2020 Munster Senior Hurling League

2020 Munster Senior Hurling League
Dates	15 December 2019 – 11 January 2020
Teams	6
Sponsor	Co-Op Superstores
Champions	Limerick (2nd title); Cian Lynch (captain); John Kiely (manager)
Runners-up	Cork; Patrick Horgan (captain); Kieran Kingston (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	17 (2.43 per match)
Points scored	274 (39.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Reidy (1-29)
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The 2020 Munster Senior Hurling League was the fifth staging of the Munster Senior Hurling League since its establishment by the Munster Council in 2016. The league began on 15 December 2019 and ended on 11 January 2020.

Clare were the defending champions, however, they failed to make it out of the group stage.^[1]

On 11 January 2020, Limerick won the Munster League after a 1-32 to 0-20 defeat of Cork in the final at the LIT Gaelic Grounds.^[2] This was their second league title overall and their first title since 2018.^[3]

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. If the final is a draw, a penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner; there is no extra time played.^[4]

Fixtures and results

Group 1

Table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Limerick	2	2	0	0	58	42	+16	4
Clare	2	1	0	1	45	52	–7	2
Tipperary	2	0	0	2	42	51	–9	0

Fixtures and results

15 December 2019	Tipperary	1-19 – 2-17	Clare	MacDonagh Park, Nenagh
	J Forde (0-14 7f 2SC) P Flynn (0-03), T Fox (1-00), M Breen (0-01), M Kehoe (0-01)	Report	N Deasy (0-07 5f), I Galvin (1-02), P Collins (0-03), S Morey (1-00), D Ryan (0-03), A Fahey (0-01 1f), C McInerney (0-01), A McCarthy (0-01)	Attendance: 830 Referee: Colm Lyons (Cork)

20 December 2019	Limerick	2-22 – 1-17	Tipperary	LIT Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	A Breen (1-5); D Reidy (0-6, 0-6 frees); S Flanagan (0-3); D Dempsey (1-0); D O’Connell T Morrissey (0-2 each); B Ryan, D Morrissey, P O’Loughlin, D O’Donovan (0-1 each).	Report	J Forde (0-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 sc); J McGrath (1-2); P Flynn (0-2); M Breen, M Kehoe, W Connors, J Cahill, C Darcy (0-1 each).	Attendance: 1,628 Referee: T (Waterford)

5 January 2020	Clare	1-19 – 1-27	Limerick	O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
	N Deasy 0-11 (nine frees, one 65’), A Shanagher 1-1, D Ryan 0-2, S O’Halloran 0-1, M O’Neill 0-1, C Guilfoyle 0-1, T Kelly 0-1, L Corry 0-1.	Report	D Reidy 1-12 (nine frees, one 65’), A Breen 0-4, T Morrissey 0-4, R Connolly 0-2, J Considine 0-2, R Hanley 0-1, D O’Donovan 0-1, D O’Connell 0-1.	Referee: K Jordan (Tipperary)

Group 2

Table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Cork	2	2	0	0	50	27	+23	4
Waterford	2	1	0	1	51	33	+18	2
Kerry	2	0	0	2	24	65	–41	0

Fixtures and results

20 December 2019	Cork	1-27 – 0-11	Kerry	Mallow GAA Complex, Mallow
	S Kingston 0-5 (0-1 free), R Walsh 1-2, S Twomey, C O’Leary (0-2 frees), R O’Flynn 0-4 each, M O’Halloran 0-3, B Turnbull, M Coleman (0-1 free) 0-2 each, D Cahalane 0-1.	Report	S Conway 0-7 (0-4 frees), S Nolan, D Collins, G Dooley, D O’Donoghue 0-1 each.	Attendance: 250 Referee: J O'Halloran (Limerick)

