2016 Munster Senior Football Championship
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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Year | 2016 |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Kerry (78th win) |
| Manager | Éamonn Fitzmaurice |
| Captain | Bryan Sheehan |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Tipperary |
| Manager | Liam Kearns |
| Captain | Peter Acheson |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | |||||
| Clare |  |
Pat O'Donnell | Colm Collins | Gary Brennan | ||
| Cork |  |
Chill Insurance | Peadar Healy | Paul Kerrigan | ||
| Kerry |  |
Kerry Group | Éamonn Fitzmaurice | Bryan Sheehan | ||
| Limerick |  |
Sporting Limerick | John Brudair | Iain Corbett | ||
| Tipperary |  |
Intersport | Liam Kearns | Peter Acheson | ||
| Waterford |  |
3 Mobile | Tom McGlinchey | Tommy Prendergast | ||
Bracket
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Munster Final | |||||||||||
 |
0-16 | ||||||||||||
 |
0-13 | |
0-17 | ||||||||||
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2-23 | ||||||||||||
| |
3-17 | ||||||||||||
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2-10 | ||||||||||||
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2-16 | ||||||||||||
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1-07 | |
3-15 | ||||||||||
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1-15 | ||||||||||||
Fixtures
Quarter-Finals
First Round
| 0-13 - 0-16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). |
Semi-Finals
Semi Final
| 2-23 - 0-17 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Semi Final
| 2-16 - 3-15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Final
| 3-17 - 2-10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Attendance: 21,512
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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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