2015 Munster Senior Football Championship

The 2015 Munster Senior Football Championship will be that year's installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Munster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kerry entered the competition as defending Munster champions and retained their title after a 1–11 to 1–6 victory over Cork in a replay.[1][2]

The draw to decide the fixtures was made on 10 October 2014.[3] Having reached the final the year before, Cork and Kerry were both given places in the semi-finals of the competition, but unlike previous seasons, they were not prevented from meeting each other in the semi-finals. Despite this, the two teams were drawn on different sides of the tournament, and so could not meet outside the final.

Under GAA rules introduced in 2014 to allow counties to more easily predict the dates of their qualifier matches, the two sides of the draw will be named as either A or B. Which sides will be A and B has yet to be decided.

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 Pat O'Donnell Colm Collins TBD
1992
Cork Red and white Chill Insurance Brian Cuthbert Michael Shields
2010
2012
Kerry Green and gold Kerry Group Éamonn Fitzmaurice Kieran Donaghy
2014
2015
Limerick Green and white Sporting Limerick John Brudair TBD
1896
1896
Tipperary Blue and gold Škoda Auto Peter Creedon Paddy Codd
1920
1935
Waterford White and blue 3 Mobile Tom McGlinchey TBD
1898

Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Limerick 1-11
Tipperary 2-14 Tipperary 1-11
Cork 0-16
Cork 0-12
Kerry 0-24
Kerry 1-17
Clare
(R) 		2-08
3-11 		Clare 1-13
Waterford
(R) 		2-08
0-12

Quarter-final refs[4][5]

Semi-final refs[6][7]

Final
Kerry 2-15 - 3-12 Cork
J O’Donoghue (1-2, 1-0 pen), B Sheehan (0-4, 3 frees); BJ Keane (0-3, 1 free); K Donaghy (1-0); J Buckley, D Walsh, C Cooper, P Geaney, A Maher, F Fitzgerald (0-1 each) Report C O’Neill (1-6, 0-4 frees); D O’Connor (1-3, 0-2 frees); Barry O’Driscoll (1-1); K O’Driscoll (0-2)
Attendance: 35,651
Referee: Pádraig Hughes (Armagh)
Final Replay
Kerry 1-11 - 1-6 Cork
P Geaney 1-3 (0-1f), B Sheehan 0-5 (5fs), J O'Donoghue, D Walsh, J Lyne 0-1 each. Report P Kerrigan 1-0, C O'Neill 0-3 (1f, 1 '45'), K O'Driscoll, D O'Connor (f), Brian O'Driscoll 0-1 each.
Attendance: 32,233
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

See also

References
  1. "Kerry are Munster champions again as they defeat Cork in rain-lashed Fitzgerald Park". Irish Exminer. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. "Kerry beat Cork to retain their Munster title at a rain-sodden Fitzgerald Stadium". Irish Mirror. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. "2015 football: Donegal to meet Tyrone in Ulster". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. "Clare 0-15 Limerick 0-13". Munster GAA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. "Tipperary 1-24 Waterford 0-5". Munster GAA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. "'Strange' Kerry do enough as Sheehan provides cool head to sidestep Tipp landmine". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  7. "Rebels cruise past Clare to set up Kingdom showdown". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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