November 15 @ 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Azzurri Walsh Park Referee: Niall Malone (Clare)

Competition:

AIB Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final

Description:

Ballygunner (Waterford) will play Kilmallock (Limerick) in the AIB Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final on Sunday November 15th at 1:15pm in Azzurri Walsh Park.

Ticket Information

Adults: €15
Students / OAPs: €10
Under 16’s: Free

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Streaming Information

This game will be shown live on Clubber.

Ballygunner (Waterford) v Kilmallock (Limerick)

When: Sunday, November 15th at 1:15pm
Where: Azzurri Walsh Park, Waterford
Referee: Niall Malone (Clare)
Stand-by Referee: Ciaran O’Regan (Cork)
Linesman: Cian Ryan (Tipperary)
Sideline Official: Mark Gennery (Tipperary)

Next Round: The winners will qualify for the Munster final against
Inagh-Kilnamona (Clare) or Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) on Sunday, November 29th,
at a neutral venue.

For the Record

Waterford Senior Hurling Clubs Limerick Senior Hurling Clubs
2025 Championship Performance Waterford champions Ballygunner won the Munster and All-Ireland titles. Limerick’s Na Piarsaigh lost to Ballygunner in the Munster quarter-final.
Number of Munster Club Senior Hurling titles 10 10
Last Munster Club Senior Hurling title 2025, Ballygunner 2017, Na Piarsaigh
Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship record since 2016 Played 25, won 21, lost 4 Played 12, won 4, lost 8
Last meeting in the Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship November 2nd, 2025: Ballygunner 0-18 Na Piarsaigh 0-15,
Munster quarter-final at the TUS Gaelic Grounds.

2026 AIB Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-Final

Sunday, November 1st
Inagh-Kilnamona (Clare) 1-21 Glen Rovers (Cork) 1-14

Semi-Finals

Sunday, November 15th

Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg, 1:15pm
Inagh-Kilnamona (Clare) v Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary)

Azzurri Walsh Park, Waterford, 1:15pm
Ballygunner (Waterford) v Kilmallock (Limerick)

Final

Sunday, November 29th

Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship Record, 2016 to 2025

County Played Won Lost Win Rate Munster Titles
Waterford 25 21 4 84.0% 5
Clare 13 5 8 38.5% 1
Limerick 12 4 8 33.3% 1
Cork 11 3 8 27.3% 1
Tipperary 11 3 8 27.3% 1

Useful Information

  • Ballygunner have not lost a Munster semi-final since 2016, when Thurles
    Sarsfields defeated them by 0-17 to 0-16 at FBD Semple Stadium, Thurles.
  • Ballygunner and Kilmallock last met in the Munster Club Senior Hurling
    Championship in the 2021 final, when Ballygunner recorded a 3-20 to 1-12
    victory at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
  • The most recent victory by a Limerick club in the Munster championship was
    Kilmallock’s 0-19 to 1-9 quarter-final win over Midleton in 2021.
  • In 25 Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship matches since 2016, Waterford
    clubs have averaged 23.3 points per game while conceding an average of
    17.1 points per game.
  • In 12 Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship matches since 2016, Limerick
    clubs have averaged 18.8 points per game while conceding an average of
    18.1 points per game.
  • Eight different venues have hosted Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship
    matches since 2016. FBD Semple Stadium, Thurles has staged the most with 10,
    followed by Azzurri Walsh Park with nine and the TUS Gaelic Grounds,
    Limerick with eight.
  • The average combined score in a Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship
    game has ranged from 32.0 points in 2019 to 48.75 points in 2024. The 2024
    championship was the highest-scoring of the period, with teams averaging
    24.38 points per game.
  • There have been 90 goals in 37 Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship
    matches since 2016, an average of 2.43 goals per game. The 2018 championship
    produced the highest average during that period at 3.5 goals per match.
  • The average winning margin in the Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship
    since 2016 is 7.24 points. The closest championship was 2016, when the
    average margin was three points, while 2021 had the highest average winning
    margin at 10.75 points per game.
  • Inagh-Kilnamona’s quarter-final victory over Glen Rovers on November 1st was
    by seven points.
  • Twelve of the 37 Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship matches played
    since 2016 have been decided by three points or fewer, representing 32.4%
    of all games.
  • Only two of the last 14 games have been decided by three points or fewer:
    Clonlara 0-23 Kiladangan 1-19 in 2023 and Ballygunner 0-18 Na Piarsaigh
    0-15 in 2025.
  • Each of the five Munster counties taking part in the AIB Munster Club Senior
    Hurling Championship has won the Billy O’Neill Cup during the period from
    2016 to 2025.
  • Waterford clubs have won 21 of their 25 Munster Club Senior Hurling
    Championship matches since 2016.
  • Ballygunner have reached the Munster final in each of the last eight
    championships played, from 2017 to 2025. The championship was not played
    in 2020 due to Covid-19.
  • The 2026 quarter-final result improved Clare’s record since 2016 to six wins
    from 14 matches.
  • Cork clubs have won three of their 12 matches during the same period, with
    two of those victories coming during Sarsfields’ title-winning 2024 campaign.
  • Limerick clubs have won four of 12 matches, while Tipperary clubs have won
    three of 11.

Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour

6 titles: Ballygunner (Waterford)

5 titles: Blackrock (Cork)

4 titles: Na Piarsaigh (Limerick), St Finbarr’s (Cork)

3 titles: Glen Rovers (Cork), Kilmallock (Limerick),
Newtownshandrum (Cork), Sixmilebridge (Clare), Toomevara (Tipperary)

2 titles: Borris-Ileigh (Tipperary), De La Salle (Waterford),
Midleton (Cork), Mount Sion (Waterford), Newmarket-on-Fergus (Clare),
Patrickswell (Limerick), Roscrea (Tipperary), St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield (Clare)

1 title: Ballybrown (Limerick), Ballyea (Clare),
Carrick Davins (Tipperary), Cashel King Cormacs (Tipperary),
Clarecastle (Clare), Kilruane MacDonaghs (Tipperary),
Loughmore-Castleiney (Tipperary), Moycarkey-Borris (Tipperary),
Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary), Wolfe Tones na Sionna (Clare),
Sarsfields (Cork)

Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship Winning Teams

Visit the Munster GAA website’s History section to view the complete list of
winning teams since the competition began in 1964:

Munster Club Senior Hurling Championship winning teams
.

Munster Club Senior Hurling Cup

The O’Neill Cup was presented by Sarsfields Club, Cork, in 1972 to commemorate
Billy O’Neill, who founded the club in 1903.

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