2003 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

2003 Railway Cup
Date18 October 2003 - 8 November 2003
Teams Connacht
Leinster
Munster
Ulster
Champions Leinster (23rd title)
Michael Kavanagh (captain)
Runners-up Connacht
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored15 (5 per match)
Points scored83 (27.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Henry Shefflin (4-06)
Eugene Cloonan (3-09)
2002 (Previous) (Next) 2004

The 2003 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 76th series of the inter-provincial hurling Railway Cup.[1] Three matches were played between 18 October 2003 and 8 November 2003 to decide the title. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

Leinster entered the championship as the defending champions.[2]

On 8 November 2003, Leinster won the Railway Cup after a 4–09 to 2–12 defeat of Connacht in the final at the Giulio Onesti Sports Complex in Rome.[3] It was their 23rd Railway Cup title overall and their second title in succession.

Leinster's Henry Shefflin (4-06) and Connacht's Eugene Cloonan (3-09) were the Railway Cup joint top scorers.

  1. ^ Neville, Conor (12 December 2016). "The fall and fall of the Railway Cup". ball.ie. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Eagle-eye Shefflin strikes gold for Leinster". Irish Independent. 4 November 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Leinster win Railway Cup in Rome". Irish Examiner. 8 November 2003. Retrieved 31 December 2018.