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

Limerick vs. Tipperary

When - Wednesday July 18th @ 7:30pm
Where - Gaelic Grounds Limerick
Referee - Michael Wadding (Waterford)
Stand-By Referee - Pat Casey (Waterford)
Linesman - Michael O'Brien (Waterford)
Sideline Official - Paul Foley (Waterford)

Extra time - (2 periods x 10 minutes only) to be played if sides finish level at the end of 60 minutes
Replay date - Wednesday July 25th @ 7:30pm in Semple Stadium Thurles
Next Round - the winners play Clare or Waterford 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
Limerick
2011 Championship Performance
Defeated Clare and Cork to win the Munster title before losing to Galway in the All-Ireland Semi-Final.

Number of Munster Under 21 Hurling titles 6

Last Munster Under 21 Hurling Title 2011

Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship Record since 2000
Played - 23
Won - 13
Lost - 8
Drawn - 2

Last meeting in the Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship July 17th 2008 at Semple Stadium Thurles (Munster Semi-Final) - Tipperary 1-13 Limerick 0-15 - a late point by Mark O'Meara helped Tipperary to a one point victory. Shane Bourke scored Tipperary's goal in the first half while Pa Bourke scored 9 points.

What happened 3 years ago?
2009 Munster Minor Hurling Championship Round-up Lost to Tipperary by 1-21 to 0-11 in the first round at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick before losing to Waterford in the semi-final playoff by 4-8 to 1-14. Defeated Limerick and Cork (after a replay) to qualify for the final. Lost to Waterford in the Munster Final by 0-18 to 1-13 played at Thurles.

Tipperary
2011 Championship Performance
Defeated Waterford by 4-12 to 1-16 in the first round before losing to Cork in the Munster Semi-Final by 1-21 to 4-19.

Number of Munster Under 21 Hurling titles 20

Last Munster Under 21 Hurling Title 2010

Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship Record since 2000
Played - 26
Won - 17
Lost - 7
Drawn - 2

Last meeting in the Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship July 17th 2008 at Semple Stadium Thurles (Munster Semi-Final) - Tipperary 1-13 Limerick 0-15 - a late point by Mark O'Meara helped Tipperary to a one point victory. Shane Bourke scored Tipperary's goal in the first half while Pa Bourke scored 9 points.

What happened 3 years ago?
2009 Munster Minor Hurling Championship Round-up Lost to Tipperary by 1-21 to 0-11 in the first round at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick before losing to Waterford in the semi-final playoff by 4-8 to 1-14. Defeated Limerick and Cork (after a replay) to qualify for the final. Lost to Waterford in the Munster Final by 0-18 to 1-13 played at Thurles.


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
Tipperary have won at least 1 match in the Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship in 11 of the last 12 seasons (2007 being the exception thanks to a 1-14 to 2-10 defeat to Cork at Pairc Ui Chaoimh in the first round),

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).

Limerick's titles to date in the Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship have been secured in groups. Limerick won two titles on the trot in 1986 and 1987 and captured three titles in a row from 2000 to 2002. Can Limerick retain their Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship title this year to win titles in consecutive years?

Limerick have lost their first match in the Munster Under 21 Hurling Championship in 4 of the last 6 seasons.

Last year's Munster Under 21 Hurling Final finished level after normal time before Limerick won in extra time. The last match to finish all square was the 2003 Munster Under 21 Hurling Final when Tipperary and Cork finished level before Tipperary won the replay after extra time thanks to a goal by Conor O'Mahoney.

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

2008 Munster Under 21 Hurling Semi-Final - Tipperary 1-13 Limerick 0-15

Scorers for Tipperary: P. Bourke 0-9 (0-7 frees); S. Bourke 1-1; G. Ryan, S. Hennessy, M. O'Meara 0-1 each.

Limerick: E. Ryan (0-2 frees), G. O'Mahoney (0-2 frees) 0-3 each; G. Mulcahy, B. O'Sullivan 0-2 each; R. McCarthy, D. Moloney, D. Hanley, P. O'Brien, S. Tobin 0-1 each.

Tipperary: M. Ryan; K. Maher, Padraic Maher, B. Maher; K. Lanigan, T. Stapleton, J. McLoughney; G. Ryan, S. Hennessy; T. McGrath, S. Callanan, Patrick Maher; P. Bourke, M. O'Meara, S. Bourke.
Sub: R. McLoughney for McGrath. M. Gleeson for Hennessy; M. Cahill for McLoughney.

Limerick: N. Quaid; K. O'Rourke, T. Condon, P. Browne; C. King, S. Hickey, G. O'Mahoney; J. Ryan, P. O'Brien; B. O'Sullivan, D. Moloney, D. Hanley; E. Ryan,. R. McCarthy, G. Mulcahy.
Subs: S. Tobin for Ryan; T. O'Brien for Moloney.

Referee: D. Copps (Cork). Tweet

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