The 2012 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played on 15 July 2012 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork. The winners advanced to the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, while the loser went into the All-Ireland qualifiers. Tipperary and Waterford contested the game, with Tipperary captained by Paul Curran retaining their title, their 40th Munster title overall with a seven-point victory.
Previous Munster Final encounters Date Venue Tipperary score Waterford score Match report 23 August 1925 Fraher Field, Dungarvan 6-06 (24) 1-02 (5) 6 July 1958 Semple Stadium, Thurles 4-12 (24) 1-05 (8) 5 August 1962 Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 5-14 (29) 2-03 (9) 28 July 1963 Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 0-08 (8) 0-11 (11) 2 July 1989 Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork 0-26 (26) 2-08 (14) Irish Times 30 June 2002 Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork 3-12 (21) 2-23 (29) Irish Independent 12 July 2009 Semple Stadium, Thurles 4-14 (26) 2-16 (22) RTÉ Sport 10 July 2011 Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork 7-19 (40) 0-19 (19) Irish Independent
Build-up Lar Corbett was named at right half forward in the starting fifteen for Tipperary for the first time since the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final defeat to Kilkenny, replacing the injured Gearóid Ryan. It was the only change to the Tipperary team from the one that defeated Cork 1–22 to 0–24 in the semi-final. Waterford named veteran Tony Browne in their starting fifteen at right half-back in place of Richie Foley, with Noel Connors picked at corner-back ahead of Aidan Kearney, while Pauric Mahony was in at number ten instead of Eoin Kelly.
Match Summary
Details
TIPPERARY:1 Brendan Cummins2 Paddy Stapleton3 Paul Curran (c) 4 Michael Cahill5 John O'Keeffe6 Conor O'Mahony 7 Pádraic Maher8 Gearóid Ryan 9 Shane McGrath10 Séamus Callanan 11 Noel McGrath12 Séamus Callanan 13 Eoin Kelly14 John O'Brien 15 Lar CorbettSubstitutes:16 Darren Gleeson17 Pa Bourke18 Shane Bourke19 Benny Dunne20 Stephen Lillis21 Brendan Maher 22 Paddy Murphy23 Brian O'Meara24 Paddy Stapleton 25 James Woodlock26 David Young Manager: Declan RyanWATERFORD:1 Clinton Hennessy2 Darragh Fives3 Jerome Maher4 Noel Connors5 Tony Browne 6 Michael Walsh7 Kevin Moran8 Stephen Molumphy (c) 9 Richie Foley21 Eoin McGrath 11 Shane O'Sullivan 12 Pauric Mahony 13 John Mullane14 Shane Walsh15 Brian O'Sullivan Substitutes:10 Maurice Shanahan16 Adrian Power17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26Manager: Davy FitzGerald
Reaction After the match Tipperary manager Declan Ryan mentioned that he was still looking for more from his players, saying "I don't think we played as well as we could have in the first half, The guys battled well and we were delighted to go in level at half-time. We finished very strongly and that's always pleasing, We've done that in the last couple of games. We can be very happy with our finish anyway."
References
External links 2012 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final at Hurling Stats