2023 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

The 2023 Munster Senior Hurling Championship is the 2023 installment of the annual Munster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Munster GAA.

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Tournament details
Province	Munster
Year	2023
Trophy	The Mick Mackey Cup^[1]
Date	April - June 2023
Teams	5
Defending champions	Limerick
Winners
Champions	Limerick (24th win)
Manager	John Kiely
Captain	Declan Hannon
Qualify for	Munster SHC Final All-Ireland SHC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Clare
Other
Matches played	11
Website	https://munster.gaa.ie/
← 2022 2024 →

Limerick entered the competition as four times defending champions.

The competition began on Sunday, April 23, 2023.

Teams

General Information

Five counties will compete in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship:

County	Last Provincial Title	Last Championship Title	Position in 2022 Championship
Clare	1998	2013	Runners-up
Cork	2018	2005	3rd
Limerick	2022	2022	Champions
Tipperary	2016	2019	5th
Waterford	2010	1959	4th

Personnel and kits

County	Manager	Captain(s)	Sponsor
Clare	Brian Lohan	Tony Kelly	Pat O'Donnell
Cork	Pat Ryan	Sean O'Donoghue	Sports Direct
Limerick	John Kiely	Declan Hannon	JP McManus
Tipperary	Liam Cahill	Noel McGrath	Fiserv
Waterford	Davy Fitzgerald	Jamie Barron and Stephen Bennett	Cognizant

Group Stage

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Clare	4	3	0	1	8-91	10-76	+9	6	Advance to Munster Final
2	Limerick	4	2	1	1	6-88	2-98	+2	5
3	Tipperary	4	1	2	1	7-93	8-91	-1	4	Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals
4	Cork	4	1	1	2	8-94	7-90	+7	3
5	Waterford	4	1	0	3	1-77	3-88	-17	2

Round 1

  Waterford v   Limerick

23 April 2023 Round 1	Waterford	0-19 - 1-18	Limerick	Semple Stadium
	Stephen Bennett 0-13 (10fs), Austin Gleeson, Dessie Hutchinson 0-2 each, Jamie Barron, Conor Gleeson 0-1 each.	Report	Aaron Gillane 0-7 (5fs), Seamus Flanagan 1-1, Diarmuid Byrnes 0-3 (0-2 frees), Peter Casey and Tom Morrissey 0-2 each, Barry Nash, Gearoid Hegarty, 0-1.	Attendance: 20,267^[2]

  Clare v   Tipperary

23 April 2023 Round 1	Clare	3-23 - 5-22	Tipperary	Cusack Park
	Aidan McCarthy 1-13 (7fs, 2’65), Mark Rodgers 2-0), Ryan Taylor, Ian Galvin, Shane Meehan 0-2 each, Diarmuid Ryan, Tony Kelly, John Conlon, Robin Mounsey 0-1 each.	Report	Jason Forde 2-6 (1-0 Pen, 5fs, 1-1 sideline), Jake Morris 2-4, Sean Ryan 1-1, Noel McGrath 0-3, Gearoid O’Connor 0-2, Brian McGrath, Alan Tynan, John McGrath, Mark Kehoe, Seamus Kennedy, Conor Bowe 0-1 each.	Attendance: 17,971^[3]

Round 2

  Limerick v   Clare

29 April 2023 Round 2	Limerick	2-20 - 1-24	Clare	TUS Gaelic Grounds
	Aaron Gillane 0-7 (6fs), Seamus Flanagan 2-1, Diarmuid Byrnes 0-5 (5fs), Tom Morrissey 0-4 (1f), Cathal O'Neill 0-2, Cian Lynch 0-1	Report	Aidan McCarthy 0-7 (4fs, 1 65'), Tony Kelly 0-4, Peter Duggan 1-1, Mark Rodgers 0-3 (1 sideline), David McInerney, David Fitzgerald, Shane O'Donnell, Aron Shanagher 0-2 each, Ryan Taylor 0-1	Attendance: 30,460^[4] Referee: Colm Lyons (Cork)

  Cork v   Waterford

30 April 2023 Round 2	Cork	0-27 - 0-18	Waterford	Pairc Ui Chaoimh
	Patrick Horgan 0-8 (6fs), Darragh Fitzgibbon 0-4, Declan Dalton (2f), Seamus Harnedy 0-3 each, Robert Downey, Conor Lehane, Robbie O'Flynn 0-2 each, Brian Roche, Shane Barrett, Luke Meade 0-1 each	Report	Stephen Bennett 0-9 (7fs, 1 65'), Callum Lyons, Padraig Fitzgerald 0-2 each, Jamie Barron, Neil Montgomery, Dessie Hutchinson, Austin Gleeson, Patrick Fitzgerald 0-1 each	Attendance: 29,104^[5] Referee: James Owens (Wexford)

