2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Tournament details
Year	2018
Date	20 May–1 July
Teams	5
Defending champions	Cork
Winners
Champions	Cork (54th win)
Manager	John Meyler
Captain	Séamus Harnedy
Qualify for	Munster SHC Final ; All-Ireland SHC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Clare
Manager	Donal Moloney ; Gerry O'Connor
Captain	Patrick O'Connor
Other
Matches played	11
	← 2017 2019 →

Last updated May 20, 2022

The 2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2018 installment of the annual Munster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Munster GAA.^[1]

Format

A new provincial hurling championship featuring five-team round-robin groups in both Leinster and Munster and the new Joe McDonagh Cup was introduced in 2018 for an initial three-year period. The proposal was carried by a narrow margin with 62% voting in favour (a majority of at least 60% was required) at the GAA's Special Congress on 30 September 2017. The top two teams in each provincial group would contest the provincial final, with the provincial winners advancing to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the losing provincial finalists advancing to the two quarter-finals.^[2]

An amendment to the motion from Laois, Offaly and Meath was carried by 87%. The third-placed teams in Leinster and Munster would compete in All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals against the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists, with the Joe McDonagh Cup teams having home advantage.

If a non-Munster team were to win the Joe McDonagh Cup, the bottom team in the Leinster championship would be relegated to the following year's Joe McDonagh Cup and would be replaced in the following year's Leinster championship by the Joe McDonagh Cup winners. If a Munster team were to win the Joe McDonagh Cup, they would play off against the team who finished bottom in the Munster championship for the right to play in the following year's Munster championship, thereby ensuring that only Munster teams compete in the Munster championship.^[3]

The restructure of hurling involved the reduction of the Leinster championship from nine teams to five while the Munster championship continued with the previous five Munster teams (Kerry previously competed in the qualifier group of the Leinster championship). A six-team Joe McDonagh Cup was created, consisting of all four teams from the 2017 Leinster qualifier group plus Antrim and Carlow, the 2017 Christy Ring Cup finalists.

Teams

The Munster championship was contested by five of the six counties from the Irish province of Munster. The exception was Kerry, traditionally the province's weakest at hurling (but strongest in football).

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Clare	Ennis	Cusack Park	19,000
Cork	Cork	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	45,000
Limerick	Limerick	Gaelic Grounds	49,886
Tipperary	Thurles	Semple Stadium	53,000
Waterford	N/A	N/A	n/a

Personnel and colours

Team	Colours	Main sponsor	Captain(s)	Manager(s)	Most recent success
Team	Colours	Main sponsor	Captain(s)	Manager(s)
All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare		Pat O'Donnell	Patrick O'Connor	Donal Moloney Gerry O'Connor	2013	1998	2016
Cork		Chill Insurance	Séamus Harnedy	John Meyler	2005	2017	1998
Limerick		Sporting Limerick	Declan Hannon	John Kiely	2018	2013	1997
Tipperary		Intersport/Elverys	Pádraic Maher	Michael Ryan	2016	2016	2008
Waterford		TQS Integration		Derek McGrath	1959	2010	2015

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Cork	4	2	2	0	5-94 (109)	4-89 (101)	+8	6
2	Clare	4	3	0	1	4-97 (109)	5-77 (92)	+17	6
3	Limerick	4	2	1	1	3-92 (101)	4-81 (93)	+8	5
4	Tipperary	4	0	2	2	7-77 (98)	5-91 (106)	–8	2
5	Waterford	4	0	1	3	6-76 (94)	7-98 (119)	–25	1
Green background The top two teams contested the Munster Final, with the winners advancing to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the losers advancing to the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Yellow background The third-placed team advanced to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. As the 2018 Joe McDonagh Cup was won by Carlow (a Leinster county), there was no relegation/promotion play-off between the bottom team in the Munster group and the Joe McDonagh Cup winners for the right to compete in next year's Munster championship. Cork are ranked ahead of Clare as they won the head-to-head game between the teams.

