2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

The 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played on 13 July 2008 in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. It was contested by Tipperary and Clare. Tipperary claimed their first Munster Senior Hurling title since 2001 and 37th title overall, as they overcame Clare by a score of 2–21 to 0–19.

2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

Event	2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary Clare 2-21 0-19
Date	13 July 2008
Venue	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Man of the Match	John O'Brien (Tipperary)
Referee	John Sexton (Cork)
Attendance	48,076

The match was screened live by RTÉ as part of The Sunday Game programme.

By winning the final Tipperary maintained their unbeaten run in 2008, under Liam Sheedy in his first year as manager.

Match

Summary

Goals in either half from Séamus Callinan (1-3) and John O'Brien (1-4) helped the National League champions to an eight-point win.

With a first-half wides tally of 10, Clare struggled initially in defence and attack and were 1–11 to 0-6 behind at half-time. Aided by Niall Gilligan's 0-8 haul, Clare revived their chances by closing the gap to five points, but O'Brien's 58th-minute goal sealed the issue.

Playing captain Eoin Kelly and team captain Paul Ormonde collected the Munster Cup after the final whistle.

Details

13 July 2008

Tipperary	2-21 - 0-19	Clare
J O'Brien 1-4 S Callanan 1-3 E Kelly 0-6 (2f) S McGrath 0-3 L Corbett 0-2 J Woodlock 0-1 P Kerwick 0-1 H Maloney 0-1	(Report)	N Gilligan 0-8 (5f) M Flaherty 0-3 (3f) C Lynch 0-3 T Carmody 0-2 J Clancy 0-1 G Quinn 0-1 D McMahon 0-01

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Attendance: 48,076

Referee: D. Kirwan (Cork)

Tipperary

Clare

TIPPERARY GAA: 1 Brendan Cummins 2 Éamonn Buckley    3 Paul Curran 4 Conor O'Brien 5 Éamonn Corcoran    6 Conor O'Mahoney 7 Shane Maher 8 James Woodlock 9 Shane McGrath 10 Pat Kerwick 11 Séamus Callinan 12 John O'Brien 13 Eoin Kelly (c) 14 Lar Corbett 15 Séamus Butler Substitutes Used: 16 Declan Fanning 17 Michéal Webster 18 Hugh Maloney 19 Benny Dunne Manager: Liam Sheedy

CLARE GAA: 1 Philip Brennan 2 Pat Vaughan 3 Frank Lohan 4 Gerry O'Grady 5 Gerry Quinn 6 Conor Plunkett 7 Philip Donnellan 8 Brian O'Connell (c) 9 Colin Lynch 10 Tony Carmody 11 Diarmuid McMahon    12 Jonathan Clancy 13 Tony Griffin    14 Niall Gilligan 15 Mark Flaherty Substitutes Used: 16 Declan O'Rourke 17 Gary O'Connell 18 Fergal Lynch 19 Barry Nugent 20 M Murphy Manager: Mike McNamara

RTÉ Man of the Match: John O'Brien

External links

• RTÉ Match Report