2004 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final explained

2004 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final
Event:2004 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Team1score:3-16
Team2score:1-21
Date:27 June 2004
Stadium:Semple Stadium
City:Thurles
Man Of The Match1a:Paul Flynn (Waterford)
Referee:Seanie McMahon (Clare)
Attendance:52,100
Previous:2003
Next:2005

The 2004 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played on 27 June 2004 at Semple Stadium, Thurles, County Tipperary. It was contested by Cork and Waterford. Waterford claimed their second Munster Championship of the decade, beating Cork on a scoreline of 3–16 to 1-21, a 1-point winning margin.[1] Overall, this was Waterford's seventh Munster Senior Hurling Championship. The final, which swung both ways numerous times, including numerous goals and a sending off, is considered one of the greatest Munster Hurling Finals of all time.In Ireland, the match was televised live on The Sunday Game on RTÉ Two, with commentary from Ger Canning and Michael Duignan.[2]

Previous Munster Final encounters

Previous to this encounter, the teams had met each other in twelve Munster Hurling Finals, including a replay in 1931. Cork led the rivalry, having won eight finals in comparison to Waterford's three wins. Notable finals include 1982 when Cork beat Waterford by 31 points (Munster Final record) and in the previous year's final when Cork beat Waterford by 4 points even after a hat trick of goals by Waterford's John Mullane.[3]

YearVenueCork
score
Waterford
score
Match report
1903Tipperary Town5-16 (31)1-01 (4)
1929Fraher Field, Dungarvan4-06 (18)2-03 (9)
1931Clonmel1-09 (12)4-00 (12)
1931Clonmel5-04 (19)1-02 (5)
1943Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork2-13 (19)3-08 (17)
1948Semple Stadium, Thurles3-09 (18)4-07 (19)
1957Semple Stadium, Thurles1-06 (9)1-11 (14)
1959Semple Stadium, Thurles2-09 (15)3-09 (18)
1966Gaelic Grounds, Limerick4-09 (21)2-09 (15)
1982Semple Stadium, Thurles5-31 (46)3-06 (15)
1983Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork3-22 (31)0-12 (12)
2003Semple Stadium, Thurles3-16 (25)3-12 (21)Irish Examiner

Match

Details

CORK GAA:
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1 Dónal Óg Cusack
2 Wayne Sherlock
3
4 Brian Murphy
5 John Gardiner
6 Ronan Curran
7 Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
8
9 Jerry O'Connor
10
11Niall McCarthy
12
13Ben O'Connor
14
15Joe Deane
Substitutes:
16Paul Morrissey
17Cian O'Connor
18John Browne
19Graham Callinan
20Mickey O'Connell
21
22John Anderson   
23Jonathan O'Callaghan
24
25Martin Coleman
26
27Michael Byrne



Manager:
Dónal O'Grady
WATERFORD GAA:
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1 Stephen Brenner
2 Eoin Murphy
3 James Murray
4 Declan Prendergast
5 Bryan Phelan
6 Ken McGrath (c)
7 Tony Browne
8   
9
10Eoin Kelly
11Dan Shanahan
12Michael Walsh
13   
14Seamus Prendergast   
15Paul Flynn
Substitutes:
16Ian O'Regan
17Tom Feeney
18Brian Wall
19
20
21Andy Moloney
22Liam Lawlor
23
24David O'Brien
25Sean Ryan
26Ger Quinlan
27Denis Coffey
28John Wall
29Andrew Kirwan
30Wayne Hutchinson
Manager:
Justin McCarthy
Man of the Match:
Paul Flynn

Linesmen:
Pat Horan (Offaly)
Barry Kelly (Westmeath)

Sideline Official
Andrew Monaghan (Clare)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MUNSTER SHC: Deise character conquers Cork . 2004-06-28 . Irish Examiner . 2009-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120815170100/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2004/06/28/story704887273.asp . 2012-08-15 . dead .
  2. Web site: Flashback: 2004 Munster SHC Final - Waterford v Cork. 31 March 2020. GAA.ie. 16 April 2020.
  3. http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2003/06/30/story335242529.asp{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}