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November 8 @ 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Páirc Uí Rinn Referee: Chris Maguire (Clare)

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AIB Munster Club Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final

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Nemo Rangers (Cork) defeated Loughmore-Castleiney (Tipperary) by 0-19 to 1-8 in the AIB Munster Club Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final on Sunday November 8th at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Match Highlights

Nemo make winning return to Munster arena against Loughmore Castleiney

Report by Jack McKay courtesy of the Irish Examiner newspaper

Nemo Rangers 0-19 (0-2-15) Loughmore-Castleiney 1-8 (1-2-4)

It took Nemo Rangers an uncomfortably long time to find their feet, but once they got to grips in the second half, this Munster Senior Club Football Championship quarter final against Loughmore-Castleiney was a foregone conclusion.

In front of 1,201 at Páirc Uí Rinn on Sunday, Nemo took flight in the 40th minute, stitching together a run of 0-8 unanswered in the space of 10 minutes. Nemo outscored their opponents 0-12 to 0-2 from the 34th to 57th minutes.

Mark Cronin led the way in that purple patch once more, the Nemo sharpshooter slotting over a wonderful two-pointer from play before adding another from a placed ball shortly after. When John McGrath set up Ciarán Connolly for Loughmore’s fourth point in the 38th minute, they were behind by the minimum.

When Liam McGrath got their next score from a free, the gap was out to eight after 51 minutes. The second period was a complete non-contest. Ross Corkery sparked late on to tack on a few points, but for large spells it felt as though Nemo didn’t even need to stretch themselves.

Once Nemo started to perform, Loughmore-Castleiney had simply no answer for the Trabeg sides quality.

And while the scoreline at the finish is likely what would have been expected pre-game, it looked so unlikely in the opening period. And remarkably so.

It took Loughmore-Castleiney almost 19 minutes to get their first point on the board, and they were fortunate that the run wasn’t longer.

In the build-up to that opening Liam McGrath free, Noel McGrath had fed Liam with an excellent kick pass from deep, and he tried to force a goal chance that wasn’t there.

Rather than coughing up possession – as Loughmore had done countless times up to that point – Liam McGrath won a free which he converted to get them off the mark. Had they been taking points when the chances presented themselves at that stage, they would have been in front.

Loughmore’s pitiful number of white flags is reflected in the six first-half wides they registered.

Nemo Rangers hardly fared much better, though. Granted their efficiency was better – they scored a total of 0-6 and registered one wide in that opening spell – but they couldn’t create and couldn’t get control of the middle third.

Two of those six Nemo points arrived in the final two minutes of the first half. Up to that point, they’d been trailing.

Loughmore finally managed to convert a goal chance after 21 minutes, and even that needed two attempts. Liam Treacy passed to Tipp hurler John McGrath and he set up Liam McGrath, and while Liam’s initial effort was saved by Micheál Aodh Martin, John scooped up the loose ball and blasted to the net to level the game, 1-1 to 0-4.

When brother Noel McGrath tacked on a superb two-pointer the Tipp champions had the lead. Nemo would restore parity before the interval, and once the second half got underway, Nemo finally started to perform.

Scorers for Nemo Rangers: M Cronin 0-9 (1 tp, 1 tpf, 0-3 f), R Corkery 0-3, K O’Donovan, C Horgan 0-2 each, K Histon, L Horgan, R Dalton 0-1 each.

Scorers for Loughmore-Castleiney: J McGrath 1-2 (1 tpf), L McGrath 0-3 f, N McGrath 0-2 (1 tp), C Connolly 0-1.

NEMO RANGERS: MA Martin; C Molloy, M Hill, K Histon; K O’Donovan, S Cronin, J Horgan; A O’Donovan, B Murphy; M Cronin, L Horgan, C Shalloe; R Corkery, R Dalton, C Horgan.
Subs: J Quinn for O’Connell (39), A McGrath for Treacy (51), P McCahey for T McGrath (57), M Ryan for Maher (59), W Eviston for Egan (60).

LOUGHMORE-CASTLEINEY: S Hennessy; T McGrath, J Ryan, L Egan; T Maher, E O’Connell, D McCahey; N McGrath, B McGrath; C Connolly, J McGrath, L Treacy; L McGrath, E Connolly, P O’Connell.
Subs: B Hayes for Shalloe (41), C Moore for Horgan (43), N O’Shea for O’Donovan (60+3), E Nation for Hill (60+4).

Referee: C Maguire (Wolfe Tones Na Sionna, Clare)

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Students / OAPs: €10
Under 16’s: Free

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2026 AIB Munster Club Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final

Nemo Rangers (Cork) v Loughmore-Castleiney (Tipperary)

When: Sunday 8 November at 1:15pm
Where: Páirc Uí Rinn
Referee: Chris Maguire (Clare)
Stand-by Referee: Brendan Griffin (Kerry)
Linesman: Daithi de Burca (Limerick)
Sideline Official: Niall Quinn (Clare)

Next round: The winners will play Fr Casey’s (Limerick) in the Munster semi-final on Sunday 22 November at a Cork or Tipperary venue.

