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]

2016 Munster SFC
Tournament details
Year2016
Winners
ChampionsKerry (78th win)
ManagerÉamonn Fitzmaurice
CaptainBryan Sheehan
Runners-up
Runners-upTipperary
ManagerLiam Kearns
CaptainPeter 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 Saffron and Blue Pat O'Donnell Colm Collins Gary Brennan
1992
Cork Red and white Chill Insurance Peadar Healy Paul Kerrigan
2010
2012
Kerry Green and gold Kerry Group Éamonn Fitzmaurice Bryan Sheehan
2014
2015
Limerick Green and white Sporting Limerick John Brudair Iain Corbett
1896
1896
Tipperary Blue and gold Intersport Liam Kearns Peter Acheson
1920
1935
Waterford White and blue 3 Mobile Tom McGlinchey Tommy Prendergast
1898

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
First Round
Limerick0-13 - 0-16 Clare
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).
Attendance: 3,343
Referee: P Neilan (Roscommon)
First Round
Waterford1-7 - 1-15Tipperary
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).
Attendance: 1,753
Referee: D Gough (Meath)

Semi-Finals
Semi Final
Kerry2-23 - 0-17 Clare
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.
Attendance: 11,358
Referee: F Kelly (Longford)
Semi Final
Cork2-16 - 3-15 Tipperary
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.
Attendance: 2,734
Referee: P Neilan (Roscommon)
  • Tipperary's last victory over Cork in the Munster Senior Football Championship was in 1944.[3]

Munster Final
Final
Kerry3-17 - 2-10 Tipperary
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

See also

References
  1. http://munster.gaa.ie/fixtures/senior/
  2. "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.
  3. "Heroic Tipperary stun Cork with first Championship victory in 72 years". Irish Examiner. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
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