2015 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final
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| Event | 2015 Munster Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 12 July 2015 | ||||||
| Venue | Semple Stadium, Thurles | ||||||
The 2015 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final will be a hurling match played on 12 July 2015 at Semple Stadium, Thurles. The winners will advance to the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, while the loser would go into the All Ireland qualifiers. Tipperary and Waterford will contest the final.
Previous Munster Final encounters
| 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 |
| 12 July 2009 | Semple Stadium, Thurles | 4-14 (26) | 2-16 (22) | RTE Sport |
| 10 July 2011 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | 7-19 (40) | 0-19 (19) | Irish Independent |
| 15 July 2012 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | 2-17 (23) | 0-16 (16) | Irish Examiner |
Route to the final
Tipperary
| 21 June 2015 16:00 Semi-final |
 Limerick
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1-16 - 4-23 |  Tipperary
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Gaelic Grounds Attendance: 31,488 Referee: B Gavin (Offaly) |
| S Dowling (1-7), D Hannon (0-3), D Breen (0-1), G O'Mahony (0-1), G Mulcahy (0-2), S O'Brien (0-1), D O'Grady (0-1). | Report | S Callanan (2-5), J O'Dwyer (0-7), J Forde (1-3), M Breen (1-0), P Maher (0-3), S McGrath (0-2), N O'Meara (0-1), J Woodlock (0-1), S Bourke (0-1). |
Waterford
| 7 June 2015 16:00 Semi-final |
 Cork
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1-21 - 3-19 |  Waterford
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Semple Stadium Attendance: 21,047 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath) |
| P Horgan (1-7, goal and six points frees), P Cronin (0-5), A Cadogan (0-2), D McCarthy (0-1, one 65), A Walsh (0-1), L O’Farrell (0-1), D Kearney (0-1), M Ellis (0-1), C Lehane (0-1), B Cooper (0-1). | Report | M Shanahan (1-9, seven frees, one 65), T Devine (1-0), J Dillon (1-0), K Moran (0-2), Stephen Bennett (0-2), Shane Bennett (0-2), A Gleeson (0-1, free), T de Búrca (0-1), C Dunford (0-1), P Curran (0-1). |
Build Up
On 23 June Waterford and Tipperary struck a deal to stage the final at Semple Stadium in Thurles as the regular venue for this fixture, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, is out of commission due to redevelopment work.[1][2] The match will be shown live on RTÉ Two as part of the The Sunday Game Live.
Match details
References
- ^ "Semple gets green light as Waterford agree deal for Thurles clash". Irish Independent. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ "Waterford boss Derek McGrath content as Thurles chosen to host Munster final". Irish Examiner. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.