2021 Munster Senior Football Championship

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2021 Munster SFC
Tournament details
Year2021
Winners
Champions Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry (82nd win)
Runners-up
Runners-up Colours of Cork.svg Cork
  2020
2022  

The 2021 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2021 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA. Kerry won the tournament beating Cork in the final. [1]

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Teams

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

TeamColoursSponsorManagerCaptainLast previous success
All-IrelandProvincial
Clare Portumna GAA colours.PNG Saffron and Blue Colm Collins ?
Cork Cork colours.PNG Red and white Ronan McCarthy Paul Kerrigan
Kerry Gort GAA colours.png Green and gold Peter Keane Paul Murphy [2]
Limerick Limerick colours.PNG Green and white Billy Lee Donal O'Sullivan
Tipperary Tipperary colours.PNG Blue and gold David Power Conor Sweeney
Waterford Waterford colours.PNG White and blue Shane Ronayne Paul Whyte

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 1-16
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 4-18 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 0-11
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 0-12 Colours of Cork.svg Cork 1-9
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 4-22
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 1-8
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 3-22 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 1-19
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 1-11

Quarter-finals

The four non-finalists from the 2020 championship entered this round. The lowest ranked county to play in the quarter-finals was Waterford of Division 4.

Summary

DivTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Div
3 Limerick Colours of Limerick.svg 4-18 - 0-12 Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 4
1 Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 3-22 - 1-11 Colours of Clare.svg Clare 2

Matches

26 June 2021
15:00
Quarter-final
Limerick (3)4-18 - 0-12 Waterford (4) Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Hugh Bourke 1-6 (0-3f), Iain Corbett (1-0 pen) and Robbie Bourke (0-1f) 1-2 each, Cillian Fahy 1-1, Cian Sheehan and Danny Neville 0-2 each, Tommie Childs, Brian Donovan, Josh Ryan 0-1 each Report Brian Lynch 0-4 (0-3f), Dermot Ryan 0-3, Jason Curry (0-2f) and Darragh Corcoran 0-2 each, Michael Kiely 0-1

26 June 2021
19:00
Quarter-final
Kerry (1)3-22 - 1-11 Clare (2) Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)
Man of the Match: Sean O'Shea (Kenmare Shamrocks)
Sean O'Shea 1-7 (0-3f), David Clifford 1-6 (0-2f), Micheál Burns 1-0, Killian Spillane 0-3, Gavin White and Paudie Clifford 0-2 each, David Moran and Paul Geaney 0-1 each Report Eoin Cleary 0-6 (0-2f), David Tubridy 1-1 (0-1f), Darragh Bohannon 0-2, Podge Collins and Emmet McMahon 0-1 each

Semi-finals

The finalists from the 2020 championship entered this round along with the two quarter-final winners. The lowest ranked counties to play in the quarter-finals were Limerick and Tipperary of Division 3.

Summary

DivTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Div
2 Colours of Cork.svg Cork 1-16 - 0-11 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 3
1 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 1-19 - 1-08 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 3

Matches

10 July 2021
15:00 IST (UTC+1)
Semi-final
Cork (2)1-16 - 0-11 Limerick (3) Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Attendance: 500
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
John O'Rourke 1-3, Brian Hurley 0-6 (0-4f), Sean Powter and Cian Kiely 0-2 each, Sean Meehan, Mattie Taylor, Ian Maguire 0-1 each Report Hugh Bourke 0-5f, Iain Corbett and Danny Neville 0-2 each, Gordon Brown and Aaron O'Sullivan (1 '45) 0-1 each

10 July 2021
19:00 IST (UTC+1)
Semi-final
Kerry (1)1-19 - 1-8 Tipperary (3) Semple Stadium, Thurles
Attendance: 500
Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)
Man of the Match: Paudie Clifford (Fossa)
Sean O'Shea 0-8 (0-5f, 1 '45), David Clifford 1-2 (0-1f), Killian Spillane 0-3, Tom O'Sullivan 0-2, David Moran, Diarmuid O'Connor, Paul Geaney, Paudie Clifford 0-1 each Report Conor Sweeney 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-3f), Jack Kennedy 0-3 (0-2f), Kevin Fahey 0-1

Final

25 July 2021
16:00 IST (UTC+1)
Final
Kerry 4-22 - 1-9 Cork Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Barry Cassidy, Bellaghy (Derry)
Sean O'Shea 1-6 (0-3f), Paul Geaney 2-1, Paudie Clifford 0-3, Brian Ó Beaglaoich 1-0, Jack Barry, Killian Spillane, Tom O'Sullivan 0-2 each, Mike Breen, David Moran, David Clifford (0-1f), Stephen O'Brien, Tadhg Morley, Tommy Walsh 0-1 each. Report Brian Hurley 1-3 (0-1f), Michael Hurley 0-2, Brian Hartnett, Ian Maguire, Luke Connolly, Daniel Dineen (0-1 mark) 0-1 each.

Kerry advanced to the 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-finals.

Stadia and locations

County LocationProvinceStadiumCapacity
Colours of Clare.svg Clare Ennis Munster Cusack Park 19,000
Colours of Cork.svg Cork Cork Munster Páirc Uí Chaoimh 45,000
Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry Tralee Munster Fitzgerald Stadium 40,000
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick Limerick Munster Gaelic Grounds 44,203
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary Thurles Munster Semple Stadium 45,690
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford Waterford Munster Fraher Field 15,000

Notes

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References

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  2. "Paul Murphy to captain Kerry senior footballers in 2021". RTÉ. 25 January 2021.