Group matches

Round 1

20 May 2018Round 1	Limerick	1-23 (26)–(20) 2-14	Tipperary	Limerick
14:00		(HT: 0-12 – 1-10)		Venue: Gaelic Grounds
	Gls: B Murphy 1 Pts: A Gillane 8 (6f), G Mulcahy 4, D Byrnes 3 (2 '65', 1f), C Lynch 2, G Hegarty 2, T Morrissey 2, D O'Donovan 1, S Flanagan 1	Report	Gls: D McCormack 1, J Forde 1 Pts: J Forde 9 (9f), N McGrath 2, J McGrath 2, J O'Dwyer 1	Referee: James McGrath (Westmeath) Attendance: 20,403 TV: RTÉ

20 May 2018Round 1	Cork	2-23 (29)–(24) 1-21	Clare	Cork
16:00		(HT: 0-11 – 0-10)		Venue: Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	Gls: C Lehane 1, S Harnedy 1 Pts: P Horgan 10 (6f), D Fitzgibbon 3, C Lehane 2, S Harnedy 2, M Ellis 2, M Coleman 1, B Cooper 1, R O'Flynn 1, D Brosnan 1	Report	Gls: T Kelly 1 Pts: J Conlon 5, P Duggan 4 (4f), C Galvin 3, D Reidy 3 (2f), T Kelly 3 (1f), S O'Donnell 2, C McGrath 1	Referee: Sean Cleere (Kilkenny) Attendance: 24,490 TV: RTÉ

Round 2

27 May 2018Round 2	Tipperary	2-20 (26)–(26) 1-23	Cork	Thurles
14:00				Venue: Semple Stadium
	Gls: J Forde 1, N McGrath 1 Pts: J Forde 6 (4f, 2 '65'), J McGrath 5, N McGrath 3, B Maher 1, S Callanan 1, Patrick Maher 1, B McCarthy 1, J O'Dwyer 1, J Morris 1	Report	Gls: S Kingston 1 Pts: S Kingston 5, P Horgan 5 (3f), S Harnedy 5, D Kearney 4, B Cooper 2, C Lehane 2	Referee: James Keenan (Wicklow) Attendance: 22,456 TV: RTÉ

27 May 2018Round 2	Clare	2-27 (33)–(24) 2-18	Waterford	Ennis
15:30				Venue: Cusack Park
	Gls: P Duggan 1 (pen), J Conlon 1 Pts: P Duggan 10 (9f, 1 '65'), T Kelly 6, J Conlon 3, J Shanahan 2, C Galvin 2, D Fitzgerald 1, C McGrath 1, S O'Donnell 1, D Reidy 1	Report	Gls: M Shanahan 1, T Ryan 1 Pts: M Shanahan 6 (6f), Stephen Bennett 2, Jake Dillon 2, T de Burca 1, C Gleeson 1, Philip Mahony 1, T Devine 1, K Moran 1, J Barron 1, DJ Foran 1, T Ryan 1	Referee: Paud O'Dwyer (Carlow) Attendance: 13,736

Round 3

2 June 2018Round 3	Cork	1-25 (28)–(28) 0-28	Limerick	Cork
19:00		(HT: 0-14 – 0-12)		Venue: Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	Gls: P Horgan 1 Pts: P Horgan 11 (8f, 3 '65'), D Fitzgibbon 4, C Lehane 3, D Kearney 2, S Kingston 2, L Meade 1, M Coleman 1, C Spillane 1	Report	Pts: T Morrissey 8 (5f), S Flanagan 6, C Lynch 3, D O'Donovan 2, G Mulcahy 2, D Byrnes 2 (2f), K Hayes 2, G Hegarty 1, D Morrissey 1, A Gillane 1	Referee: James Owens (Wexford) Attendance: 34,607 TV: Sky Sports

3 June 2018Round 3	Waterford	2-22 (28)–(28) 2-22	Tipperary	Limerick
16:00		(HT: 2-12 – 0-12)		Venue: Gaelic Grounds
	Gls: Pauric Mahony 1, T Devine 1 Pts: Pauric Mahony 8 (5f), J Barron 3, DJ Foran 3, T Devine 2, Philip Mahony 1, S Bennett 1, P Curran 1, T Ryan 1, J Dillon 1	Report	Gls: J Forde 1 Pts: J Forde 14 (11f), R Maher 3, S Callanan 2, J McGrath 2, B McCarthy 1, N McGrath 1, J O'Dwyer 1 P Maher 1, C Barrett 1	Referee: Alan Kelly (Galway) Attendance: 10,237 TV: RTÉ

