one 65), J Woodlock (0-1), N McGrath (0-1).	Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Tipperary v Dublin

29 March 2009 Round 5	Tipperary	2-19 - 4-11	Dublin	Semple Stadium
	S Callanan (1-4, three frees), N McGrath (0-5), G Ryan (1-0), J O’Brien (0-3), J Woodlock (0-2), S Hennessy (0-2, both frees), C O’Mahony (0-1, one 65), S McGrath (0-1), T Scroope (0-1).	Report	D Treacy (3-2), D O’Callaghan (1-4, two frees), A McCrabbe (0-4, three frees, one sideline), S Durkan (0-1).	Referee: D O'Driscoll (Limerick)

Cork v Limerick

29 March 2009 Round 5	Cork	1-20 - 2-16	Limerick	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	B O’Connor 0-7 (six frees), J O’Connor (1-2), T Kenny (0-3), T Óg Murphy (0-2), C Naughton (0-2), K Murphy (Sarsfields) (0-1), K Murphy (Erins Own) (0-1), N Ronan (0-1), P Cronin (0-1).	Report	N Moran (0-9 five frees, one 65, one sl), P Tobin (1-1), D O’Grady (1-1), R McCarthy (0-1), A O’Shaughnessy (0-1), M O’Riordan (0-1), S Hickey (0-1), J Ryan (0-1).	Referee: J Owens (Wexford)

Clare v Kilkenny

29 March 2009 Round 5	Clare	1-9 - 3-16	Kilkenny	Cusack Park
	C Ryan (0-6, six frees), B Nugent (1-0), M Flaherty (0-1, a free), N Gilligan (0-1, 65), T Carmody (0-1).	Report	H Shefflin (1-5, four frees, one 65), A Fogarty (2-1), R Power (0-4), E Brennan (0-2), R Hogan (0-1), E Larkin (0-1), M Rice (0-1), M Grace (0-1).	Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

Waterford v Galway

29 March 2009 Round 5	Waterford	2-12 - 1-21	Galway	Fraher Field
	E Kelly (1-6, 0-5 frees, one 65), D Shanahan (1-0), S O’Sullivan (0-3), R Foley (0-2), S Prendergast (0-1).	Report	J Canning (0-8, three frees, three 65s, one sideline cut), C Donnellan (1-1), N Healy (0-3), A Callanan (0-3), D Tierney (0-2), A Smith (0-2), A Cullinane (0-1), N Hayes (0-1).	Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Dublin v Clare

5 April 2009 Round 6	Dublin	0-15 - 0-15	Clare	Parnell Park
	A McCrabbe (0-9, seven frees), S Durkin (0-2), D O’Callaghan (0-2), J McCaffrey (0-1), S Hiney (0-1).	Report	N Gilligan (0-4, two frees), C Morey (0-3, all frees), P Donnellan (0-2, one free), J Clancy (0-2), T Griffin (0-1), T Carmody (0-1), C McNamara (0-1), J Conlon (0-1).	Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Kilkenny v Cork

5 April 2009 Round 6	Kilkenny	4-26 - 0-11	Cork	Nowlan Park
	R Power (3-1), H Shefflin (0-9, seven frees), E Larkin (1-3), E Brennan (0-4), R Hogan (0-3), M Fennelly (0-3), M Rice (0-2), M Comerford (0-1).	Report	B O’Connor (0-5 all frees), J O’Connor (0-2), G Callanan (0-2), P Horgan (0-1), C Naughton (0-1).	Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

Galway v Tipperary

5 April 2009 Round 6	Galway	1-15 - 1-17	Tipperary	Pearse Stadium
	K Hynes (0-5), J Canning (0-5, 3f, 1 65), N Healy (1-1), C Callanan (0-1), N Hayes (0-1), A Callanan (0-1), A Smith (0-1).	Report	S Callanan (0-11, 7f, 1 65), L Corbett (1-2), N McGrath (0-1), T Scroope (0-1), S Hennessy (0-1), J Woodlock (0-1).	Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Limerick v Waterford

