2015 Waterford Crystal Cup

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2015 Waterford Crystal Cup
Championship Details
Dates10–31 January 2015
Teams11
Sponsor Waterford Crystal
Waterford Crystal Cup Champions
Winners Limerick
Captain Donal O'Grady
Manager TJ Ryan
Waterford Crystal Cup Runners-up
Runners-up Cork
Captain Anthony Nash
Manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy
Cup Statistics
No. matches played10
Goals total27
Points total345
Top scorer Luke O'Farrell, Cork (2-13)

The 2015 Waterford Crystal Cup was the tenth and final staging of the Waterford Crystal Cup. It was replaced by the Munster Senior Hurling League in 2016.

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The Waterford Crystal Cup is a hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the inter-county teams and third-level institutes and universities in the province of Munster in Ireland.

The competition began on 10 January 2015 and ended on 31 January 2014. Tipperary were the defending champions. [1]

Limerick won their second Waterford Crystal Cup after a 3-20 to 1-16 win against Cork in the final in Mallow. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Teams

A total of eleven teams contested the 2015 Waterford Crystal Cup.

The following third level colleges took part.

The following county teams took part.

Fixtures

Preliminary round

10 January 2015Preliminary Cork 1-18 - 1-15 UL CIT
Luke O’Farrell (0-9, 0-8 frees); Dayne Lee (1-0); Paul Haughney, Stephen Moylan, Brian Lawton (0-2); Brian Murray, Peter Kelleher, Andy Walsh (0-1) Report Jason Forde (0-5, 0-3 frees); Conor Martin (1-2), Tony Kelly (0-3); Mark Carmody (0-2); Daire Quinn, PJ Scully (0-1); David McInerney (0-1 free)Referee: Paul Foley (Waterford)
11 January 2015Preliminary Waterford 1-22 - 0-18 LIT WIT Sports Complex, Carriganore
Pauric Mahony (0-10, 0-8 frees); Brian O’Halloran (1-4); Gavin O’Brien, Pa Walsh, Martin O’Neill, Shane O’Sullivan, Kevin Moran, Michael Walsh, Shane Bennett, Donie Breathnach (0-1) Report David Reidy (0-9, 0-8 frees); Seanie O’Brien (0-3); Paul Flaherty (0-2), Alan Dempsey, David Dempsey, Patrick Fitzgerald, Barry O’Connell (0-1)
9 January 2015Preliminary Tipperary 4-16 - 1-16 Mary I Dr. Morris Park, Thurles
S Callanan (3-7, 0-4 frees, 0-1 65); D Butler (0-4); S Maher (1-1); Pádraic Maher, D Maher, C Kenny (0-1); K Bergin (0-1 free) Report D Reidy (0-10, 0-8 frees); N O’Meara (1-1); D O’Donovan (0-2); T Gallagher (0-2, 0-1 sideline), C Sheahan (0-1)Referee: Nathal Wall (Cork)

Quarter-finals

18 January 2015Quarter-final Clare 0-16 - 0-15 Tipperary Sixmilebridge
14:00Cathal O’Connell (0-4 frees); Davy O’Halloran, Patrick Donnellan (0-2); Colin Ryan (0-2, 0-1 free); Aaron Cunningham, Brendan Bugler, Colm Galvin, Conor Ryan, Bobby Duggan, Paul Flanagan (0-1) Report Brendan Maher (0-7, 0-5 frees); Sean Maher, Denis Maher (0-2); Gearoid Ryan, Tom Stapleton, David Butler, Shane McGrath (0-1)Referee: Johnny Murphy (Limerick)
17 January 2015Quarter-final Cork 4-15 - 1-13 CIT CIT
14:00Darren McCarthy (2-2); Paudie O’Sullivan (0-5, 0-3 frees); Stephen Moylan (1-2); Daniel Kearney (1-0); Dayne Lee, Paul Haughney (0-2); Patrick Cronin, Séamus Harnedy (0-1) Report Daire Lordan (0-4, 0-3 frees); Kevin Kavanagh (1-0); John O’Dwyer, Seán O’Mahony, Conor Hammersley (0-2); William Murphy, John Cronin, Bill Cooper (0-1)Referee: John McCormack (Tipperary)
17 January 2015Quarter-final Limerick 2-15 1-15 Waterford FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
14:00Adrian Breen (1-2); Cian Lynch (0-3); Cathal King, Donal O’Grady (0-2); Thomas O’Brien, Tom Morrissey (0-2, 0-1 free); Dan Morrissey (0-1); Shane Dowling (0-1 free) Report Martin O’Neill (0-8, 0-6frees); Jake Dillon (1-3, 0-3 frees); Thomas Connors (0-2); Shane O’Sullivan, Shane Bennett (0-1)Referee: Damien Fox (Clare)
17 January 2015Quarter-final UCC 2-23 - 2-14 Kerry Austin Stack Park, Tralee
13:30A Cadogan (0-6); B Lawton (0-6, 0-3 frees); R O'Shea (0-4, 0-2 frees); E Finn (0-4), S O'Keeffe, B Hartnett (1-0); K Burke (0-2), M Breen (0-1) Report S Nolan (0-8, 0-6 frees); A Royle (1-1), P Boyle (1-0); M O'Leary (0-3); C Harty (0-2)Referee: Jason Mullins (Limerick)

Semi-finals

24 January 2015Semi-final Cork 2-21 - 0-18 Clare Mallow
13:00Luke O’Farrell (2-3); Cian McCarthy (0-7, 0-3 frees, 0-2 65s); Stephen Moylan, Andy Walsh (0-2); Brian Murray, Peter Kelleher, Brian Lawton, Darren McCarthy, Dayne Lee, Paul Haughney, Alan Frahill-O’Connor (0-1) Report Cathal O’Connell (0-4, 0-3 frees); Bobby Duggan (0-4); Colin Ryan (0-3, 0-1 frees); Brendan Bugler (0-3); Patrick Donnellan (0-2); Shane Golden, Daire Keane (0-1)Referee: Paul Foley (Waterford)
24 January 2015Semi-final Limerick 0-22 - 1-17 UCC FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
14:00Shane Dowling (0-4, 0-2 frees); Thomas O’Brien (0-4 frees); Adrian Breen (0-3); Conor Allis (0-2, 0-1 free); Cian Lynch, James Ryan (0-2); Niall Moran, Cathal King, Tom Morrissey, Paul Browne, Patrick Begley (0-1) Report Conor Lehane (0-6, 0-3 frees); Rob O’Shea (0-4, 0-3 frees); DJ Foran (1-0); Alan Cadogan, Stephen O’Keeffe (0-2); Shane O’Donnell, Daniel Roche (0-1), Paudie Prendergast (0-1 free)Referee: Pat Casey (Waterford)

Final

31 January 2015Final Limerick 3-20 - 1-16 Cork Mallow
19:00Adrian Breen (2-3); Gavin O’Mahony (1-2); Cian Lynch (0-4); Tom Condon (0-3); James Ryan, Cathal King, Tom Morrissey (0-2); Niall Moran, Shane Dowling (0-1) Report Cian McCarthy (0-8, 0-3 frees); Stephen Moylan (1-0); Paul Haughney, Andy Walsh (0-2); Brian Lawton, Brian Murray, Luke O’Farrell, Patrick Horgan (0-01)Referee: Johnny Ryan (Tipperary)

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