The 2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship was the 138th edition of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Munster Council in 1888 and is the highest-tier of Hurling for senior county teams in Munster. It was contested by five Munster GAA county teams ranked 1–5 in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
The competition began on 19 April with the final on 7 June.
The game was level at full time and after extra time (Cork 1-30 Limerick 2-27) and history was made with the first-ever penalty shootout in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, with Cork prevailing 3-2 on penalties.
Format
Group stage (10 matches) Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Munster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship.
Final (1 match) The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Munster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Munster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
Winner: Cork Teams General information Five counties contested the 2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship: CountyLast Championship TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2024 Championship Clare19982024Runners-up Cork201820053rd Limerick20242023Champions Tipperary201620195th Waterford201019594th
Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor ClareBrian LohanTony KellyPat O'Donnell CorkPat RyanRob DowneySports Direct LimerickJohn KielyCian LynchJP McManus TipperaryLiam CahillRonan MaherFiserv WaterfordPeter QueallyDessie HutchinsonSuir Engineering
Group stage Table Source: TeamQualification1 Limerick42115-1016-81 +175Advance to Munster Final2 Cork42119-927-93 +553 Tipperary42117-959-92–35Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals4 Clare (E)41128-838-89–635 Waterford (E)41034-883-104–132 (E) eliminated from All-Ireland championship
Fixtures
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Munster Final
Stadia and Locations
CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacity ClareEnnisMunsterCusack Park21,000 CorkCorkMunsterPáirc Uí Chaoimh45,000 LimerickLimerickMunsterGaelic Grounds44,023 TipperaryThurlesMunsterSemple Stadium45,690 WaterfordWaterfordMunsterWalsh Park12,100
Attendance AttendancesMatches 11Total attendance 329,297Average attendance 29,936Highest attendance 43,580 Limerick 2-27 (33) - (33) 1-30 Cork 7 June 2025
Championship Statistics
Top Scorers
Top Scorer Overall RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage1 Stephen Bennett Waterford 4-33 45 4 11.252 Patrick Horgan Cork 3-35 44 4 11.003 Mark Rodgers Clare 2-24 30 4 7.504 Aaron Gillane Limerick 2-23 29 3 9.675 Jason Forde Tipperary 0-27 27 4 6.756 Darragh McCarthy Tipperary 0-19 19 3 6.337 John McGrath Tipperary 4-06 18 4 4.508 Tom Morrissey Limerick 0-16 16 4 4.009Brian Hayes Cork3-061543.7510Adam English Limerick2-081443.50
In A Single Game RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition1 Mark Rodgers Clare 1-13 16 Tipperary2 Jason Forde Tipperary 0-15 15 Cork3 Stephen Bennett Waterford 2-08 14 Clare4 Aaron Gillane Limerick 2-07 13 Cork5 Patrick Horgan Cork 1-09 12 Tipperary Stephen Bennett Waterford 1-09 12 Tipperary Patrick Horgan Cork 1-09 12 Limerick8 Darragh McCarthy Tipperary 0-11 11 Waterford Mark Rodgers Clare 1-08 11 Limerick Patrick Horgan Cork 1-08 11 Waterford
Scoring events
Widest winning margin: 16 points Limerick 3-26 - 1-16 Cork (Round 4) Most goals in a match: 6 Clare 2-21 - 4-18 Tipperary (Round 3) Most points in a match: 51 Cork 4-27 - 0-24 Tipperary (Round 2) Tipperary 1-30 - 1-21 Waterford (Round 4) Most goals by one team in a match: 4 Cork 4-27 - 0-24 Tipperary (Round 2) Clare 2-21 - 4-18 Tipperary (Round 3) Most points by one team in a match: 30 Tipperary 1-30 - 1-21 Waterford (Round 4) Highest aggregate score: 66 points Limerick 2-27 - 1-30 Cork (Final) Lowest aggregate score: 50 points Waterford 2-23 - 0-21 Clare (Round 2) Waterford 0-22 - 0-28 Limerick (Round 3)
Miscellaneous
See also
2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2025 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2) 2025 Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3) 2025 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4) 2025 Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)
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