5 April 2009 Round 6	Limerick	2-14 - 1-13	Waterford	Gaelic Grounds
	N Moran (1-9, 0-3 frees, 0-2 65s), D Ryan (1-0), S Hickey (0-1), D Sheehan (0-1), J Ryan (0-1), G O’Mahony (0-1), J O’Brien (0-1).	Report	E Kelly (1-4, 1-2 frees), J Mullane (0-3), G Hurney (0-2), D Shanahan (0-1), S Walsh (0-1), R Foley (0-1), E McGrath (0-1).	Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Tipperary v Limerick

19 April 2009 Round 7	Tipperary	1-17 - 1-11	Limerick	Semple Stadium
	G Ryan (1-3), P Bourke (0-6, four frees), L Corbett (0-3), J O’Brien (0-2), T Stapleton (0-2), J Devane (0-1).	Report	N Moran (0-9, five frees), P Browne (1-0), M O’Brien (0-1), D O’Grady (0-1).	Referee: D Murphy (Wexford)

Kilkenny v Dublin

19 April 2009 Round 7	Kilkenny	1-23 - 3-15	Dublin	Nowlan Park
	H Shefflin (0-11, nine frees), E Larkin (1-3), R Hogan (0-4), TJ Reid (0-3), P Murphy (0-1), M Comerford (0-1).	Report	D O’Callaghan (2-7, six points frees, one penalty), K Flynn (1-1), J Boland (0-3), S Durkan (0-1), L Rushe (0-1), D Treacy (0-1), D Curtin (0-1, free).	Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

Clare v Galway

19 April 2009 Round 7	Clare	0-19 - 4-16	Galway	Cusack Park
	M Flaherty (0-6, five frees), D Barrett (0-3 frees), A Markham (0-3, frees), T Carmody (0-2), J Clancy (0-1), T Griffin (0-1), G O’Connell (0-1), C McMahon (0-1), G Arthur (0-1).	Report	N Healy (2-8, 0-6 frees), I Tannian (1-2), A Callanan (1-1), D Hayes (0-3), F Healy (0-1), M Kearns (0-1, free).	Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

Cork v Waterford

19 April 2009 Round 7	Cork	3-15 - 2-22	Waterford	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	B Johnson (1-1, one free), S O’Neill (1-0), P O’Sullivan (1-0), J O’Connor (0-3), P Horgan (0-3), T Kenny (0-2), P Cronin (0-2), C Naughton (0-2), F O’Leary (0-1), J Gardiner (0-1, free).	Report	G Hurney (2-2), E Kelly (0-7, three frees, one ‘65), J Nagle (0-4), S Prendergast (0-3), J Mullane (0-3), S Molumphy (0-2), E McGrath (0-1).	Referee: J Owens (Wexford)

Final

Tipperary v Kilkenny

3 May 2009 Final	Tipperary	4-17 - 2-26 (aet)	Kilkenny	Semple Stadium
	S Callanan 1-7 (0-6f, 0-1 '65'), N McGrath 1-5 (0-1f), J O'Brien, J Woodlock 1-1 each, S McGrath 0-2, B Cummins 0-1 (0-1 f).	Report	R Hogan 1-10 (0-7f), A Fogarty 1-5, H Shefflin 0-4 (0-1f, 0-1'65), TJ Reid 0-4 (1 l/b), E Brennan 0-2, E Larkin 0-1.	Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Alan McCrabbe	Dublin	1-50	53	6	8.83
2	Niall Moran	Limerick	3-38	47	6	7.8
3	Richie Power	Kilkenny	5-26	41	6	6.83
4	Séamus Callanan	Tipperary	2-34	40	6	6.66
5	Eoin Kelly	Waterford	2-30	36	6	6.00
6	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	1-29	32	4	8.00
7	David O'Callaghan	Kilkenny	4-17	29	7	4.14
8	Niall Healy	Galway	3-19	28	7	4.00
9	Colin Ryan	Kilkenny	1-24	27	6	4.50
10	Richie Hogan	Kilkenny	1-23	26	7	3.71

