2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

August 2020 August 2020 August 2020 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Tipperary hurling 40px 2-21 Clare hurling 40px 0-19 13 July 2008 Gaelic Grounds Limerick John O'Brien (Tipperary) John Sexton (Cork) 48,076 2007 2009 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.RTÉ Sport: Tipperary 2-21 Clare 0-19 http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/0713/tipperary_clare.html?gaa RTÉ News https://web.archive.org/web/20121017083039/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/0713/tipperary_clare.html?gaa 17 October 2012 dead 2009-07-19 13 July 2008 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.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/tipperary-reign-supreme-in-munster-1.1222592 Tipperary reign supreme in Munster 13 July 2008 Irish Times 26 September 2018 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 hurling 2-21 - 0-19 (Report) Clare hurling 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 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 48,076 D. Kirwan (Cork) _yellowhorizontal 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff FFFFFF 0000ff Tipperary _bluehorizontal ffff00 ffff00 ffff00 0000ff 0000ff Clare TIPPERARY GAA: 1 Brendan Cummins 2 Éamonn Buckley   3 Paul Curran4 Conor O'Brien5 Éamonn Corcoran   6 Conor O'Mahoney7 Shane Maher8 James Woodlock 9 Shane McGrath10 Pat Kerwick 11 Séamus Callinan12 John O'Brien13 Eoin Kelly (c)14 Lar Corbett15 Séamus ButlerSubstitutes Used:16 Declan Fanning 17 Michéal Webster18 Hugh Maloney19 Benny DunneManager: Liam SheedyCLARE GAA: 1 Philip Brennan2 Pat Vaughan3 Frank Lohan 4 Gerry O'Grady5 Gerry Quinn6 Conor Plunkett7 Philip Donnellan 8 Brian O'Connell (c)9 Colin Lynch 10 Tony Carmody 11 Diarmuid McMahon    12 Jonathan Clancy13 Tony Griffin    14 Niall Gilligan15 Mark Flaherty Substitutes Used:16 Declan O'Rourke17 Gary O'Connell 18 Fergal Lynch 19 Barry Nugent 20 M MurphyManager: Mike McNamara RTÉ Man of the Match: John O'Brien References External links RTÉ Match Report Munster Category:Munster Senior Hurling Championship finals Category:Clare county hurling team matches Category:Tipperary county hurling team matches Category:Sport in Limerick (city) Category:Hurling competitions in County Limerick Category:July 2008 sports events in Europe Category:July 2008 in Ireland