Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling Semi Final – Tipperary v Cork

The Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling Semi Final between Tipperary and Cork will be held on Sunday February 12th at 1:00pm in Templemore (note change of time and venue).

When – Sunday February 12th at 1:00pm

Where – Templemore

Referee – Shane Hourigan (Limerick)

Extra time – (2 periods x 10 minutes only) to be played if sides finish level at the end of 70 minutes

Next Round – the winners play Waterford or Clare in the Final

Admission Prices –
Adults – €10
Students / OAPs – €5
Under 16s will admitted free

Contact Munster GAA PRO Ed Donnelly at pro.munster@gaa.ie for more information

Team News

The Tipperary Senior Hurling team to play Cork in the Waterford Crystal Cup semi-final v Cork on Sunday February 12 at Templemore at 1pm is:

1. Brendan Cummins (Ballybacon-Grange)

2. Conor O’Brien (Éire Óg Annacarty)

3. Paul Curran (Mullinahone) Captain

4. Michael Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields)

5. Shane Maher (Burgess)

6. Conor O’Mahony (Newport)

7. Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)

8. Johnny Ryan (Drom and Inch)

9. Shane McGrath (Ballinahinch)

10. Gearóid Ryan (Templederry Kenyons)

11. Patrick Maher (Lorrha & Dorrha)

12. Adrian Ryan (Templederry Kenyons)

13. Timmy Hammersley (Clonoulty Rossmore)

14. Brian O’Meara (Kilruane MacDonaghs)

15. John O’Brien (Toomevara)

The Cork Senior Hurling team to play Tipperary in Sunday’s Waterford Crystal Cup Semi-Final at 1pm in Templemore will line out as follows:

1. Martin Coleman

2. Brian Murphy 3. Eoin Dillon 4. Conor O’Sullivan

5. Christopher Joyce 6. Ross Cashman 7. John Gardiner

8. Darren Sweetnam 9. Pa Cronin

10. Brian Corry 11. Niall McCarthy 12. Cathal Naughton

13. Luke O’ Farrell 14. Eoin Murphy 15. Ryan Clifford

The team shows a number of changes in personnel from the defeat of Kerry, with Martin Coleman replacing Anthony Nash in goals, while Brian Murphy is chosen at corner back in place of Damien Cahalane.

John Gardiner comes in at wing back instead of Tom Kenny, while last week’s substitute Darren Sweetnam gets a first start at midfield, where he is joined by Pa Cronin who started last Saturday’s game at centre forward but went off injured.

Niall McCarthy returns to the familiar centre-forward berth for this game, with Cathal Naughton moving to the wing

For the Record
Cork Tipperary
2011 Waterford Crystal Cup Performance Defeated UCC and UL before losing to Waterford in the Final by 0-21 to 0-16 Lost to the Waterford Institute of Technology by 2-17 to 1-19 in the Preliminary Round
Number of Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling titles 0 2
Last Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling Title N/A 2008
Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling Record since 2006 Played – 9
Won – 5
Lost – 4
Drawn – 0 Played – 15
Won – 11
Lost – 4
Drawn – 0

Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling 2012

Preliminary Round

Sunday January 22nd

@ Dolla Tipperary 2-24 Limerick Institute of Technology 1-16

Sunday January 29th

@ Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney Kerry 1-20 IT Tralee 1-15

@ Sixmilebridge Clare 3-25 WIT 0-5

Quarter-Finals

Saturday February 4th

@ MacDonagh Park Nenagh Tipperary 2-11 University of Limerick 0-12

@ Pairc Ui Rinn Cork 5-18 Kerry 1-14

@ Sixmilebridge Limerick 1-15 Clare 0-18 AET

Sunday February 5th

@ WIT Sportsgrounds Waterford 3-19 UCC 1-19

Quarter-Final Replay

Tuesday February 7th

@ Gaelic Grounds Limerick Clare 2-13 Limerick 1-15

Semi-Finals (Extra time)
Sunday February 12th

@ Templemore Cork v Tipperary @ 1:00pm

@ Walsh Park Waterford Waterford v Clare @ 2:00pm

Final (Extra time)

Date TBC

Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling – Odds and Ends

96 players scored in the eight matches played to date in the 2012 Waterford Crystal Cup.

Tipperary hold the record for the longest winning streak in the Waterford Crystal Cup since the competition began under that guise in 2006 when they won 10 consecutive matches between 2007 and 2009.

None of the five teams who take part in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship have a losing record in the Waterford Crystal Cup since 2006.

Since the Waterford Crystal Cup began in 2006, 64 games have been played with just 1 draw – the Limerick v Clare Q-Final on Saturday February 4th.

Waterford have won 12 of their last 14 matches in the Waterford Crystal Cup, including a current winning streak of 8 matches.

Clare are the only team who have won at least one game each year since the Waterford Crystal Cup competition began in 2006.

Limerick won the first Waterford Crystal Cup title in 2006, winning four matches in the process. Since then, in five matches in the competition they have failed to win a game.

None of the third level colleges has a winning record in the Waterford Crystal Cup since 2006.

The record of the Third Level Colleges in the Waterford Crystal Cup since 2006 is Won 18, Lost 39, a 32% success rate. Since the Third Level Colleges entered the McGrath Cup (Senior Football) in 2005, their success rate is 32%.

