2012 Bord Gais Energy
Munster Under 21 Hurling
Championship Semi-Final

Clare vs. Waterford
When - Wednesday July 19th @ 7:30pm
Where - Cusack Park Ennis
Referee - Johnny Ryan (Tipperary)

Extra time - (2 periods x 10 minutes only) to be played if sides finish level at the end of 60 minutes
Replay date - Thursday July 26th @ 7:30pm in a Waterford venue
Next Round - the winners play Tipperary or Limerick on August 8th in the Munster Final
Admission Prices -
Adult - €10
Student/OAP with appropriate ID Card - €5
Under 16s are free
Contact Munster GAA PRO Ed Donnelly at [email protected] for more information

For the Record
Clare
2011 Championship Performance
Lost to Limerick by 2-19 to 1-15 in the Munster Semi-Final at Cusack Park Ennis.
Number of Munster Under 21 Hurling titles 1
Last Munster Under 21 Hurling Title 2009
Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship Record since 2000
Played - 17
Won - 6
Lost - 11
Drawn - 0

Last meeting in the Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship July 29th 2009 at Fraher Field Dungarvan (Munster Final) - Clare 2-17 Waterford 2-12 - Two goals by Darach Honan and seven points by Colin Ryan helped Clare to win their first Munster Under 21 Hurling title.

What happened 3 years ago?
2009 Munster Minor Hurling Championship Round-up Defeated Waterford in the first round by 1-12 to 0-14. Waterford came back via the losers group and then defeated Clare by 3-9 to 0-12 in the Munster Semi-Final. After a loss to Clare in the first round, Waterford defeated Limerick, Clare and Tipperary to win the Munster Minor Hurling title.

Waterford
2011 Championship Performance
Lost to Tipperary by 4-12 to 1-16 in the Munster Quarter-Final at Semple Stadium Thurles.

Number of Munster Under 21 Hurling titles
3

Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship Record since 2000
Played - 17
Won - 5
Lost - 12
Drawn - 0

Last meeting in the Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship July 29th 2009 at Fraher Field Dungarvan (Munster Final) - Clare 2-17 Waterford 2-12 - Two goals by Darach Honan and seven points by Colin Ryan helped Clare to win their first Munster Under 21 Hurling title.

What happened 3 years ago?
2009 Munster Minor Hurling Championship Round-up Defeated Waterford in the first round by 1-12 to 0-14. Waterford came back via the losers group and then defeated Clare by 3-9 to 0-12 in the Munster Semi-Final. After a loss to Clare in the first round, Waterford defeated Limerick, Clare and Tipperary to win the Munster Minor Hurling title.

BORD GAIS ENERGY MUNSTER GAA
HURLING UNDER 21 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012

Quarter-Final
Wednesday June 6th
@ Pairc Ui Chaoimh Tipperary 0-18 Cork 0-17

Semi-Finals
Wednesday July 18th
@ Gaelic Grounds Limerick Limerick v Tipperary @ 7:30pm

Thursday July 19th
@ Cusack Park Ennis Clare v Waterford @ 7:30pm

Final
Wednesday August 8th

Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship Roll Of Honour
Tipperary (20) - 1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

Cork (18) - 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2007

Limerick (6) - 1986, 1987, 2000, 2001, 2002 , 2011

Waterford (3) - 1974, 1992, 1994

Clare (1) - 2009


Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship - List of Winning Teams

Visit the Munster GAA web site History section to view the complete list of each winning team since the competition began in1964 - http://munster.gaa.ie/history/u21h_teams/

Munster Under 21 Hurling Cup

Corn na Cásca presented by the Munster Council in 1966 to commemorate the jubilee of the 1916 Rising.

All Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship

In the Under 21 Hurling All Ireland Roll of Honour, Cork top the charts along with Kilkenny with 11 titles.
Galway are the defending champions and have 10 titles followed by Tipperary with 9. Limerick have won 4 All-Ireland titles in this grade while Waterford and Clare have 1 title each.

