2016 Munster Senior Football Championship

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2016 Munster SFC
Tournament details
Year2016
Winners
Champions Kerry (78th win)
Manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice
Captain Bryan Sheehan
Runners-up
Runners-up Tipperary
Manager Liam Kearns
Captain Peter Acheson
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The 2016 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2016 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 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kerry entered the competition as defending Munster champions and retained their title after a 3-17 to 2-10 victory over Tipperary [1] [2]

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Last year's Munster finalists receive a bye into this year's Munster semi-finals. The four remaining teams play two quarter-final matches with the winners completing the semi-final line-up. All matches are knock-out.

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 Gary Brennan
Cork Cork colours.PNG Red and whiteChill Insurance Peadar Healy Paul Kerrigan
Kerry Gort GAA colours.png Green and gold Kerry Group Éamonn Fitzmaurice Bryan Sheehan
Limerick Limerick colours.PNG Green and white Sporting Limerick John Brudair Iain Corbett
Tipperary Tipperary colours.PNG Blue and gold Intersport Liam Kearns Peter Acheson
Waterford Waterford colours.PNG White and blue 3 Mobile Tom McGlinchey Tommy Prendergast

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 0-16
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 0-13 Colours of Clare.svg Clare 0-17
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 2-23
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 3-17
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 2-10
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 2-16
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 1-07 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 3-15
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 1-15

Fixtures

Quarter-finals

First round
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 0-13 - 0-16 Colours of Clare.svg Clare
I. Ryan (0-8, 7 frees); D. Neville (0-2, 1 free); C. Sheehan, S. Buckley, S. Cahill (0-1 each). Report D. Tubridy (2 frees), J. Malone (0-3 each); K. Sexton, P. Collins, E. Cleary (0-2 each); C. O’Connor, S. Collins, S. McGrath, G. Brennan (0-1 each).
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Attendance: 3,343
Referee: P Neilan (Roscommon)
First round
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 1-7 - 1-15 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary
P Whyte (1-5, 0-3 frees, 0-1 ’45); G Crotty, T Prendergast (0-1 each). Report M Quinlivan (0-4); G Hannigan, P Acheson (0-3 each); M O’Gorman (1-0 OG); K O’Halloran (0-2, 0-2 frees); M Dunne, C O’Shaughnessy, B Fox (0-1 each).
Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Attendance: 1,753
Referee: D Gough (Meath)

Semi-finals

Semi Final
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 2-23 - 0-17 Colours of Clare.svg Clare
S O'Brien 1-5, C Cooper 1-3 (1f), P Geaney 0-5 (1f), BJ Keane, D O'Sullivan, B Sheehan (2f) 0-2 each, P Murphy, K Young, D Moran, A Maher 0-1 each Report D Tubridy 0-7 (4f, 2 45), E Cleary (1 sl, 1f) P Lillis 0-3 each, G Brennan 0-2, P Collins, C O'Connor 0-1.
Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Attendance: 11,358
Referee: F Kelly (Longford)
Semi Final
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 2-16 - 3-15 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary
M Collins 2-1, D O'Connor (3fs), P Kerrigan (1f) 0-3 each, C Dorman, C O'Neill (2fs), D Goulding (1f) 0-2 each, B Hurley, J O'Rourke, P Kelleher 0-1 each. Report M Quinlivan 1-3 (0-1f), K O'Halloran 0-7 (3fs, 2 45s), B Fox 1-1, C Sweeney 1-0, P Acheson 0-2, C McDonald, B Maher 0-1 each.
Semple Stadium, Thurles
Attendance: 2,734
Referee: P Neilan (Roscommon)

Munster Final

Final
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 3-17 - 2-10 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary
Paul Geaney 2-3, Paul Murphy 1-1, Bryan Sheehan (0-4f), James O’Donoghue (0-3f) 0-4 each, Barry John Keane, Mikey Geaney, Killian Young, Darran O’Sullivan, Stephen O’Brien 0-1 each Report Kevin O’Halloran 0-6 (0-4f, 0-1 ’45), Jimmy Feehan, Robbie Kiely 1-0 each, Michael Quinlivan 0-3 (0-2f), Alan Moloney 0-1
Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Attendance: 21,512

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References

  1. ↑ "Senior". 19 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "5 goals in Munster final as glory goes to Kerry with win over Tipperary in Killarney". The 42. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Heroic Tipperary stun Cork with first Championship victory in 72 years". Irish Examiner. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
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