2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final

The 2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match played on 12 July 2009 at Semple Stadium, Thurles, County Tipperary. It was contested by Tipperary and Waterford. Tipperary claimed their third Munster Championship of the decade, beating Waterford on a scoreline of 4-14 to 2-16, a 4-point winning margin.[1] Overall, this was Tipperary's thirty eighth Munster Senior Hurling Championship.[2]

2009 Munster Senior Hurling Final
Event2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Date12 July 2009
VenueSemple Stadium, Thurles
Man of the MatchJohn Mullane (Waterford)
RefereeJohn Sexton (Cork)
Attendance40,330
WeatherDry

Previous Munster Final encounters

Previous to this encounter, the teams had met each other in six Munster Hurling Finals, with Tipperary edging the rivalry with four wins in comparison to Waterford's two wins. The most recent Munster Final involving both teams was in 2002 with Waterford winning on a scoreline of 2-23 to 3-12. The match was notable for the fact that Waterford won their first Munster Championship in thirty nine years.[3]

Date Venue Tipperary
score
Waterford
score
Match report
23 August 1925 Fraher Field, Dungarvan 6-06 (24) 1-02 (5)
6 July 1958 Semple Stadium, Thurles 4-12 (24) 1-05 (8)
5 August 1962 Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 5-14 (29) 2-03 (9)
28 July 1963 Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 0-08 (8) 0-11 (11)
2 July 1989 Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork 0-26 (26) 2-08 (14) Irish Times
30 June 2002 Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork 3-12 (21) 2-23 (29) Irish Examiner

GAA 125th Anniversary

Special events were held in Thurles to mark the 125th anniversary of the GAA on the weekend of the match.[4][5] Most notable of these special events was a torch procession from the birthplace of Michael Cusack, Carran, County Clare to Hayes' Hotel in Thurles (founding place of the GAA). On the day of the match, the torch was brought from Hayes' Hotel to Semple Stadium. The torch was brought onto the pitch by former Tipperary hurler, Jimmy Doyle.

Team selection

Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy named an unchanged team from the semi final win over Clare for the Munster Senior Hurling Championship final clash with Waterford.[6] For Waterford, Tony Browne came in at wing-back for Richie Foley, Aidan Kearney took Kevin Moran's spot on the other wing. Moran moved to midfield to allow Stephen Molumphy switch to centre forward.[7]

Match details

Tipperary4-14 - 2-16Waterford
L. Corbett 2-2
E. Kelly 1-3
S. Callanan 1-1
N. McGrath 0-3
P. Kerwick 0-1
C. O'Mahony 0-1
S. McGrath 0-1
J. O'Brien 0-1
B. Dunne 0-1
(Report) E. Kelly 1-7
J. Mullane 1-5
S. Molumphy 0-2
D. Shanahan 0-1
R. Foley 0-1
Referee: J. Sexton (Cork)
Tipperary
Waterford
TIPPERARY:
1Brendan Cummins
2Paddy Stapleton
3Paul Curran 35'
4Conor O'Brien
5Declan Fanning
6Conor O'Mahony   
7Pádraic Maher
8James Woodlock 46'
9Shane McGrath
10Pat Kerwick 56'
11Séamus Callanan
12John O'Brien 69'
13Noel McGrath
14Eoin Kelly 35'
15Lar Corbett
Substitutes:
16Darren Gleeson
17Pa Bourke
18Éamonn Buckley
19Michael Cahill
20John Devane
21Benny Dunne 46'
22Seamus Hennessy   
23Paul Kelly
24Brendan Maher 35'
25Patrick Maher
26Hugh Maloney 56'
27Gearóid Ryan
28Willie Ryan (c) 35'
29Thomas Stapleton
30Micheál Webster 69'
Manager:
Liam Sheedy
WATERFORD:
1Clinton Hennessy
2Eoin Murphy
3Declan Prendergast
4Noel Connors
5Tony Browne   
6Michael Walsh
7Aidan Kearney
8Kevin Moran 45'
9Shane O'Sullivan
10Seamus Prendergast 55'
11Stephen Molumphy (c)   
12Jamie Nagle 45'
13John Mullane
14Eoin Kelly
15Jack Kennedy 27'
Substitutes:
16Adrian Power
17Richie Foley 45'
18Dan Shanahan 27'
19Eoin McGrath 45'
20Maurice Shanahan 55'
21Jerome Maher
22James Murray
23Shane Walsh
24Shane Casey
25Thomas Ryan
26Mark O'Brien
27John Hurney
28Thomas Connors
29Shane Fives
30Bryan Phelan
Manager:
Davy FitzGerald

Man of the Match:
John Mullane

Linesmen:
Barry Kelly (Westmeath)
Anthony Stapleton (Laois)

Sideline Official
David Hughes (Carlow)

Umpires
Michael Copps
John Wall
Richard Troy
Michael O'Kelly

Post-match reaction

Waterfor manager Davy FitzGerald was unhappy with his teams defending before half time, "the goal before half-time, and the one after, were bad errors, mistakes we made, But fair play to Tipp, they were in control of the game for a lot of it. Tipp have been coming a long time. And they’ll be hard beaten. Their work ethic is very good. You can’t make mistakes and expect to win" he said.[8]

Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy conceded that Waterford outhurled Tipperary for much of the Final, "We’re down to the last four and we’re delighted to be there, We have to be fair and honest, Waterford outhurled us for long patches and we were tipping the odd point here and there, Overall, we came here to win, we’ve won and we’re delighted to be back in Croke Park" he said.[9] Midfielder Shane McGrath claimed that Tipperary are a more rounded team than in 2008, "I think we're more of a team this year than last year - we train a lot harder, we've put in a lot more. We're a closer team, You don't win anything unless you're a close team and friends. At the end of the day, we're all friends and we'll all plug away for each other" he said.[10]

References

  1. "Tipperary 4-14 Waterford 2-16". RTÉ Sport. 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  2. "Classy Corbett Tipps the scales". Irish Independent. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  3. "Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final - Tipperary vs. Waterford - Previous Meetings". Tipperary.gaa.ie. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  4. "125th Anniversary Celebrations - Munster SHC Final Weekend". Munster.gaa.ie. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  5. "Thurles gears up for massive influx as rivals shape up for hurling showdown". Irish Times. 11 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  6. "Tipperary unchanged for final". Setanta Sports. 9 July 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  7. "Browne returns for new-look Waterford". Irish Independent. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  8. "'We're more of a team this year than we were last year'". Irish Times. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  9. "Sheedy: Waterford outhurled us at times". Setanta Sports. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  10. "McGrath identifies Tipp improvement". RTÉ Sport. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.

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