Waterford Crystal Cup

Waterford Crystal began their sponsorship of the Munster pre-season hurling competition in 2006. Prior to this, the competition was played in different formats dating back to the early 1990’s and was most popularly known as the South Eastern Hurling League which also included county teams from Leinster.

Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling Roll Of Honour

Waterford (2) – 2010, 2011

Tipperary (2) – 2007, 2008

Clare (1) – 2009

Limerick (1) – 2006

Waterford Crystal Cup – 2012 Scorers
Declan Hannon (Limerick) – 1-21, 0-14 frees
Pa Bourke (Tipperary) – 1-16, 1-14 frees
Shane Brick (Kerry) – 0-18, 0-14 frees, 0-1 65
Aaron Cunningham (Clare) – 1-10, 0-8 frees
Martin O’Neill (Waterford) – 1-8, 0-7 frees
Joe Canning (LIT) – 1-8, 0-6 frees
Nicky O’Connell (Clare) – 0-9, 0-4 frees
Daire Keane (Clare) – 1-6
Eamonn Brosnan (IT Tralee) – 1-5, 0-4 frees
Colin Ryan (Clare) – 0-7, 0-3 frees
Conor McGrath (UL) – 0-7, 0-6 frees
Darragh O’Connell (Kerry) – 1-4, 0-2 frees
Padraig Hickey (Clare) – 0-6 frees
Brian Corry (Cork) – 2-0
Patrick Horgan (Cork) – 1-3
Eoghan Murphy (Cork) – 1-3
Michael Walsh (Waterford) – 1-3
Pat Donnellan (Clare) – 0-5
John O’Neill (Tipperary) – 1-2
Brian O’Meara (Tipperary) – 1-2
Brian Hartnett (UCC) – 1-2
Pauric O’Mahony (UCC) – 0-5, 0-4 frees
Eoin Hayes (Clare) – 1-1
Tony Carmody (Clare) – 1-1
Ryan Clifford (Cork) – 1-1
Luke O’Farrell (Cork) – 0-4
Cian McCarthy (Cork) – 0-4
John Egan (Kerry) – 0-4
Maurice Shanahan (Waterford) – 1-0
Ross Horan (Clare) – 1-0
John Conlon (Clare) – 0-3
Jonathan Clancy (Clare) – 0-3
Adrian Ryan (Tipperary) – 0-3
Eoin Kelly (Tipperary) – 0-3
Timmy Hammersley (Tipperary) – 1-0
Shane McGrath (Tipperary) – 0-3
Mark Deegan (IT Tralee) – 0-3, 0-2 frees
Shane Nolan (Kerry) – 0-3
A Boyle (Kerry) – 1-0
Brian O’Sullivan (UCC) – 0-3
W Griffin (UCC) – 0-3 frees
Brian Geary (Limerick) – 1-0
Cathal Naughton (Cork) – 0-2
Brendan Maher (Tipperary) – 0-2
Shane O’Sullivan (Waterford) – 0-2
Wayne McNamara (Limerick) – 0-2
Brian Donnellan (Clare) – 0-2 C Allis (Limerick) – 0-2
M Lynch (IT Tralee) – 0-2
Paul Browne (LIT) – 0-2
Sean O’Brien (LIT) – 0-2
Cathal McInerney (LIT) – 0-2 frees
D Murphy (WIT) – 0-2 frees
Paul Kelly (UL) – 0-2
Michael Boyle (Kerry) – 0-2
D Dineen (Kerry) – 0-2
Shane Bourke (UCC) – 0-2
Mikey Ryan (Limerick) – 0-2
James McInerney (Clare) – 0-1 free
Colm Galvin (Clare) – 0-1
Seamus Prendergast (Waterford) – 0-1
Shane Walsh (Waterford) – 0-1
D. Twomey (Waterford) – 0-1
Stephen Molumphy (Waterford) – 0-1
Jamie Nagle (Waterford) – 0-1
P. O’Brien (Waterford) – 0-1
Darren Sweetnam (Cork) – 0-1
James Woodlock (Tipperary) – 0-1
Gearoid Ryan (Tipperary) – 0-1
John O’Brien (Tipperary) – 0-1
David Collins (Tipperary) – 0-1
Conor Cooney (Clare) – 0-1
Thaigh Morley (IT Tralee) – 0-1
Barry O’Grady (IT Tralee) – 0-1
Fergus Kennedy (IT Tralee) – 0-1
Gearoid O’Doherty (IT Tralee) – 0-1
Donal O’Halloran (IT Tralee) – 0-1
Eoin Ryan (LIT) – 0-1
C Madden (LIT) – 0-1
J Dillon (WIT) – 0-1
K Hammersley (WIT) – 0-1 free
C O’Meara (WIT) – 0-1 free
L Ryan (UL) – 0-1 free
Michael Heffernan (UL) – 0-1
P Walsh (UL) – 0-1
A Royle (Kerry) – 0-1
P. Haughney (UCC) – 0-1
E. O’Sullivan (UCC) – 0-1
Dan McCormack (UCC) – 0-1
S. Corry (UCC) – 0-1
David Moloney (Limerick) – 0-1
Donal O’Grady (Limerick) – 0-1
Mark Carmody (Limerick) – 0-1
Graeme Mulcahy (Limerick) – 0-1