2012 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

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.^[2][3] 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.^[4][5][6][7]

2012 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

Event	2012 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary Waterford 2-17 0-16
Date	15 July 2012
Venue	Páirc Uí Chaoimh[1], Cork
Man of the Match	Kevin Moran
Referee	C. McAllister (Cork)
Attendance	26,438
Weather	Intermittent rain and sunshine
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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 Examiner
12 July 2009	Semple Stadium, Thurles	4-14 (26)	2-16 (22)	RTE 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.^[8][9] 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.^[10][11]

Match

Summmary

Details

Tipperary	2-17 - 0-16	Waterford
J. O'Brien 1-03 S. Bourke 1-01 N. McGrath 0-03 E. Kelly 0-03 (0-02f) B. O'Meara 0-02 P. Bourke 0-02 (0-02f) Pádraic Maher 0-01 S. McGrath 0-01 M. Cahill 0-01	(Report)	M. Shanahan 0-08 (0-05f, 0-01 '65') J. Mullane 0-03 S. Walsh 0-02 Pauric Mahony 0-01 S. Molumphy 0-01 E. Kelly 0-01 (0-01f)

15 July 2012
Final

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Attendance: 26,438^[12]

Referee: C. McAllister (Cork)

Tipperary

Waterford

TIPPERARY: 1 Brendan Cummins 2 Paddy Stapleton 3 Paul Curran (c) 4 Michael Cahill 5 John O'Keeffe 6 Conor O'Mahony 7 Pádraic Maher 8 Gearóid Ryan 9 Shane McGrath 10 Séamus Callanan 11 Noel McGrath 12 Seamus Callanan 13 Eoin Kelly 14 John O'Brien 15 Lar Corbett Substitutes: 16 Darren Gleeson 17 Pa Bourke 18 Shane Bourke 19 Benny Dunne 20 Stephen Lillis 21 Brendan Maher 22 Paddy Murphy 23 Brian O'Meara 24 Paddy Stapleton 25 James Woodlock 26 David Young Manager: Declan Ryan

WATERFORD: 1 Clinton Hennessy 2 Darragh Fives 3 Jerome Maher 4 Noel Connors 5 Tony Browne 6 Michael Walsh 7 Kevin Moran 8 Stephen Molumphy (c) 9 Richie Foley 21 Eoin McGrath 11 Shane O'Sullivan 12 Pauric Mahony 13 John Mullane 14 Shane Walsh 15 Brian O'Sullivan Substitutes: 10 Maurice Shanahan 16 Adrian Power 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 Manager: 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."^[13]