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Niall Healy	Galway	2-8	14	Clare
2	David O'Callaghan	Dublin	2-7	13	Kilkenny
	Richie Hogan	Kilkenny	1-10	13	Tipperary
4	Niall Moran	Limerick	1-9	12	Waterford
	Alan McCrabbe	Dublin	1-9	12	Cork
6	David Treacy	Dublin	3-2	11	Tipperary
	Martin Comerford	Kilkenny	3-2	11	Tipperary
	Andrew O'Shaughnessy	Limerick	2-5	11	Clare
	Joe Canning	Galway	1-8	11	Limerick
	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	0-11	11	Dublin
	Alan McCrabbe	Dublin	0-11	11	Galway
	Séamus Callanan	Tipperary	0-11	11	Galway

Division Two

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Status
Wexford	7	6	0	1	28–124	8–97	+87	12	Advanced to the final for the title and promotion to Division One for 2010
Offaly	7	6	0	1	58–129	7–82	+71	12
Antrim	7	4	1	2	11–114	12–105	6	9	Remained in Division Two for 2010
Carlow	7	4	0	3	11–89	16–96	–22	8
Laois	7	3	0	4	7–98	14–104	–27	6
Westmeath	7	2	1	4	10–106	15–110	–19	5
Down	7	2	0	5	7–104	17–104	–30	4
Kerry	7	0	0	7	13–65	13–131	–66	0	Relegated to Division Three for 2010

