2018 Munster Senior Football Championship

2018 Munster SFC

Tournament details
Year	2018
Winners
Champions	Kerry
Runners-up
Runners-up	Cork

The 2018 Munster Senior Football Championship will be the 2018 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA. The fixtures were announced on 31 October 2017.

Kerry won the championship, defeating rivals Cork in the final.

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		Colm Collins	Gary Brennan		1992
Cork	Red and white		Ronan McCarthy	Paul Kerrigan	2010	2012
Kerry	Green and gold		Éamonn Fitzmaurice	Fionn Fitzgerald	2014	2017
Limerick	Green and white		Billy Lee	Donal O’Sullivan	1896	1896
Tipperary	Blue and gold		Liam Kearns	Robbie Kiely	1920	1935
Waterford	White and blue		Tom McGlinchey	Paul Whyte		1898

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Tipperary		0-20
	Waterford		0-9			Tipperary		0-9
						Cork		1-17
											Cork		2-4
											Kerry		3-18
						Kerry		0-32
	Limerick		0-14			Clare		0-10
	Clare		1-22

Fixtures

Quarter-finals

Limerick v Clare

19 May 2018 7:00pm Quarter-Final

Report

Limerick	0-14 (14) – (26) 1-23	Clare
(HT: 0-07 – 1-09)
Pts: S McSweeney 5 (5f), J Ryan 3 (2f), J Lee 3 (1f), D Neville 2, P White 1		Gls: K Malone 1 Pts: E Cleary 5, K Malone 3, D Tubridy 3 (1f), C Finucane 2, E Courtney 2, P Lillis 1, C O'Connor 1; J Malone 1, K Sexton 1, C Ó hAiniféin 1, G O'Brien 1, G Cooney 1, M O'Leary 1

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan) Attendance: 2,304

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Tipperary v Waterford

19 May 2018 7:00pm Quarter-Final

Report

Tipperary	0-20 (20) – (9) 0-9	Waterford
(HT: 0-07 – 0-03)
Pts: L McGrath 9 (7f), M Quinlivan 3, K O’Halloran 2, J Feehan 1, J Kennedy 1, J Keane 1, L Boland 1, P Austin 1, J Lonergan 1		Pts: J Curry 3 (1f, 1 s/l), S Prendergast 2, G Crotty 2, C Murray 1, JJ Hutchinson 1

Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) Attendance: 1,658

Semi-finals

Tipperary v Cork

26 May 2018 (2018-05-26) 7:00 pm Semi-Final

Report

Tipperary	0-9 (9) – (20) 1-17	Cork
(HT: 0-04 – 1-08)
Pts: L McGrath 5 (4f), J Kennedy 1 (1f), M Quinlivan 1, P Austin 1, L Boland 1		Gls: C O’Neill 1 Pts: L Connolly 10 (5f), M Collins 3, P Kerrigan 2, S White 1, B Hurley 1

Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow) Attendance: 3,339

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Kerry v Clare

3 June 2018 3:30 pm Semi-Final

Report

Kerry	0-32 (32) – (10) 0-10	Clare
(HT: 0-16 – 0-4)
Pts: S O’Shea 7 (4f, 1 ’45), P Geaney 7 (1f), J O’Donoghue 4 (2f), S O’Brien 3, BJ Keane 3, M Burns 2, D Clifford 2 (1f), J Barry 1, A Maher 1, M Geaney 1, D O’Sullivan (1f)		Pts: E Cleary 5 (4f), D Tubridy 2 (1f), J Malone 2, P Lillis 1

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry) Attendance: 16,729

Final

Cork v Kerry

RTÉ

23 June 2018 7:00 pm Munster Final

Report

Cork	2-4 (10) – (27) 3-18	Kerry
(HT: 2-01 – 1-11)
Gls: M Collins 1, L Connolly 1 Pts: L Connolly 2 (1f), M Collins 1, P Kelleher 1		Gls: P Geaney 2, S O’Brien 1 Pts: P Geaney 5, S O’Shea 4 (2 45, 1f), J O’Donoghue 3 (1f), D Clifford 2, P Murphy 2, G White 1, BJ Keane 1

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: Ciarán Branagan (Down) Attendance: 27,764

See also

• 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2018 Connacht Senior Football Championship
  • 2018 Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20121028164800/http://munstergaa.ie/