Round 3

  Cork v   Tipperary

6 May 2023 Round 3	Cork	4-19 - 2-25	Tipperary	Cork
	Patrick Horgan 0-8 (5f, 2 65); Declan Dalton 1-2 (0-2f); Darragh Fitzgibbon 1-1; Robbie O'Flynn, Brian Hayes 1-0 each; Séamus Harnedy, Shane Kingston 0-3 each; Conor Lehane, Tim O’Mahony 0-1 each.	Report	Mark Kehoe 1-4; Gearóid O’Connor 1-3 (0-3f); Alan Tynan, Jason Forde (3f) 0-4 each; Séamus Kennedy, Jake Morris 0-3 each; Conor Stakelum, Noel McGrath, Seán Ryan, Séamus Callanan 0-1 each.	Stadium: Pairc Ui Chaoimh Attendance: 36,765 Referee: Paud O'Dwyer (Carlow).

  Waterford v   Clare

13 May 2023 Round 3	Waterford	0-16 - 2-22	Clare	Thurles
	S Bennett 0-7 (7fs); A Gleeson 0-3 (2fs); D Hutchinson, P Curran 0-2 each; J Barron, P Hogan 0-1 each.	Report	T Kelly 0-13 (8fs, 1 65); I Galvin, C Malone 1-1 each; D Ryan, S O’Donnell 0-2 each; R Taylor, S Meehan, R Mounsey 0-1 each.	Stadium: Semple Stadium Attendance: 14,320 Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow).

Round 4

  Tipperary v   Limerick

21 May 2023 Round 4	Tipperary	0-25 - 0-25	Limerick	Semple Stadium
	Gearoid O’Connor 0-10 (9fs), Jake Morris 0-4, Mark Kehoe 0-3, Conor Bowe 0-3, Noel McGrath 0-2, Seamus Callanan, Rhys Shelly, John McGrath 0-1 each	Report	Aaron Gillane 0-6 (3fs) Cathal O’Neill 0-5, Diarmuid Byrnes 0-4 (3fs), Tom Morrissey 0-4, Seamus Flanagan, Graeme Mulcahy 0-2 each, Peter Casey, Declan Hannon 0-1 each	Attendance: 37,459^[6] Referee: Sean Stack (Dublin)

  Clare v   Cork

21 May 2023 Round 4	Clare	2-22 - 3-18	Cork	Cusack Park
	Tony Kelly 2-4 (1-0 pen), Aidan McCarthy (2f), David Fitzgerald, Diarmuid Ryan ,0-3 each, Ryan Taylor, Shane O’Donnell, David McInerney 0-2 each, Peter Duggan, Mark Rodgers, Seadna Morey 0-1 each	Report	Patrick Horgan 1-9 (6fs), Declan Dalton 1-1 (1f), Conor Cahalane 1-0, Seamus Harnedy, Darragh Fitzgibbon, Brian Roche 0-2 each, Damien Cahalane, Shane Kingston 0-1 each	Attendance: 18,659 Referee: Johnny Murphy (Limerick)

Round 5

  Tipperary v   Waterford

28 May 2023 Round 5	Tipperary	0-21 - 1-24	Waterford	Semple Stadium
	Noel McGrath 0-7 (7f), Gearoid O'Connor 0-4 (3f), Seamus Callanan 0-3, Ronan Maher 0-2, Brian McGrath, Alan Tynan, Mark Kehoe, Conor Bowe, Seamus Kennedy 0-1 each	Report	Stephen Bennett 0-8 (7f), Dessie Hutchinson 1-4, Jack Fagan 0-4, Neil Montgomery, Patrick Fitzgerald 0-2 each, Billy Nolan, Darragh Lyons, Peter Hogan, Patrick Curran 0-1 each	Referee: John Keenan (Wicklow)

  Limerick v   Cork

28 May 2023 Round 5	Limerick	3-25 - 1-30	Cork	TUS Gaelic Grounds
	Diarmaid Byrnes 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-1 65'), Seamus Flanagan 1-3, Aaron Gillane 0-5 (2f), Cathal O'Neill 1-0, Gearoid Hegarty, Darragh O’Donovan 0-3 each, Tom Morrissey 0-2, Peter Casey, William O’Donoghue, Kyle Hayes, Declan Hannon, Barry Nash 0-1 each	Report	Patrick Horgan 1-14 (11f), Darragh Fitzgibbon, Seamus Harnedy 0-4 each, Declan Dalton 0-3 (2f), Shane Kingston 0-2, Tim O’Mahony, Luke Meade, Rob Downey 0-1 each.	Attendance: 40,847 Referee: James Owens (Wexford)