Results

Kerry v Wexford

8 February 2009 Round 1	Kerry	1-10 - 4-21	Wexford	Austin Stack Park

Antrim v Westmeath

8 February 2009 Round 1	Antrim	P-P	Westmeath	Casement Park

Offaly v Carlow

8 February 2009 Round 1	Offaly	P-P	Carlow	O'Connor Park

Laois v Down

8 February 2009 Round 1	Laois	P-P	Down	O'Moore Park

Carlow v Kerry

14 February 2009 Round 2	Carlow	1-13 - 2-5	Kerry	Dr. Cullen Park

Wexford v Laois

15 February 2009 Round 2	Wexford	4-22 - 1-14	Laois	Wexford Park

Westmeath v Offaly

15 February 2009 Round 2	Westmeath	1-17 - 3-22	Offaly	Cusack Park

Down v Antrim

15 February 2009 Round 2	Down	0-15 - 1-19	Antrim	St. Patrick's Park

Antrim v Wexford

1 March 2009 Round 3	Antrim	4-16 - 4-12	Wexford	Casement Park

Offaly v Kerry

1 March 2009 Round 3	Offaly	4-20 - 0-8	Kerry	O'Connor Park

Westmeath v Down

1 March 2009 Round 3	Westmeath	4-10 - 4-18	Down	Cusack Park

Laois v Carlow

1 March 2009 Round 3	Laois	3-12 - 2-11	Carlow	O'Moore Park

Antrim v Westmeath

8 March 2009 Round 1 refixture	Antrim	0-15 - 0-15	Westmeath	Casement Park

Offaly v Carlow

8 March 2009 Round 1 refixture	Offaly	1-17 - 0-6	Carlow	O'Connor Park

Laois v Down

8 March 2009 Round 1 refixture	Laois	1-13 - 0-10	Down	O'Moore Park

Laois v Kerry

22 March 2009 Round 4	Laois	0-17 - 0-12	Kerry

Offaly v Down

22 March 2009 Round 4	Offaly	2-21 - 0-14	Down

Wexford v Westmeath

22 March 2009 Round 4	Wexford	3-15 - 2-14	Westmeath

Carlow v Antrim

22 March 2009 Round 4	Carlow	3-12 - 1-15	Antrim

Westmeath v Carlow

28 March 2009 Round 5	Westmeath	1-15 - 2-15	Carlow

Down v Wexford

29 March 2009 Round 5	Down	0-12 - 2-19	Wexford

Antrim v Kerry

29 March 2009 Round 5	Antrim	3-19 - 4-14	Kerry

Offaly v Laois

29 March 2009 Round 5	Offaly	4-14 - 1-10	Laois

Carlow v Down

5 April 2009 Round 6	Carlow	3-18 - 2-11	Down

Kerry v Westmeath

5 April 2009 Round 6	Kerry	2-11 - 0-18	Westmeath

Wexford v Offaly

5 April 2009 Round 6	Wexford	5-14 - 0-17	Offaly

Laois v Antrim

5 April 2009 Round 6	Laois	0-18 - 2-18	Antrim

Down v Kerry

19 April 2009 Round 7	Down	1-23 - 4-5	Kerry

Wexford v Carlow

19 April 2009 Round 7	Wexford	6-21 - 0-14	Carlow

Offaly v Antrim

19 April 2009 Round 7	Offaly	1-18 - 0-13	Antrim

Westmeath v Laois

19 April 2009 Round 7	Westmeath	2-17 - 1-14	Laois

Final

Offaly v Wexford

3 May 2009 Final	Offaly	1−13 − 0−13	Wexford	Semple Stadium
				Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

Offaly won promotion to Division One for 2010 while Wexford remained in Division Two for 2010

Division Three A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Status
Meath	5	4	1	0	6–85	7–65	+17	9	Advanced to the final for the title and promotion to Division Two for 2010
Kildare	5	3	0	2	5–75	5–66	+9	6
Derry	5	2	1	2	6–67	6–54	+13	5	Remained in Division Three A for 2010
Armagh	5	2	1	2	6–56	6–62	–7	5
Mayo	5	2	0	3	5–50	1–70	–8	4
Wicklow	5	0	1	0	5–65	8–81	–25	1	Relegated to Division Three B for 2010

Final

Meath v Kildare

Meath	1−18 − 2−18	Kildare

Venue: Parnell Park Referee: K. Terry (London)

Kildare won promotion to Division Two for 2010 while Meath remained in Division Three for 2010

Division Three B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Status
London	6	6	0	0	23–103	4–60	+100	12	Advanced to the final for the title and promotion to Division Three A for 2010
Roscommon	6	4	0	2	12–105	11–61	+47	8
Fingal	6	4	0	2	13–84	10–81	+12	8	Remained in Division Three B for 2010
Louth	6	3	0	3	9–90	5–72	+30	6
Donegal	6	3	0	3	7–88	12–88	–15	6
Tyrone	6	1	0	5	3–59	16–105	–85	2
Longford	6	0	0	6	8–52	17–114	–89	0	Relegated to Division Four for 2010

Final

London v Roscommon

London	2−19 − 2−13	Roscommon

Venue: Pearse Park Referee: C. Maher (Dublin)

London won promotion to Division Three A for 2010 while Roscommon remained in Division Three B for 2010

Division Four

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Status
Monaghan	5	4	0	1	7–53	9–46	+1	8	Advanced to the final for the title and promotion to Division Three B for 2010
Sligo	5	3	1	1	6–73	7–44	+26	7
Leitrim	5	2	1	2	3–65	4–62	0	5	Remained in Division Four for 2010
Fermanagh	5	2	1	2	9–57	6–67	–1	5
South Down	5	0	3	2	9–46	6–64	–9	3
Cavan	5	1	0	4	7–50	9–61	–17	2

Final

Monaghan v Sligo

Monaghan	2−8 − 1−13 aet	Sligo

Venue: Pearse Park Referee: C. Maher (Dublin)

Sligo won promotion to Division Three B for 2010 while Monaghan remained in Division Four for 2010

Promotion and relegation

Promotion and relegation for 2009

	Promoted	Relegated
Division One	–	Clare
Division Two	Offaly	Kerry
Division Three A	Kildare	Wicklow
Division Three B	London	Longford
Division Four	Sligo	–

External links

• Allianz National hurling league final 2009 (Kilkenny v Tipperary) on YouTube