For the Record

Record Cork Senior Football Clubs Tipperary Senior Football Clubs
2025 championship performance Cork champions St Finbarr’s defeated Clonmel Commercials and Éire Óg Inis before losing the Munster final to Dingle by 1-18 to 0-20. Tipperary’s Clonmel Commercials lost to St Finbarr’s in the Munster quarter-final.
Number of Munster Club Senior Football titles 32 1
Last Munster Club Senior Football title 2023 – Castlehaven 2015 – Clonmel Commercials
Championship record since 2016 Played 18, won 13, lost 5 Played 13, won 4, lost 9
Last Cork v Tipperary meeting 15 November 2025: St Finbarr’s (Cork) 1-17 Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary) 2-11, Munster quarter-final at Clonmel Sportsfield.

2026 AIB Munster Club Senior Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

Sunday 8 November

  • Nemo Rangers (Cork) v Loughmore-Castleiney (Tipperary), Páirc Uí Rinn, 1:15pm
  • Rathgormack (Waterford) v Éire Óg Inis (Clare), Cappoquin Logistics Fraher Field, Dungarvan, 2pm

Semi-Finals

Sunday 22 November

  • Fr Casey’s (Limerick) v Nemo Rangers or Loughmore-Castleiney, at a Cork or Tipperary venue
  • Dr Crokes (Kerry) v Rathgormack or Éire Óg Inis, at a Clare or Waterford venue

Final

Sunday 6 December at 1:30pm

Munster Club Senior Football Championship Record: 2016 to 2025

County Played Won Lost Win rate Munster titles
Kerry 21 17 4 81.0% 5
Cork 18 13 5 72.2% 4
Clare 15 6 9 40.0% 0
Tipperary 13 4 9 30.8% 0
Waterford 10 2 8 20.0% 0
Limerick 11 2 9 18.2% 0

Useful Information

  • This will be the tenth game Cork clubs have played on Cork soil in the Munster Club Senior Football Championship since 2016. Their record in the previous nine games is seven wins and two losses.
  • Excluding Munster finals, this is the 12th match played by Tipperary clubs in the competition since 2016. Six of the previous 11 were played in Tipperary, while this is the sixth occasion on which the Tipperary champions have travelled outside the county.
  • This will be Loughmore-Castleiney’s fourth away match in the competition since 2016. Their three previous trips were to play Dr Crokes in 2016 and Éire Óg Inis in 2021 and 2024.
  • The most recent victory by a Tipperary club at a Cork venue in this competition came in the 2022 Munster quarter-final, when Clonmel Commercials defeated Nemo Rangers by 2-15 to 1-11 at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
  • Seven players who started for Nemo Rangers in the 2022 defeat to Clonmel Commercials also started last month’s Cork Premier Senior Football Final.
  • In 18 Munster Club Senior Football Championship matches since 2016, Cork clubs have averaged 17.3 points per game while conceding an average of 13.8 points.
  • In 13 Munster Club Senior Football Championship matches since 2016, Tipperary clubs have averaged 11.9 points per game while conceding an average of 14.8 points.
  • Fifteen different venues have hosted Munster Club Senior Football Championship matches since 2016. Mallow, Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg and FBD Semple Stadium are tied with five games each.
  • Some 27.3% of Munster Club Senior Football Championship games since 2016 have been decided by three points or fewer, with 12 of the 44 matches finishing within a single score.
  • The average combined score in a Munster Club Senior Football Championship game has ranged from 22.2 points in 2019 to 36 points in 2025.
  • The 2025 championship was the highest-scoring of the last ten years, surpassing the previous figure of 35.8 points per game in 2018.
  • There have been 79 goals in 44 matches since 2016, an average of 1.8 goals per game.
  • The 2018 championship produced the highest goals-per-game average during the period, at three goals per match, with eventual champions Dr Crokes scoring nine goals in their three games.
  • The average winning margin in the Munster Club Senior Football Championship since 2016 is 7.6 points.
  • The closest championship during the period was in 2023, when the average winning margin was 4.6 points. The 2018 championship had the highest average winning margin at 12.6 points per game.
  • Kerry representatives have the strongest record over the period, winning 17 of their 21 matches and securing five of the nine Munster titles contested.
  • Cork representatives have won 13 of their 18 matches and four Munster titles. Clare representatives have won six of their 15 matches.
  • Tipperary representatives have won four of 13 matches. Waterford representatives have won two of their ten matches, while Limerick representatives have won two of their 11 matches.

Munster Club Senior Football Championship Roll of Honour

  • 17 titles: Nemo Rangers (Cork)
  • 9 titles: Dr Crokes (Kerry)
  • 5 titles: St Finbarr’s (Cork)
  • 4 titles: Castlehaven (Cork)
  • 3 titles: East Kerry (Kerry), UCC (Cork)
  • 2 titles: Austin Stacks (Kerry), Castleisland Desmonds (Kerry), Laune Rangers (Kerry), Kilmurry-Ibrickane (Clare)
  • 1 title: Clonmel Commercials (Tipperary), Doonbeg (Clare), Kerins O’Rahilly’s (Kerry), Shannon Rangers (Kerry), St Nicholas’ (Cork), Beara (Cork), Thomond College (Limerick), O’Donovan Rossa (Cork), An Ghaeltacht (Kerry), Dromcollogher-Broadford (Limerick), Dingle (Kerry)

List of Winning Teams

Visit the Munster GAA History section to view the complete list of winning teams since the competition began in 1964:
Munster Club Senior Football Championship winning teams.

Munster Club Senior Football Cup

The Michael O’Connor Cup was presented by Munster Council in 1991 to commemorate the late Chairman and Treasurer.

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