The 2023 Munster Senior Hurling Championship was the 2023 installment of the annual Munster Senior Hurling Championship organised by Munster GAA.
The competition began on Sunday, 23 April 2023.
Limerick, who entered the competition as four times defending champions, retained their title after defeating Clare in the final, thus becoming only the 2nd county, after Cork, to win five Munster senior hurling championships in a row.
Teams General information Five counties contested the 2023 Munster Senior Hurling Championship: CountyLast Provincial TitleLast Championship TitlePosition in 2022 Championship Clare19982013Runners-up Cork201820053rd Limerick20222022Champions Tipperary201620195th Waterford201019594th
Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor ClareBrian LohanTony KellyPat O'Donnell CorkPat RyanSean O'DonoghueSports Direct LimerickJohn KielyDeclan HannonJP McManus TipperaryLiam CahillNoel McGrathFiserv WaterfordDavy FitzgeraldJamie Barron and Stephen BennettCognizant
Group stage Table TeamQualification1 Clare43018-9110-76 +96Advance to Munster Final2 Limerick42116-882-98 +253 Tipperary41217-938-91 -14Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals4 Cork41128-947-90 +735 Waterford41031-773-88 -172
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Final
Stadia and locations
CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacity ClareEnnisMunsterCusack Park19,000 CorkCorkMunsterPáirc Uí Chaoimh45,000 LimerickLimerickMunsterGaelic Grounds44,023 TipperaryThurlesMunsterSemple Stadium45,690 WaterfordWaterfordMunsterFraher Field15,000
Championship statistics
Top scorers
Top scorer overall RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage1Patrick HorganCork2-3945411.252Aaron GillaneLimerick1-363957.803Stephen BennettWaterford0-373749.254Tony KellyClare2-283456.805Aidan McCarthy1-273047.506Gearóid O'ConnorTipperary1-192245.507Séamus FlanaganLimerick4-071953.80Diarmaid Byrnes1-169Jake MorrisTipperary2-111735.6710Jason Forde2-101628.00
In a single game RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition1Patrick HorganCork1-1417Limerick2Aaron GillaneLimerick1-1114Clare3Aidan McCarthyClare1-1316Tipperary4Stephen BennettWaterford0-1313LimerickTony KellyClareWaterford6Jason FordeTipperary2-0612ClarePatrick HorganCork1-098Jake MorrisTipperary2-0410Tony KellyClareCorkGearóid O'ConnorTipperary0-10Limerick
Miscellaneous
Limerick won their fifth munster championship in a row Tipperary ended five match losing streak in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship by beating Clare in the opening round. Limerick lost their first Munster Senior Hurling Championship match since 2019 with Clare defeating them in round 2
See also
2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 2023 Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2) 2023 Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3) 2023 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4) 2023 Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)
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