The 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played on 13 July 2008 in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. It was contested by Tipperary and Clare. Tipperary claimed their first Munster Senior Hurling title since 2001 and 37th title overall, as they overcame Clare by a score of 2–21 to 0–19.
The match was screened live by RTÉ as part of The Sunday Game programme.
By winning the final Tipperary maintained their unbeaten run in 2008, under Liam Sheedy in his first year as manager.
Match Summary Goals in either half from Séamus Callinan (1-3) and John O'Brien (1-4) helped the National League champions to an eight-point win.
With a first-half wides tally of 10, Clare struggled initially in defence and attack and were 1–11 to 0-6 behind at half-time. Aided by Niall Gilligan's 0-8 haul, Clare revived their chances by closing the gap to five points, but O'Brien's 58th-minute goal sealed the issue.
Playing captain Eoin Kelly and team captain Paul Ormonde collected the Munster Cup after the final whistle.
Details
TIPPERARY GAA: 1 Brendan Cummins 2 Éamonn Buckley 3 Paul Curran4 Conor O'Brien5 Éamonn Corcoran 6 Conor O'Mahoney7 Shane Maher8 James Woodlock 9 Shane McGrath10 Pat Kerwick 11 Séamus Callinan12 John O'Brien13 Eoin Kelly (c)14 Lar Corbett15 Séamus ButlerSubstitutes Used:16 Declan Fanning 17 Michéal Webster18 Hugh Maloney19 Benny DunneManager: Liam SheedyCLARE GAA: 1 Philip Brennan2 Pat Vaughan3 Frank Lohan 4 Gerry O'Grady5 Gerry Quinn6 Conor Plunkett7 Philip Donnellan 8 Brian O'Connell (c)9 Colin Lynch 10 Tony Carmody 11 Diarmuid McMahon 12 Jonathan Clancy13 Tony Griffin 14 Niall Gilligan15 Mark Flaherty Substitutes Used:16 Declan O'Rourke17 Gary O'Connell 18 Fergal Lynch 19 Barry Nugent 20 M MurphyManager: Mike McNamara
RTÉ Man of the Match: John O'Brien
References
External links RTÉ Match Report