The 2016 Munster Senior Hurling League was the inaugural staging of the

Munster Senior Hurling League The Munster Senior Hurling League is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2016 for the top inter-county teams in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of ga ...

. The fixtures were announced on 4 December 2015. The league began on 3 January 2016 and ended on 23 January 2016. On 23 January 2016,

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won the league following an 0-18 to 0-17 defeat of

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in the final. Limerick's

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was the league's top scorer with 1-21. The league attracted almost 12,000 spectators in total, an average of 1,192 per match.

Format

Five of the six Munster teams compete in the league, with Tipperary opting not to participate. Unlike its predecessor, the

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, the league is confined to inter-county teams only. This means that third level institutions are not permitted to take part. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. Originally the top two teams were to play each other in the final, but as both Clare and Limerick won their first three games, it was decided that the last group game would double up as the Munster Senior Hurling League final.

Details

Table

Fixtures/results

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final

League statistics

General

*First goal of the championship: **David Reidy for Limerick against Kerry (''3 January 2016'') *Widest winning margin: 25 points ** Colours of Clare

2-27 – 0-8 Kerry (''13 January 2016'') *Most goals in a match: 4 **

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1-17 – 3-16

(''19 January 2016'') *Most points in a match: 41 **

2-23 – 0-18 Kerry (''3 January 2016'') *Most goals by one team in a match: 3 **

3-16 - 1-17

(''19 January 2016'') * Highest aggregate score: 47 **

2-23 – 0-18 Kerry (''3 January 2016'') *Lowest aggregate score: 31 ** Colours of Clare

1-14 - 1-14 Colours of Cork

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(''3 January 2016'') *Most goals scored by a losing team: 1 **

1-9 – 1-20

(''17 January 2016'') **

1-17 – 3-16

(''19 January 2016'')

Scoring

;Overall ;Single game ;Clean sheets

Miscellaneous

* Initially intended to be a final group game, with Limerick and Clare already through to the final of the competition it was decided to double this fixture up as the final. Both sides advanced having won each of their three group games.

References

External links

2016 Munster Senior Hurling League fixtures
{{Munster Senior Hurling League

Munster Senior Hurling League