Hurling Betting Tips Explained on OLBG
Here you'll find today's free hurling betting tips from OLBG's knowledgeable tipsters. Picks on this page cover upcoming match predictions and ante-post selections for the season ahead, so expect tips for competitions such as the Leinster Hurling Championship, the Munster Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
The most popular hurling tips for upcoming matches appear at the top of the page with the date and throw-in time, while ante-post tips for the seasonal championships are listed under the tournament section.
Alongside each hurling prediction you'll see the current odds, the number of picks received and the total tips placed on that market outcome. A confidence percentage rating is also shown, which helps identify our 1 to 5-star value tips — 5 stars being the strongest.
To view every tip on a match before placing your hurling bets, click the highlighted popular pick and all the match tips will open up. You can also see the Best Tipster's Tip from the most profitable hurling tipster over the past 12 months, plus weekly, monthly and yearly profit stats for every tipster with a selection on that match.
How to Bet and Use the Hurling Tips on OLBG
To back a hurling tip, click Add to betslip next to your chosen selection, and it's saved to your betslip until you're ready to bet. Want an acca? Just repeat the process for each hurling tip you'd like to combine.
Once you've added your selections, check the odds comparison table at the top of the page to see which bookie is offering the best payout. Click your preferred bookmaker, and you'll be sent to their site with your betslip already complete — no need to find the selections again. Just add your stake and best of luck with your hurling bets.
For more hurling picks and tips across other sports, take a look at our Best Tipsters page. And before you bet, it's worth reading our Best Bookmakers for GAA Betting guide, which has useful advice for new and experienced bettors alike.
Popular Hurling Betting Markets
Hurling offers a good range of betting markets, from simple match bets to season-long outrights. Here are the ones you'll come across most often.
Match Winner. The most straightforward hurling bet — you're backing one team to win a single game. In the provincial round-robins, a draw is possible, so many match-winner markets are priced as three outcomes (home win, away win or draw); in knockout games the tie will be settled on the day.
Handicap / Points Start. Because hurling scorelines can be lopsided, bookmakers apply a handicap to level the market. The favourite is given a points deficit to overcome and the underdog a head start, which often gives a more appealing price than backing a strong favourite outright.
Total Points (Over/Under). Here you're betting on the combined points scored by both teams, rather than who wins. Hurling is a high-scoring sport, so these lines are set high — a useful market when you fancy an open, attacking game or a tighter defensive battle.
Outright Winner. These are the season-long, ante-post markets — betting on who will lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup, or the Mick Mackey and Bob O'Keeffe Cups in Munster and Leinster. Prices are longest before a ball is thrown in and shorten as the Championship unfolds, so early value is often found here.
Top Scorer & First Goalscorer. Popular for bigger games, these markets let you back individual players — either to score the game's first goal or to finish as a match or Championship top scorer. Free-taking specialists tend to dominate the scoring charts, which is worth factoring in.
Whichever market you're weighing up, our tipsters' hurling picks above cover a broad spread of them, each with the reasoning behind the selection.
Who Are the Best Gaelic Sports Tipsters on OLBG?
Gaelic Football and Hurling have been part of OLBG's tipping line-up since early 2019, and there are now two monthly Gaelic Sports tipster competitions to get involved in — both covering Football and Hurling tips:
- Gaelic Sports Comment Tipster Competition — a £100 prize fund shared across 15 prizes, for tips posted with a comment.
- Gaelic Sports All-Tips Tipster Competition — a £35 prize fund shared across 6 prizes, open to every tip whether or not it includes a comment.
See which tipsters are enjoying a strong month on the Gaelic Sports Tipster Table, or check the Best Tipsters page for Gaelic Football and Hurling to find the most profitable and consistent tipsters over the past twelve months.
If you fancy yourself as a hurling or Gaelic Football bettor, why not get involved? Start posting your hurling tips, and you could pocket some of the monthly prize money on offer.
Road to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was established in 1887 and crowns the best hurling team in Ireland. Teams reach the All-Ireland series through the Leinster and Munster Championships, and where they finish in their provincial group decides how far into the knockout stages they enter.
In both the Leinster and Munster Championships, the group winners advance straight to the All-Ireland semi-finals, the runners-up move into the quarter-finals, and the third-placed teams also progress to the quarter-finals. The quarter-final ties pair each province's runners-up against the other province's third-placed side — so the Munster runners-up face Leinster's third-placed team, and the Leinster runners-up face Munster's third-placed team.
