2016 Munster Senior Football Championship
Winners | |
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Champions | Kerry (78th win) |
Captain | Bryan Sheehan |
Manager | Éamonn Fitzmaurice |
Runners-up | |
Runners-up | Tipperary |
Captain | Peter Acheson |
Manager | Liam Kearns |
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The 2016 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2016 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Munster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kerry entered the competition as defending Munster champions and retained their title after a 3-17 to 2-10 victory over Tipperary [1][2]
Last year's Munster finalists receive a bye into this year's Munster semi-finals. The four remaining teams play two quarter-final matches with the winners completing the semi-final line-up. All matches are knock-out.
Teams
The Munster championship is contested by all six counties in the Irish province of Munster.
Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | Most recent success | |
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All-Ireland | Provincial | |||||
Clare | Saffron and Blue | Pat O'Donnell | Colm Collins | Gary Brennan | ||
Cork | Red and white | Chill Insurance | Peadar Healy | Paul Kerrigan | ||
Kerry | Green and gold | Kerry Group | Éamonn Fitzmaurice | Bryan Sheehan | ||
Limerick | Green and white | Sporting Limerick | John Brudair | Iain Corbett | ||
Tipperary | Blue and gold | Intersport | Liam Kearns | Peter Acheson | ||
Waterford | White and blue | 3 Mobile | Tom McGlinchey | Tommy Prendergast |
Bracket
Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Munster Final | |||||||||||
Clare | 0-16 | ||||||||||||
Limerick | 0-13 | Clare | 0-17 | ||||||||||
Kerry | 2-23 | ||||||||||||
Kerry | 3-17 | ||||||||||||
Tipperary | 2-10 | ||||||||||||
Cork | 2-16 | ||||||||||||
Waterford | 1-07 | Tipperary | 3-15 | ||||||||||
Tipperary | 1-15 | ||||||||||||
Fixtures
Quarter-Finals
29 May 2016 3:30 p.m. First Round |
Limerick | 0-13 - 0-16 | Clare |
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I. Ryan (0-8, 7 frees); D. Neville (0-2, 1 free); C. Sheehan, S. Buckley, S. Cahill (0-1 each). | Report | D. Tubridy (2 frees), J. Malone (0-3 each); K. Sexton, P. Collins, E. Cleary (0-2 each); C. O’Connor, S. Collins, S. McGrath, G. Brennan (0-1 each). |
29 May 2016 3:30 p.m. First Round |
Waterford | 1-7 - 1-15 | Tipperary |
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P Whyte (1-5, 0-3 frees, 0-1 ’45); G Crotty, T Prendergast (0-1 each). | Report | M Quinlivan (0-4); G Hannigan, P Acheson (0-3 each); M O’Gorman (1-0 OG); K O’Halloran (0-2, 0-2 frees); M Dunne, C O’Shaughnessy, B Fox (0-1 each). |
Semi-Finals
12 June 2016 Semi Final |
Kerry | 2-23 - 0-17 | Clare |
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S O'Brien 1-5, C Cooper 1-3 (1f), P Geaney 0-5 (1f), BJ Keane, D O'Sullivan, B Sheehan (2f) 0-2 each, P Murphy, K Young, D Moran, A Maher 0-1 each | Report | D Tubridy 0-7 (4f, 2 45), E Cleary (1 sl, 1f) P Lillis 0-3 each, G Brennan 0-2, P Collins, C O'Connor 0-1. |
12 June 2016 Semi Final |
Cork | 2-16 - 3-15 | Tipperary |
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M Collins 2-1, D O'Connor (3fs), P Kerrigan (1f) 0-3 each, C Dorman, C O'Neill (2fs), D Goulding (1f) 0-2 each, B Hurley, J O'Rourke, P Kelleher 0-1 each. | Report | M Quinlivan 1-3 (0-1f), K O'Halloran 0-7 (3fs, 2 45s), B Fox 1-1, C Sweeney 1-0, P Acheson 0-2, C McDonald, B Maher 0-1 each. |
- Tipperary's last victory over Cork in the Munster Senior Football Championship was in 1944.[3]
Munster Final
3 July 2016 Final |
Kerry | 3-17 - 2-10 | Tipperary |
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Paul Geaney 2-3, Paul Murphy 1-1, Bryan Sheehan (0-4f), James O’Donoghue (0-3f) 0-4 each, Barry John Keane, Mikey Geaney, Killian Young, Darran O’Sullivan, Stephen O’Brien 0-1 each | Report | Kevin O’Halloran 0-6 (0-4f, 0-1 ’45), Jimmy Feehan, Robbie Kiely 1-0 each, Michael Quinlivan 0-3 (0-2f), Alan Moloney 0-1 |
Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Attendance: 21,512 |
See also
References
- ↑ http://munster.gaa.ie/fixtures/senior/
- ↑ "5 goals in Munster final as glory goes to Kerry with win over Tipperary in Killarney". The 42. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ "Heroic Tipperary stun Cork with first Championship victory in 72 years". Irish Examiner. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
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