2019 Munster Senior Hurling League

2019 Munster Senior Hurling League
Dates	14 December 2018 – 13 January 2019
Teams	6
Sponsor	Co-Op Superstores
Champions	Clare (2nd title); Tony Kelly (captain); Donal Moloney and Gerry O'Connor (manager)
Runners-up	Tipperary; Barry Hogan (captain); Liam Sheedy (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	28 (4 per match)
Points scored	236 (33.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stephen Bennett (2-25)
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The 2019 Munster Senior Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League, is the fourth Munster Senior Hurling League, an annual hurling league competition for county teams from the province of Munster.^[1]

For the first time, all six county teams competed, with Tipperary making their debut.^[2]^[3] They reached the final where they lost to Clare.^[4]

Competition format

The six teams are drawn into two groups of three teams. Each team plays the other teams in their group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners advance to the final.

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Tipperary	2	2	0	8-34	3-31	+18	4
2	Limerick	2	1	1	6-31	4-25	+12	2
3	Kerry	2	0	2	1-25	8-34	–30	0

Fixtures and results

14 December 2018 Round 1	Limerick	2-17 – 4-14	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
19:30 GMT (UTC±0)	A Gillane 1-7 (6 f), D Reidy 1-3, B O’Connell 0-3, C Ryan 0-3, A La Touche Cosgrave 0-1.	Report	S Callinan 2-7 (1pen gl, 6f), M Kehoe, Patrick Maher 1-1 each, J Forde 0-2, R Maher 0-2, C English, D McCormack 0-1 each.	Attendance: 3,224 Referee: R McGann (Clare)

20 December 2018 Round 2	Kerry	0-11 – 4-14	Limerick	Austin Stack Park, Tralee
19:30 GMT (UTC±0)	S Conway 0-4 (2f), P Boyle 0-3 (2f), M O'Leary 0-2, J Conway and J Diggins 0-1 each	Report	B Murphy 1-6 (0-4frees), O O'Reilly 1-1, D Reidy 1-0 and G Mulcahy 1-0 each, G Hegarty 0-3 (1 s/l), C Ryan 0-2 (1f), T Morrissey and D Byrnes 0-1 each	Attendance: 799 Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

5 January 2019 Round 3	Tipperary	4-20 – 1-14	Kerry	MacDonagh Park, Nenagh
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)	J Forde 1-5 (0-2f, 0-1 ’65), N McGrath 1-4, M Kehoe 1-3, Patrick Maher 1-0, J Morris 0-3, M Breen 0-1, W Connors 0-1, D McCormack 0-1, C Darcy 0-1, D Maher 0-1.	Report	B Barrett 0-5 (0-4f), S Conway 1-2, M O’Leary 0-3, J Goulding 0-2, N O’Mahony 0-1, P Boyle 0-1.	Attendance: 1,186 Referee: N Wall (Cork)

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Clare	2	2	0	3-40	3-37	+3	4
2	Waterford	2	1	1	4-40	3-38	+5	2
3	Cork	2	0	2	1-39	2-44	–8	0

Fixtures and results

29 December 2018 Round 1	Clare	1-20 – 0-21	Cork	Cusack Park, Ennis
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)	N Deasy (0-10) 0-7 f’s, C Guilfoyle (1-0), G Cooney (0-3), D Ryan (0-3), D Conroy (0-2), C Malone , R Taylor (0-1) each.	Report	D Dalton (0-10) 0-7 f’s, 0-2 ‘65’s 1 sideline. M O’Halloran (0-4), J Coughlan (0-4) 1 f, R O’Flynn (0-2), C Murphy (0-1).	Attendance: 1,987 Referee: F Horgan (Tipperary)

2 January 2019 Round 2	Cork	1-18 – 1-24	Waterford	Mallow GAA Complex, Mallow
19:30 GMT (UTC±0)	D Dalton 0-9 (0-7 frees), C Murphy 0-3, A Walsh 1-0, M O’Halloran 0-2, T O’Mahony, C Joyce, R O’Flynn, W Kearney 0-1 each.	Report	S Bennett 0-13 (0-12 frees), M Kearney 0-4, M Walsh 1-0, J Barron, K Moran, T Ryan 0-2 each, J Prendergast 0-1.	Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Johnny Murphy (Limerick)

6 January 2019 Round 3	Waterford	3-16 – 2-20	Clare	Fraher Field, Dungarvan
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)	S Bennett 2-12 (1-10f); T Ryan 1-1; DJ Foran, K Moran, M Kearney 0-1 each.	Report	D Ryan 0-6; N Deasy 0-5 (3f); T Kelly 1-2; C Guilfoyle 1-1; S Golden 0-3; R Taylor, A McCarthy, D Conroy 0-1 each.	Attendance: 3,039 Referee: K Jordan (Tipperary)

Final

13 January 2019 Final	Tipperary	1-18 – 4-19	Clare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
14:00 GMT (UTC±0)	S Callanan (0-9, six frees, one 65), J Forde (0-5, one s/l), D McCormack (1-0), A Flynn (0-2), M Kehoe (0-1), N McGrath (0-1).	Report	T Kelly (2-3; 0-1f); C Guilfoyle (1-3), C McInerney (1-2), D Ryan (0-3), N Deasy (0-3, two frees), R Taylor (0-2); S Golden (0-2), M O’Malley (0-1).	Attendance: 4,531 Referee: T Walsh (Waterford)

League statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Stephen Bennett	Waterford	2-25	31	2	15.50
2	Séamus Callanan	Tipperary	2-16	22	2	11.00
3	Declan Dalton	Cork	0-19	19	2	9.50
4	Niall Deasy	Clare	0-18	18	3	6.00
5	Tony Kelly	Clare	4-05	14	2	7.00
5	Jason Forde	Tipperary	1-11	14	3	4.66
6	Colin Guilfoyle	Clare	3-04	13	3	4.33
7	Diarmuid Ryan	Clare	0-12	12	3	4.00
8	Mark Kehoe	Tipperary	2-05	11	3	3.66
9	Aaron Gillane	Limerick	1-07	10	1	10.00

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Stephen Bennett	Waterford	2-12	18	Clare
2	Séamus Callanan	Tipperary	2-07	13	Limerick
2	Stephen Bennett	Waterford	0-13	13	Cork
3	Aaron Gillane	Limerick	1-07	10	Tipperary
	Niall Deasy	Clare	0-10	10	Cork
	Declan Dalton	Cork	0-10	10	Clare
4	Tony Kelly	Clare	2-03	9	Tipperary
	Barry Murphy	Limerick	1-06	9	Kerry
	Declan Dalton	Cork	0-09	9	Waterford
	Séamus Callanan	Tipperary	0-09	9	Limerick

References

^ "County stars show their class to set up feast from the East". 1 October 2018.
^ Design, OConnor Web (14 November 2018). "Limerick v Tipperary clash confirmed for next month - Limerick GAA". limerickgaa.ie.
^ Keane, Paul (14 November 2018). "Third McGrath brother among Liam Sheedy call-ups for Tipperary" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
^ "Tony Kelly notches 2-3 as Clare land the first silverware of the 2019 hurling season".

[1] "County stars show their class to set up feast from the East". 1 October 2018.

[auto-2] Design, OConnor Web (14 November 2018). "Limerick v Tipperary clash confirmed for next month - Limerick GAA". limerickgaa.ie.

[3] Keane, Paul (14 November 2018). "Third McGrath brother among Liam Sheedy call-ups for Tipperary" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.

[4] "Tony Kelly notches 2-3 as Clare land the first silverware of the 2019 hurling season".

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