From 2026, the preliminary quarter-finals were scrapped, meaning the Joe McDonagh Cup finalists no longer feed into the All-Ireland series at this stage. The upshot for bettors is simple: the stronger a county's provincial campaign, the fewer knockout games it needs to win to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup.
The Munster Senior Hurling Championship
The Munster Senior Hurling Championship is contested for the Mick Mackey Cup and is widely regarded as the toughest provincial competition in the sport. Five counties — traditionally Cork, Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford — meet in a round-robin group, each playing the other once, with two points for a win and one for a draw.
The top two advance to the Munster final, where the champions progress to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the runners-up to the quarter-finals. The third-placed county also reaches the All-Ireland quarter-finals, while the bottom side risks relegation to the Joe McDonagh Cup. With so little between the leading counties, Munster fixtures are among the most competitive — and most heavily bet — of the hurling calendar. Limerick have dominated the province in recent years, though Cork and Clare have shown they can go toe-to-toe with the best.
The Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
The Leinster Senior Hurling Championship is played for the Bob O'Keeffe Cup and follows the same format as its Munster counterpart, with six counties competing in a round-robin group. Kilkenny and Galway are the traditional heavyweights, joined in recent seasons by the likes of Dublin, Wexford and Offaly.
As in Munster, the top two teams contest the provincial final, with the champions advancing to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the runners-up to the quarter-finals. The third-placed county joins them in the All-Ireland quarter-finals, while the lowest finisher is relegated to the Joe McDonagh Cup. Kilkenny have historically been the dominant force in Leinster hurling, holding by far the most provincial titles, which makes them a familiar name near the top of the outright betting each season.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Past Winners
Below are the last ten winners of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The final has been played at Croke Park in Dublin since 1914, with the sole exception of 1937, when it was staged at FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney.
Kilkenny are the most successful county with 36 titles, though the last of those came back in 2015. Cork sit second on 30, while Tipperary moved to 29 with their 2025 triumph. Limerick, meanwhile, have been the dominant force of the modern era, and their 2026 win over Galway took them to 13 titles — including six of the last nine championships.
The last ten All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners:
| Year | Champions (Titles) | Score | Runners-Up |
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| 2026 | Limerick (13th) | 1-29 (32) - 1-18 (21) | Galway |
| 2025 | Tipperary (29th) | 3-27 (36) - 1-18 (21) | Cork |
| 2024 | Clare (5th) | 3-29 (38) - 1-34 (37) | Cork |
| 2023 | Limerick (12th) | 0-30 (30) - 2-15 (21) | Kilkenny |
| 2022 | Limerick (11th) | 1-31 (34) - 2-26 (32) | Kilkenny |
| 2021 | Limerick (10th) | 3-32 (41) - 1-22 (25) | Cork |
| 2020 | Limerick (9th) | 0-30 (30) - 0-19 (19) | Waterford |
| 2019 | Tipperary (28th) | 3-25 (34) - 0-20 (20) | Kilkenny |
| 2018 | Limerick (8th) | 3-16 (25) - 2-18 (24) | Galway |
| 2017 | Galway (5th) | 0-26 (26) - 2-17 (23) | Waterford |
This page is maintained by Andy Powell, who keeps OLBG's hurling coverage accurate and up to date throughout the Championship season.
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Limerick won the 2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, beating Galway 1-29 to 1-18 in the final at Croke Park on 19 July 2026. It was Limerick's 13th title and their first since 2023.
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Kilkenny are the most successful county in All-Ireland hurling history with 36 titles, ahead of Cork on 30 and Tipperary on 29. Kilkenny's most recent title came in 2015.
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The inter-county hurling Championship runs from spring to summer, with the provincial round-robins beginning in April, the Munster and Leinster finals in early June, and the All-Ireland final held at Croke Park in July.
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The most popular hurling betting markets are match winner, handicap (or points start), total points, and outright winner markets for the provincial championships and the All-Ireland. Many bookmakers also price up first goalscorer and top team scorer markets for big games.
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Hurling is an outdoor stick-and-ball team sport of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin, played with a wooden stick called a hurley and a small ball known as a sliotar. It's one of Ireland's two main Gaelic games alongside Gaelic Football and is governed by the GAA.
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OLBG's hurling tips are posted by community tipsters, each with a visible strike rate and profit history so you can follow the most reliable form. Every tip shows the selection, the odds, a confidence rating and the number of tips placed, helping you judge which picks carry the most support.