2018 Munster Senior Football Championship

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2018 Munster SFC
Tournament details
Year2018
Winners
ChampionsKerry
Runners-up
Runners-upCork
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The 2018 Munster Senior Football Championship will be the 2018 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA.[1] The fixtures were announced on 31 October 2017.[2][3]

Kerry won the championship, defeating rivals Cork in the final.

Teams[]

The Munster championship is contested by all six counties in the Irish province of Munster.

Team Colours Sponsor Manager Captain Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial
Clare Portumna GAA colours.PNG Saffron and Blue Colm Collins Gary Brennan
1992
Cork Cork colours.PNG Red and white Ronan McCarthy Paul Kerrigan
2010
2012
Kerry Gort GAA colours.png Green and gold Éamonn Fitzmaurice Fionn Fitzgerald
2014
2017
Limerick Limerick colours.PNG Green and white Billy Lee Donal O’Sullivan
1896
1896
Tipperary Tipperary colours.PNG Blue and gold Liam Kearns Robbie Kiely
1920
1935
Waterford Waterford colours.PNG White and blue Tom McGlinchey Paul Whyte
1898

Bracket[]

Quarter-Finals
  • v
Semi-Finals Munster Final
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 0-20
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 0-9 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 0-9
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 1-17
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 2-4
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 3-18
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 0-32
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 0-14 Colours of Clare.svg Clare 0-10
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 1-22

Fixtures[]

Quarter-finals[]

19 May 2018
7:00pm
Quarter-Final
Limerick Colours of Limerick.svg 0-14 (14) – (26) 1-23 Colours of Clare.svg Clare
(HT: 0-07 – 1-09)

Pts: S McSweeney 5 (5f), J Ryan 3 (2f), J Lee 3 (1f), D Neville 2, P White 1		 Gls: K Malone 1
Pts: E Cleary 5, K Malone 3, D Tubridy 3 (1f), C Finucane 2, E Courtney 2, P Lillis 1, C O'Connor 1; J Malone 1, K Sexton 1, C Ó hAiniféin 1, G O'Brien 1, G Cooney 1, M O'Leary 1
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)
Attendance: 2,304
19 May 2018
7:00pm
Quarter-Final
Tipperary Colours of Tipperary.svg 0-20 (20) – (9) 0-9 Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford
(HT: 0-07 – 0-03)

Pts: L McGrath 9 (7f), M Quinlivan 3, K O’Halloran 2, J Feehan 1, J Kennedy 1, J Keane 1, L Boland 1, P Austin 1, J Lonergan 1
Pts: J Curry 3 (1f, 1 s/l), S Prendergast 2, G Crotty 2, C Murray 1, JJ Hutchinson 1
Semple Stadium, Thurles
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
Attendance: 1,658

Semi-finals[]

26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)
7:00 pm
Semi-Final
Tipperary Colours of Tipperary.svg 0-9 (9) – (20) 1-17 Colours of Cork.svg Cork
(HT: 0-04 – 1-08)

Pts: L McGrath 5 (4f), J Kennedy 1 (1f), M Quinlivan 1, P Austin 1, L Boland 1		 Gls: C O’Neill 1
Pts: L Connolly 10 (5f), M Collins 3, P Kerrigan 2, S White 1, B Hurley 1
Semple Stadium, Thurles
Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)
Attendance: 3,339
3 June 2018
3:30 pm
Semi-Final
Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 0-32 (32) – (10) 0-10 Colours of Clare.svg Clare
(HT: 0-16 – 0-4)

Pts: S O’Shea 7 (4f, 1 ’45), P Geaney 7 (1f), J O’Donoghue 4 (2f), S O’Brien 3, BJ Keane 3, M Burns 2, D Clifford 2 (1f), J Barry 1, A Maher 1, M Geaney 1, D O’Sullivan (1f)
Pts: E Cleary 5 (4f), D Tubridy 2 (1f), J Malone 2, P Lillis 1
Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Attendance: 16,729

Final[]

23 June 2018
7:00 pm
Munster Final
Cork Colours of Cork.svg 2-4 (10) – (27) 3-18 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry
(HT: 2-01 – 1-11)
Gls: M Collins 1, L Connolly 1
Pts: L Connolly 2 (1f), M Collins 1, P Kelleher 1		 Gls: P Geaney 2, S O’Brien 1
Pts: P Geaney 5, S O’Shea 4 (2 45, 1f), J O’Donoghue 3 (1f), D Clifford 2, P Murphy 2, G White 1, BJ Keane 1
Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
Referee: Ciarán Branagan (Down)
Attendance: 27,764

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2018 Munster SHC/SFC Fixtures". munstergaa.ie. 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Master Fixtures plan published". GAA. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Munster GAA Hurling Championship". Munster GAA. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

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