2024 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

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2024 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final
Event 2024 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Date9 June 2024
Venue Semple Stadium, Thurles
Man of the Match Gearóid Hegarty (Limerick)
Referee C Lyons (Cork)
Attendance45,148
WeatherDry
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The 2024 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played on 9 June at Semple Stadium in Thurles. It was contested by defending champions Limerick and Clare.

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The game was televised live on RTÉ 2 as part of The Sunday Game , presented by Joanne Cantwell. Commentary on the game was provided by Marty Morrissey, alongside Brendan Cummins.

The throw-in was delayed by 30 minutes due to a power cut at the stadium. [1] Limerick, captained by Declan Hannon, retained the title for a record sixth year in a row after a 1-26 to 1-20 win. [2] [3] [4] . No team in Munster had ever won six in a row before.

Background

The two teams were meeting in the Munster final for the third year in a row with Limerick winning the final in 2022 by 1–29 to 0-29 after extra-time and also in 2023 by 1-23 to 1-22. [5] Limerick were bidding to win the Munster title for a sixth successive year and for the 25th time overall, with Clare looking for a first Munster title since 1998 and seventh title. This was the 64th championship game between the two counties, Limerick having 40 wins to Clare's 21 with two draws, from the previous 63. 15,000 terrace tickets were made available online on 30 May and sold out in 15 minutes. [6]

Details

Final
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 1–26 (29)(23) 1–20 Colours of Clare.svg Clare
Gearóid Hegarty 1-2; Diarmaid Byrnes (3f), Aaron Gillane (4f) 0-5 each; Tom Morrissey 0-4 (1f); Declan Hannon, Kyle Hayes, David Reidy, Shane O’Brien 0-2 each; Cathal O’Neill, Adam English 0-1 each Report Aidan McCarthy 0-8 (6f); Peter Duggan 1-1; David Fitzgerald 0-4; Tony Kelly 0-3; Mark Rodgers 0-2 (2f); Shane O’Donnell, Ian Galvin 0-1 each
Semple Stadium
Attendance: 45,148
Referee: C Lyons (Cork)
Man of the match: Gearóid Hegarty (Limerick)

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