During the course of championship 2012 we will keep you up to date with the top scoring hurling players, week by week.

We are two weekends into this year's competition and Laois' Willie Hyland tops the charts, both overall and from play.

Tipperary's Pa Bourke is second with Niall O'Brien of Westmeath sharing third place with Limerick's Shane Dowling.

Overall hurling top scorers
Willie Hyland, Laois 0-13 (13)
Pa Bourke, Tipperary 1-7 (10)
Niall O'Brien, Westmeath 0-8 (8)
Shane Dowling, Limerick 0-8 (8)
Marty Kavanagh, Carlow 0-7 (7)
Brian O'Meara, Tipperary 1-2 (5)
Graeme Mulcahy, Limerick 1-2 (5)

Top hurling scorers from play
Willie Hyland, Laois 0-7 (7)
Pa Bourke, Tipperary 1-2 (5)
Brian O'Meara, Tipperary 1-2 (5)
Graeme Mulcahy, Limerick 1-2 (5)
Shane Dowling Limerick 0-4 (4)
Liam Watson, Antrim 0-4 (4) Tweet

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