2015 Munster Senior Football Championship

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The 2015 Munster Senior Football Championship will be that year's installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Munster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kerry entered the competition as defending Munster champions and retained their title after a 1–11 to 1–6 victory over Cork in a replay. [1] [2]

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The draw to decide the fixtures was made on 10 October 2014. [3] Having reached the final the year before, Cork and Kerry were both given places in the semi-finals of the competition, but unlike previous seasons, they were not prevented from meeting each other in the semi-finals. Despite this, the two teams were drawn on different sides of the tournament, and so could not meet outside the final.

Under GAA rules introduced in 2014 to allow counties to more easily predict the dates of their qualifier matches, the two sides of the draw will be named as either A or B. Which sides will be A and B has yet to be decided.

Teams

The Munster championship is contested by all six counties in the Irish province of Munster.

TeamColoursSponsorManagerCaptainMost recent success
All-IrelandProvincial
Clare Portumna GAA colours.PNG Saffron and BluePat O'Donnell Colm Collins TBD
Cork Cork colours.PNG Red and whiteChill Insurance Brian Cuthbert Michael Shields
Kerry Gort GAA colours.png Green and gold Kerry Group Éamonn Fitzmaurice Kieran Donaghy
2015
Limerick Limerick colours.PNG Green and white Sporting Limerick John Brudair TBD
Tipperary Tipperary colours.PNG Blue and gold Škoda Auto Peter Creedon Paddy Codd
Waterford Waterford colours.PNG White and blue 3 Mobile Tom McGlinchey TBD

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Limerick 1-11
Tipperary 2-14 Tipperary 1-11
Cork 0-16
Cork 0-12
Kerry 0-24
Kerry 1-17
Clare
(R) 		2-08
3-11		 Clare 1-13
Waterford
(R) 		2-08
0-12

Quarter-final refs [4] [5]

Semi-final refs [6] [7]

Final
Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 2-15 - 3-12 Colours of Cork.svg Cork
J O’Donoghue (1-2, 1-0 pen), B Sheehan (0-4, 3 frees); BJ Keane (0-3, 1 free); K Donaghy (1-0); J Buckley, D Walsh, C Cooper, P Geaney, A Maher, F Fitzgerald (0-1 each) Report C O’Neill (1-6, 0-4 frees); D O’Connor (1-3, 0-2 frees); Barry O’Driscoll (1-1); K O’Driscoll (0-2)
Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney
Attendance: 35,651
Referee: Pádraig Hughes (Armagh)
Final Replay
Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 1-11 - 1-6 Colours of Cork.svg Cork
P Geaney 1-3 (0-1f), B Sheehan 0-5 (5fs), J O'Donoghue, D Walsh, J Lyne 0-1 each. Report P Kerrigan 1-0, C O'Neill 0-3 (1f, 1 '45'), K O'Driscoll, D O'Connor (f), Brian O'Driscoll 0-1 each.
Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney
Attendance: 32,233
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Miscellaneous

Although a revert to open draw Munster finalists remain in the semi-final draw a straight forward open draw rejected due to Waterford having 1 sided defeats to Kerry in 2007 and 2013 remained the same until 2025.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kerry are Munster champions again as they defeat Cork in rain-lashed Fitzgerald Park". Irish Exminer. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kerry beat Cork to retain their Munster title at a rain-sodden Fitzgerald Stadium". Irish Mirror. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015 football: Donegal to meet Tyrone in Ulster". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Clare 0-15 Limerick 0-13". Munster GAA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tipperary 1-24 Waterford 0-5". Munster GAA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "'Strange' Kerry do enough as Sheehan provides cool head to sidestep Tipp landmine". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Rebels cruise past Clare to set up Kingdom showdown". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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