Munster Final

Final

  Clare v   Limerick

11 June 2023 Final	Clare	1-22 - 1-23	Limerick	TUS Gaelic Grounds
	Tony Kelly 0-6 (0-2 frees); Mark Rodgers 1-2; Aidan McCarthy 0-4 (0-3 frees); Shane O’Donnell, David Fitzgerald, Ian Galvin 0-2 each; Cathal Malone, Diarmuid Ryan, Ryan Taylor, Aron Shanagher 0-1 each	Report	Aaron Gillane 1-11 (0-8 frees); Tom Morrissey, David Reidy 0-3 each; Cathal O’Neill 0-2; Darragh O’Donovan, Gearoid Hegarty, Kyle Hayes, Adam English 0-1 each	Attendance: 43,756^[7] Referee: Liam Gordon (Galway) Man of the Match: Aaron Gillane (Limerick)

Stadia and locations

 

 

Clare

 

Cork

 

Limerick

 

Tipperary

 

Waterford

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Locations of the 2023 Munster SHC teams

County	Location	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Clare	Ennis	Munster	Cusack Park	19,000
Cork	Cork	Munster	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	45,000
Limerick	Limerick	Munster	Gaelic Grounds	44,023
Tipperary	Thurles	Munster	Semple Stadium	45,690
Waterford	Waterford	Munster	Fraher Field	15,000

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorer overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Patrick Horgan	Cork	2-39	45	4	11.25
2	Aaron Gillane	Limerick	1-36	39	5	7.80
3	Stephen Bennett	Waterford	0-37	37	4	9.25
4	Tony Kelly	Clare	2-28	34	5	6.80
5	Aidan McCarthy		1-27	30	4	7.50
6	Gearóid O'Connor	Tipperary	1-19	22	4	5.50
7	Séamus Flanagan	Limerick	4-07	19	5	3.80
	Diarmaid Byrnes		1-16
9	Jake Morris	Tipperary	2-11	17	3	5.67
10	Jason Forde		2-10	16	2	8.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Patrick Horgan	Cork	1-14	17	Limerick
2	Aaron Gillane	Limerick	1-11	14	Clare
3	Aidan McCarthy	Clare	1-13	16	Tipperary
4	Stephen Bennett	Waterford	0-13	13	Limerick
	Tony Kelly	Clare			Waterford
6	Jason Forde	Tipperary	2-06	12	Clare
	Patrick Horgan	Cork	1-09
8	Jake Morris	Tipperary	2-04	10
	Tony Kelly	Clare			Cork
	Gearóid O'Connor	Tipperary	0-10		Limerick

Scoring events

• Widest winning margin: 12 points
  • Waterford 0-16 - 2-22 Clare (Round 3)
• Most goals in a match: 8
  • Clare 3-23 - 5-22 Tipperary (Round 1)
• Most points in a match: 55
  • Limerick 3-25 - 1-30 Cork (Round 5)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 5
  • Clare 3-23 - 5-22 Tipperary (Round 1)
• Most points by one team in a match: 30
  • Limerick 3-25 - 1-30 Cork (Round 5)
• Highest aggregate score: 69 points
  • Clare 3-23 - 5-22 Tipperary (Round 1)
• Lowest aggregate score: 40 points
  • Waterford 0-19 - 1-18 Limerick (Round 1)

Miscellaneous

• Limerick won their fifth munster championship in a row
• Tipperary ended five match losing streak in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship by beating Clare in the opening round.
• Limerick lost their first Munster Senior Hurling Championship match since 2019 with Clare defeating them in round 2

See also

• 2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
• 2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
• 2023 Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2)
• 2023 Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3)
• 2023 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4)
• 2023 Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)

References

1. "MUNSTER GAA PRESS RELEASE – MICK MACKEY CUP LAUNCHED". Limerick GAA. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
2. "Waterford give 14-man Limerick an almighty fright in Munster opener". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
3. "Munster SHC: Tipp prevail following goal laden clash". GAA. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
4. "Clare give the summer new life as they hand Limerick their first defeat in four years". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
5. "Perfect start for Cork as Ryan's Rebels brush Waterford aside". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
6. "Honours even as Tipp and Limerick play out another Munster classic". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
7. "LIVE Munster hurling final: Limerick v Clare". Irish Times. Retrieved 11 June 2023.