29 December 2019	Waterford	1-13 – 1-17	Cork	Fraher Field, Dungarvan
	P Curran 1-6 (0-5 frees), S Bennett 0-2 (0-1 free), S McNulty, K Moran, K Bennett, D Lyons, C Lyons 0-1 each.	Report	C Lehane 0-6 (0-3 frees, 0-1 65), T O’Connell 1-1, J O’Connor 0-3, L Meade, R O’Flynn, A Walsh 0-2 each, M O’Halloran 0-1.	Attendance: 2,976 Referee: J McCormack (Tipperary)

5 January 2020	Kerry	1-10 – 4-23	Waterford	Austin Stack Park, Tralee
	S Conway (1-8, 7f), J Conway and M Leane (0-1 each)	Report	S Bennett (1-9, 5f, 3 ‘65’s), A Gleeson (0-4, 2f), C Lyons and D Hutchinson (1-1 each), D Lyons (1-0), N Montgomery (0-3), M O’Brien (0-2), K Power, S Ryan and C Dunford (0-1 each)	Referee: R McGann (Clare)

Final

11 January 2020 Final	Limerick	1-32 – 0-20	Cork	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
19:30 GMT (UTC±0)	D Reidy 0-11 (0-8 frees); A Gillane 1-2; D Dempsey; G Mulcahy 0-5 each; D Byrnes (0-1 free); B Nash, T Morrissey 0-2 each; C Lynch, D O’Donovan, R Hanley, G Hegarty 0-1 each	Report	C Lehane 0-5 (0-3 frees); S Twomey, C O’Leary (0-3 frees), S Harnedy 0-3 each; B Turnbull, A Walsh 0-2 each; J O’Connor, P Horgan (free) 0-1 each	Attendance: 5,295 Referee: Kevin Jordan (Tipperary)

League statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	David Reidy	Limerick	1-29	32	3	10.66
2	Shane Conway	Kerry	1-15	18	2	9.00
2	Niall Deasy	Clare	0-18	18	2	9.00
3	Jason Forde	Tipperary	0-22	22	2	11.00
4	Stephen Bennett	Waterford	1-11	14	2	7.00
5	Adrian Breen	Limerick	1-09	12	3	4.00
6	Conor Lehane	Cork	0-11	11	2	5.50
7	Patrick Curran	Waterford	1-06	9	1	9.00
8	David Dempsey	Limerick	1-05	8	3	2.66
8	Tom Morrissey	Limerick	0-08	8	3	2.66

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	David Reidy	Limerick	1-12	15	Clare
2	Jason Forde	Tipperary	0-14	14	Clare
3	Stephen Bennett	Waterford	1-09	12	Kerry
4	Shane Conway	Kerry	1-08	11	Waterford
	Niall Deasy	Clare	0-11	11	Limerick
	David Reidy	Limerick	0-11	11	Cork
5	Patrick Curran	Waterford	1-06	9	Cork
6	Adrian Breen	Limerick	1-05	8	Tipperary
6	Jason Forde	Tipperary	0-08	8	Limerick
7	Niall Deasy	Clare	0-07	7	Tipperary
7	Shane Conway	Kerry	0-07	7	Cork

References

^ Brennan, Eoin (13 January 2019). "Tony Kelly stars as four-star Clare too strong for Premier in league decider". The 42. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
^ Moynihan, Michael (11 January 2020). "Limerick easily overcome understrength Cork". Breaking News. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ "Limerick 1-32 Cork 0-20". Munster GAA. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
^ "Fixture details confirmed for Limerick and Cork hurling and football finals". www.limerickleader.ie.

[1] Brennan, Eoin (13 January 2019). "Tony Kelly stars as four-star Clare too strong for Premier in league decider". The 42. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

[2] Moynihan, Michael (11 January 2020). "Limerick easily overcome understrength Cork". Breaking News. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[3] "Limerick 1-32 Cork 0-20". Munster GAA. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[4] "Fixture details confirmed for Limerick and Cork hurling and football finals". www.limerickleader.ie.

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