2021 Munster Senior Football Championship

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2021 Munster SFC
Tournament details
Year2021
Winners
ChampionsColours of Kerry.svg Kerry (82nd win)
Runners-up
Runners-upColours of Cork.svg Cork
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The 2021 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2021 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA. Kerry won the tournament beating Cork in the final.[1]

Teams[]

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

Team Colours Sponsor Manager Captain Last previous 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 Peter Keane David Clifford
2014
2019
Limerick Limerick colours.PNG Green and white Billy Lee Donal O’Sullivan
1896
1896
Tipperary Tipperary colours.PNG Blue and gold David Power Conor Sweeney
1920
2020
Waterford Waterford colours.PNG White and blue Benji Whelan Paul Whyte
1898

Bracket[]

Quarter-Finals   Semi-Finals   Final
                   
    Colours of Cork.svg Cork 1-16  
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 4-18     Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 0-11  
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 0-12       Colours of Cork.svg Cork 1-9
    Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry  4-22
    Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 1-8
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 3-22     Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 1-19  
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 1-11  

Quarter-Finals[]

The 4 non-finalists of the 2020 championship entered this round. The lowest ranked county to play in the quarter-finals was Waterford of Division 4.

26 June 2021
15:00
Quarter-final 		Limerick (3) 4-18 - 0-12 Waterford (4) Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Hugh Bourke 1-6 (0-3f), Iain Corbett (1-0 pen) and Robbie Bourke (0-1f) 1-2 each, Cillian Fahy 1-1, Cian Sheehan and Danny Neville 0-2 each, Tommie Childs, Brian Donovan, Josh Ryan 0-1 each Report Brian Lynch 0-4 (0-3f), Dermot Ryan 0-3, Jason Curry (0-2f) and Darragh Corcoran 0-2 each, Michael Kiely 0-1
26 June 2021
19:00
Quarter-final 		Kerry (1) 3-22 - 1-11 Clare (2) Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)
Man of the Match: Sean O'Shea (Kenmare Shamrocks)
Sean O'Shea 1-7 (0-3f), David Clifford 1-6 (0-2f), Micheál Burns 1-0, Killian Spillane 0-3, Gavin White and Paudie Clifford 0-2 each, David Moran and Paul Geaney 0-1 each Report Eoin Cleary 0-6 (0-2f), David Tubridy 1-1 (0-1f), Darragh Bohannon 0-2, Podge Collins and Emmet McMahon 0-1 each

Semi-Finals[]

The finalists of the 2020 championship entered this round along with the 2 quarter-final winners. The lowest ranked county to play in the quarter-finals are Limerick and Tipperary of Division 3.

10 July 2021
15:00 IST (UTC+1)
Semi-final 		Cork (2) 1-16 - 0-11 Limerick (3) Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Attendance: 500
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
John O'Rourke 1-3, Brian Hurley 0-6 (0-4f), Sean Powter and Cian Kiely 0-2 each, Sean Meehan, Mattie Taylor, Ian Maguire 0-1 each Report Hugh Bourke 0-5f, Iain Corbett and Danny Neville 0-2 each, Gordon Brown and Aaron O'Sullivan (1 '45) 0-1 each
10 July 2021
19:00 IST (UTC+1)
Semi-final 		Kerry (1) 1-19 - 1-8 Tipperary (3) Semple Stadium, Thurles
Attendance: 500
Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)
Man of the Match: Paudie Clifford (Fossa)
Sean O'Shea 0-8 (0-5f, 1 '45), David Clifford 1-2 (0-1f), Killian Spillane 0-3, Tom O'Sullivan 0-2, David Moran, Diarmuid O'Connor, Paul Geaney, Paudie Clifford 0-1 each Report Conor Sweeney 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-3f), Jack Kennedy 0-3 (0-2f), Kevin Fahey 0-1

Final[]

25 July 2021
16:00 IST (UTC+1)
Final 		Kerry 4-22 - 1-9 Cork Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Barry Cassidy, Bellaghy (Derry)
Sean O’Shea 1-6 (0-3f), Paul Geaney 2-1, Paudie Clifford 0-3, Brian Ó Beaglaoich 1-0, Jack Barry, Killian Spillane, Tom O’Sullivan 0-2 each, Mike Breen, David Moran, David Clifford (0-1f), Stephen O’Brien, Tadhg Morley, Tommy Walsh 0-1 each. Report Brian Hurley 1-3 (0-1f), Michael Hurley 0-2, Brian Hartnett, Ian Maguire, Luke Connolly, Daniel Dineen (0-1 mark) 0-1 each.

Kerry qualify to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b The game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ "Kerry hammer Cork by 22 points to land Munster football title in style". the42. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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