Round 4

10 June 2018Round 4	Limerick	2-26 (32)–(19) 1-16	Waterford	Limerick
		(HT: 2-14 – 0-7)		Venue: Gaelic Grounds
	Gls: G Hegarty 1, G Mulcahy 1 Pts: S Dowling 15 (13f), C Lynch 3, T Morrissey 2, K Hayes 2, G Hegarty 1, S Flanagan 1, D O'Donovan 1, D Dempsey 1	Report	Gls: T Ryan 1 Pts: Pauric Mahony 10 (9f), DJ Foran 1, S Bennett 1, T Devine 1, M Shanahan 1, M Kearney 1, S O'Keeffe 1	Referee: Seán Cleere (Kilkenny) Attendance: 23,194

10 June 2018Round 4	Tipperary	1-21 (24)–(26) 1-23	Clare	Thurles
		(HT: 1-10 – 0-9)		Venue: Semple Stadium
	Gls: B McCarthy 1 Pts: J Forde 10 (8f, 1 '65'), J McGrath 3, S Callanan 2, N McGrath 2, R Maher 1, C Barrett 1, Pádraic Maher 1, Patrick Maher 1	Report	Gls: I Galvin 1 Pts: P Duggan 15 (13f), P Collins 3, T Kelly 2, J Conlon 2, J Browne 1	Referee: Paud O'Dwyer (Carlow) Attendance: 20,782 TV: RTÉ

Round 5

17 June 2018Round 5	Clare	0-26 (26)–(15) 0-15	Limerick	Ennis
		(HT: 0-13 – 0-9)		Venue: Cusack Park
	Pts: P Duggan 13 (10f, 1 '65'), T Kelly 5 (1 '65'), J Conlon 4, D Fitzgerald 2, J Shanahan 1, C Galvin 1	Report	Pts: S Dowling 4 (4f), T Morrissey 3, K Hayes 1, D O'Donovan 1 (sl), C Lynch 1, D Byrnes 1, G Hegarty 1, D Morrissey 1, S Flanagan 1, A Gillane 1	Referee: James Owens (Westmeath) Attendance: 18,803 TV: RTÉ

17 June 2018Round 5	Waterford	1-20 (23)–(26) 1-23	Cork	Thurles
				Venue: Semple Stadium
	Gls: T Ryan 1 Pts: Pauric Mahony 8 (4f, 1 '65'), T Ryan 3, B O'Halloran 2, J Dillon 2, T Devine 1, J Barron 1, A Gleeson 1, DJ Foran 1, M Shanahan 1	Report	Gls: S Harnedy 1 Pts: P Horgan 5 (2f, 1 '65'), S Harnedy 3, B Cooper 4, C Lehane 3, M Coleman 2 (1 sl), S Kingston 2, D Kearney 2, D Fitzgibbon 1, C Joyce 1	Referee: John Keenan (Wicklow) Attendance: 14,737

Final

The winning team advanced to the All-Ireland semi-finals, while the losing team advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

RTÉ

1 July 2018
14:00
Munster Final

Report

Cork	2-24 (30)–(28) 3-19	Clare
(HT: 1-10 – 2-11)
Gls: S Harnedy 1, L Meade 1 Pts: P Horgan 11 (6f, 1 '65'), S Harnedy 4, M Coleman 2 (1 sl), D Fitzgibbon 2, D Kearney 2, C Lehane 1, L Meade 1, B Cooper 1		Gls: P Duggan 1, D Reidy 1, I Galvin 1 Pts: P Duggan 7 (6f), J Conlon 5, D Reidy 2, P Collins 2, C McGrath 1, T Kelly 1, C Galvin 1

Semple Stadium , Thurles
Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)
Attendance: 45,364

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↑ "2018 Munster Hurling & Football Championship Draws". 19 October 2017.
↑ "GAA votes to change senior hurling championship". Irish Examiner. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
↑ "Historic day at Croke Park as Congress votes in hurling structure changes". RTE Sport. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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[1] "2018 Munster Hurling & Football Championship Draws". 19 October 2017.

[2] "GAA votes to change senior hurling championship". Irish Examiner. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[3] "Historic day at Croke Park as Congress votes in hurling structure changes". RTE Sport. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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