1975–76 National Hurling League
| League details |
| Dates |
5 October 1975 – 20 June 1976 |
| Teams |
20 |
| League champions |
| Winners |
Kilkenny (4th win) |
| Captain |
Phil Larkin |
| League runners-up |
| Runners-up |
Clare |
| Captain |
Jim Power |
| Other division winners |
| Division 2 |
Wicklow |
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The 1975–76 National Hurling League was the 45th season of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.[1][2]
Overview
Structure
The National Hurling League's top division was divided into two groups - 1A and 1B. The top two teams in Division 1A advance to the semi-finals. The third- and fourth-placed teams in 1A, as well as the top two from 1B, play in the quarter-finals. The bottom team in 1A are relegated, while the top team in 1B are promoted. The bottom three teams in 1B and the top team in Division 2 play a relegation playoff.
Division 1
The National Hurling League's top division featured fourteen teams divided into two groups - 1A and 1B. Each group consisted of seven teams. After a relatively lacklustre run through the group stages, recording just two wins from six games, Kilkenny won their fourth league title ever, their first in a decade. Clare, who were league runners-up, actually finished above 'the Cats' in the group table but lost out in a replay of the final.[3]
Tables
Division 1A
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
Pts |
Notes |
| 1 |
Wexford |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
| 2 |
Cork |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
| 3 |
Clare |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
Division 1 runners-up |
| 4 |
Kilkenny |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
Division 1 champions |
| 5 |
Dublin |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
| 6 |
Tipperary |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| 7 |
Galway |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
Relegated to Division 1B |
Division 1B
Division 2
Final stages
References
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