Munster Senior Hurling League

The Munster Senior Hurling League is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2016 for the top inter-county teams in the province of Munster in Ireland.

Munster Senior Hurling League
Current season or competition:
2020 Munster Senior Hurling League
IrishSraith Shinsir Iomána na Mumhan
CodeHurling
Founded2016 (2016)
RegionMunster (GAA)
TrophyMunster Senior League Trophy
No. of teams6
Title holders Limerick (2nd title)
Most titles Clare and Limerick (2 titles)
SponsorsCo-Op Superstores
Official websiteOfficial website

The series of games are played during January. The Munster Senior Hurling League is effectively a pre-season tournament. It allows teams to blood new players and to experiment prior to the opening of the National Hurling League.

2019 was the first year that all six eligible teams will participate in the Munster Senior Hurling League. Participation or non-participation can be decided on an annual basis.[1]

Clare are the current champions.

Format

There are currently six teams in the Munster League, split into two groups of three. During the course of the four-week season each team plays the others in their group once (a single round-robin system) for a total of two games. Teams receive two points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points and then scoring difference. The top team in each group after the group stage contest the final.

Stadia
Location Stadium Capacity
LimerickGaelic Grounds50,000
KillarneyFitzgerald Stadium43,180
WaterfordWalsh Park17,000
DungarvanFraher Field15,000
TraleeAustin Stack Park12,000
MallowMallow GAA Complex8,000
SixmilebridgeO'Garney Park7,000
KilmallockFitzGerald Park4,000
NenaghMacDonagh Park

As of the 2020 season, Munster League hurling has been played in ten stadiums since the formation of the league in 2016.

While the traditional county grounds are sometimes used for league matches, smaller club grounds have usually been used for games which may not have had such a high profile.

Munster League matches are usually played on a rolling home and away basis.

The stadiums for the 2017 league showed a large disparity in capacity: Gaelic Grounds, the home ground of Limerick has a capacity of 50,500 with O'Garney Park, one of the grounds used by Clare, having a capacity of 7,000. The combined total capacity of the Munster League in the 2017 season was 111,000.

Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for the Munster Council and the individual county boards.

Roll of honour

Wins by county
Team Wins Years won
Clare 2 2016, 2019
Limerick 2 2018, 2020
Cork 1 2017

List of finals
Year Winners Score Runners-up Score Venue Winning Captain(s) Winning Team
2016 Clare 0-18 Limerick 0-17 Gaelic Grounds Cian Dillon
Tony Kelly		 A Fahy; J Browne, P O’Connor, P Flanagan; C Dillon, D McInerney, C Cleary; G O’Connell, D Reidy; P Duggan, C Ryan, D Fitzgerald; J Conlon, D Honan, B Duggan.
Subs: T Kelly, B Bolger, S Golden, C O’Connell.		 [2]
2017 Cork 1-21 Limerick 1-20 Gaelic Grounds Stephen McDonnell A Nash, S McDonnell, C Spillane, D Cahalane, M Ellis, C Joyce, M Coleman, L McLoughlin, D Kearney, C Lehane, L Meade, S Kingston, A Cadogan, P Horgan, D Fitzgibbon.
Subs: D Griffin, K Burke, D Brosnan, S Harnedy, C O’Sullivan.
2018 Limerick 0-16 Clare 0-10 Gaelic Grounds Paul Browne
Declan Hannon		 N Quaid; T Condon, S Hickey, R English; D Byrnes, D Morrissey, W O’Meara; P Browne, C Lynch; T Morrissey, D O’Donovan, B O’Connell; A Gillane, S Flanagan, G Hegarty.
Subs: B Murphy, D Reidy, A La Touche Cosgrave		 [3]
2019 Clare 4-19 Tipperary 1-18 Gaelic Grounds Tony Kelly D Tuohy; J McCarthy, D McInerney, R Hayes; A McCarthy, C Cleary, C Malone; S Golden, R Taylor; D Ryan, T Kelly N Deasy; C Guilfoyle, C McInerney, M O’Neill.
Subs: P Collins, D Conroy, M O’Malley, G Cooney, J Browne.		 [4]
2020 Limerick 1-32 Cork 0-20 Gaelic Grounds Cian Lynch Barry Hennessey; Tom Condon, Richie English, Aaron Costello; Diarmuid Byrnes, Dan Morrissey, Barry Nash; Robbie Hanley, Cian Lynch (capt); Darragh O’Donovan, Tom Morrissey, David Dempsey; Graeme Mulcahy, David Reidy, Aaron Gillane
Subs: Sean Finn, Gearoid Hegarty, Mark Quinlan, Brian O’Grady, Jerome Boylan		 [5]

Top scorers

All time
As of the 2019 league
Pos. Name Team Goals Points Total
1Shane NolanKerry05555
2David ReidyLimerick42840
3Stephen BennettWaterford33039
4Patrick HorganCork22834
Aaron GillaneLimerick22834
5Declan DaltonCork03333
6Barry NashLimerick51530
7David ReidyClare22329
Niall DeasyClare12629
8Declan HannonLimerick12326
Pádraig BoyleKerry12326

Overall
year Name Team Goals Points Total
2016Declan HannonLimerick12124
2017Patrick HorganCork22733
2018Aaron GillaneLimerick12124
2019Stephen BennettWaterford22531

Single game
year Name Team Goals Points Total
2016Declan HannonLimerick1912
2017Pauric MahonyWaterford01414
2018Pádraig BoyleKerry11013
2019Stephen BennettWaterford21218

Finals
year Name Team Goals Points Total
2016Declan HannonLimerick077
2017Peter CaseyLimerick099
Patrick HorganCork099
2018Aaron GillaneLimerick088
2019Tony KellyClare239
Séamus CallananTipperary099

References
  1. "Colleges excluded from Munster pre-season competitions". Hogan Stand. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. "Clare take Munster SHL title after tight tussle with Limerick". Irish Times. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/sport/291557/limerick-lift-munster-hurling-league-with-final-win-over-clare.html
  4. Breheny, Martin (13 January 2019). "Tony Kelly notches 2-3 as Clare land the first silverware of the 2019 hurling season". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/sport/508028/clinical-limerick-thump-cork-to-claim-munster-hurling-league-title.html
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