2012 Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship Matches played to date
Tipperary 0-18 Cork 0-17 - June 6th @ Pairc Ui Chaoimh (Munster Quarter-Final)
Tipperary: Paul Ryan; S Maher, A Ryan, Pa Ryan; W Ryan, D Maher, J Cahill; B Stapleton, D McCormack; N O'Meara, S Curran, D Collins; L McGrath, J O'Dwyer, E Murray.
Subs: C Hogan for D Maher (45), A McCormack for Murray (48), T Heffernan for D McCormack (51).
Cork: S Nyhan; P O'Mahony, D Cahalane, C Spillane; D O'Mahony, C Joyce, P O'Brien; N Kelly, D Drake; M Sugrue, J Cronin, C Lehane; J Coughlan, D Brosnan, E O'Sullivan.
Subs: K Kavanagh for Spillane (inj) (8), B Murray for Brosnan (44), C Murphy for Kelly (52), P Haughney for Cronin (60).
Referee: Pat Casey (Waterford)
2012 Top Scorers - Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship

John O'Dwyer (Tipperary) - 0-9 (0-6 frees)
Jamie Coughlan (Cork) - 0-9 (0-6 frees)
Conor Lehane (Cork) - 0-3
David Drake (Cork) - 0-3
Sean Curran (Tipperary) - 0-2
David Collins (Tipperary) - 0-2
Brian Stapleton (Tipperary), Dan McCormack (Tipperary), Niall O'Meara (Tipperary), Eanna Murray (Tipperary), Liam McGrath (Tipperary), Christopher Joyce (Cork) (0-1 '65), E O'Sullivan (Cork) 0-1 each

Useful Information
Waterford have won 1 of their last 5 matches in the Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship, a 3-21 to 2-14 victory over Tipperary in the 2009 Munster Semi-Final at Fraher Field Dungarvan.

Since 2007, 4 of the 5 counties in the Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship have won the title - Cork (2007), Tipperary (2008 and 2010), Clare (2009) and Limerick (2011).

The Munster Under 21 Hurling champions have captured the All-Ireland crown on just two occasions since 2003 - Clare (2009) and Tipperary (2010).

2009 Munster Under 21 Hurling Final - Clare 2-17 Waterford 2-12

Scorers: Clare: D Honan 2-2, C Ryan 0-7 (0-4f), N O'Connell (0-3f), C O'Donovan 0-3 each, C Morey, J Conlon 0-1 each.

Waterford: M Shanahan 0-6 (0-5f), S Casey 1-3, T Ryan 1-1 (0-1 sideline), A Power (0-1f), J Gorman 0-1 each.

Clare: D Tuohy; J Gunning, E Glynn, C O'Doherty; D O'Donovan, C Duggan, E Barrett; N O'Connell, L Markham; J Conlon, S Collins, C O'Donovan; D Honan, C Morey, C Ryan. Subs: C Tierney for Collins (half-time), P O'Connor for Duggan (half-time), C McGrath for Markham (56).

Waterford: A Power; N Connors, S Fives, J Maher; P Mahony, S Daniels, D O'Sullivan; S Walsh, K Duggan; T Connors, P Murray, M Shanahan; B O'Sullivan, S Casey, T Ryan. Subs: J Gorman for Maher (inj) (34), S Power for B O'Sullivan (51), D Twomey for Connors (60).

Referee: Diarmuid Kirwan (Cork).

2009 Munster Minor Hurling Semi-Final - Waterford 3-9 Clare 0-12

Scorers for Waterford: I Galgey 1-2; M O'Neill 0-5 (0-4 frees); B O'Halloran 1-0; P Prendergast 1-0; F Murray, J Dillon, 0-1 each.

Clare: C McGrath 0-8 (0-4 frees); D O'Halloran 0-2; D Keane, S Golden, 0-1 each.

Waterford: S O'Keeffe; L Egan, T Costello, M Wyse; J Dee, P Mahoney, D Fives; K Moore, M O'Neill (c); F Murray, R Cahill, B O'Halloran; P Prendergast, J Dillon, P Mahoney
Subs: I Galgey (Moore 30+1).

Clare: R Taaffe; N Purcell, K Ryan, T Purcell; S O'Connor, P O'Connor, C McGuane (c); C McInerney, S Golden; D Keane, E Hanrahan, A Considine; C O'Donnell, C McGrath, D O'Halloran
Subs: G Guilgoyle (Hanrahan 40); E Boyce (T Purcell inj 40); D Liddy (Considine 52); A Mulready (O'Donnell 54).

Referee: D Copps (Cork) Tweet

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