# 2012 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

The 2012 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played on 15 July 2012 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork. The winners advanced to the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, while the loser went into the All-Ireland qualifiers. Tipperary and Waterford contested the game, with Tipperary captained by Paul Curran retaining their title, their 40th Munster title overall with a seven-point victory.

## Previous Munster Final encounters

| Date | Venue | Tipperary score | Waterford score | Match report |
| 23 August 1925 | Fraher Field, Dungarvan | 6-06 (24) | 1-02 (5) | |
| 6 July 1958 | Semple Stadium, Thurles | 4-12 (24) | 1-05 (8) | |
| 5 August 1962 | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick | 5-14 (29) | 2-03 (9) | |
| 28 July 1963 | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick | 0-08 (8) | 0-11 (11) | |
| 2 July 1989 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | 0-26 (26) | 2-08 (14) | Irish Times |
| 30 June 2002 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | 3-12 (21) | 2-23 (29) | Irish Examiner |
| 12 July 2009 | Semple Stadium, Thurles | 4-14 (26) | 2-16 (22) | RTE Sport |
| 10 July 2011 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | 7-19 (40) | 0-19 (19) | Irish Independent |

## Build-up

Lar Corbett was named at right half forward in the starting fifteen for Tipperary for the first time since the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final defeat to Kilkenny, replacing the injured Gearóid Ryan. It was the only change to the Tipperary team from the one that defeated Cork 1–22 to 0–24 in the semi-final. Waterford named veteran Tony Browne in their starting fifteen at right half-back in place of Richie Foley, with Noel Connors picked at corner-back ahead of Aidan Kearney, while Pauric Mahony was in at number ten instead of Eoin Kelly.

## Match
### Details

| Tipperary | Waterford |
TIPPERARY: :
| 1 | Brendan Cummins |
| 2 | Paddy Stapleton |
| 3 | Paul Curran (c) |
| 4 | Michael Cahill |
| 5 | John O'Keeffe |
| 6 | Conor O'Mahony |
| 7 | Pádraic Maher |
| 8 | Gearóid Ryan |
| 9 | Shane McGrath |
| 10 | Séamus Callanan |
| 11 | Noel McGrath |
| 12 | Seamus Callanan |
| 13 | Eoin Kelly |
| 14 | John O'Brien |
| 15 | Lar Corbett |
| Substitutes: |||
| 16 | Darren Gleeson |
| 17 | Pa Bourke |
| 18 | Shane Bourke |
| 19 | Benny Dunne |
| 20 | Stephen Lillis |
| 21 | Brendan Maher |
| 22 | Paddy Murphy |
| 23 | Brian O'Meara |
| 24 | Paddy Stapleton |
| 25 | James Woodlock |
| 26 | David Young |
| Manager: |||
| Declan Ryan ||||
WATERFORD: :
| 1 | Clinton Hennessy |
| 2 | Darragh Fives |
| 3 | Jerome Maher |
| 4 | Noel Connors |
| 5 | Tony Browne |
| 6 | Michael Walsh |
| 7 | Kevin Moran |
| 8 | Stephen Molumphy (c) |
| 9 | Richie Foley |
| 21 | Eoin McGrath |
| 11 | Shane O'Sullivan |
| 12 | Pauric Mahony |
| 13 | John Mullane |
| 14 | Shane Walsh |
| 15 | Brian O'Sullivan |
| Substitutes: |||
| 10 | Maurice Shanahan |
| 16 | Adrian Power |
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| Manager: |||
| Davy FitzGerald ||||

## Reaction

After the match Tipperary manager Declan Ryan mentioned that he was still looking for more from his players, saying "I don't think we played as well as we could have in the first half, The guys battled well and we were delighted to go in level at half-time. We finished very strongly and that's always pleasing, We've done that in the last couple of games. We can be very happy with our finish anyway."