2004 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

Football match

Event

2004 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Waterford	Cork

3-16	1-21

Date

27 June 2004

Venue

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Man of the Match

Paul Flynn (Waterford)

Referee

Seanie McMahon (Clare)

Attendance

52,100

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The 2004 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played on 27 June 2004 at Semple Stadium, Thurles, County Tipperary. It was contested by Cork and Waterford. Waterford claimed their second Munster Championship of the decade, beating Cork on a scoreline of 3–16 to 1-21, a 1-point winning margin. Overall, this was Waterford's seventh Munster Senior Hurling Championship. The final, which swung both ways numerous times, including numerous goals and a sending off, is considered one of the greatest Munster Hurling Finals of all time. In Ireland, the match was televised live on The Sunday Game on RTÉ Two, with commentary from Ger Canning and Michael Duignan.

Previous Munster Final encounters

Previous to this encounter, the teams had met each other in twelve Munster Hurling Finals, including a replay in 1931. Cork led the rivalry, having won eight finals in comparison to Waterford's three wins. Notable finals include 1982 when Cork beat Waterford by 31 points (Munster Final record) and in the previous year's final when Cork beat Waterford by 4 points even after a hat trick of goals by Waterford's John Mullane.

Year	Venue	Cork score	Waterford score	Match report
1903	Tipperary Town	5-16 (31)	1-01 (4)
1929	Fraher Field, Dungarvan	4-06 (18)	2-03 (9)
1931	Clonmel	1-09 (12)	4-00 (12)
1931	Clonmel	5-04 (19)	1-02 (5)
1943	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork	2-13 (19)	3-08 (17)
1948	Semple Stadium, Thurles	3-09 (18)	4-07 (19)
1957	Semple Stadium, Thurles	1-06 (9)	1-11 (14)
1959	Semple Stadium, Thurles	2-09 (15)	3-09 (18)
1966	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick	4-09 (21)	2-09 (15)
1982	Semple Stadium, Thurles	5-31 (46)	3-06 (15)
1983	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork	3-22 (31)	0-12 (12)
2003	Semple Stadium, Thurles	3-16 (25)	3-12 (21)	Irish Examiner

Match

Details

27 June 2004
Munster Final

Cork	1-21 - 3-16	Waterford
J. Deane 0-9 G. McCarthy 1-0 B. O'Connor 0-4 T. Kenny 0-3 B. Corcoran 0-2 J. O'Connor 0-2 R. Curran 0-1	(Report)	P. Flynn 1-7 D. Shanahan 1-3 E. Kelly 1-1 J. Mullane 0-2 D. Bennett 0-1 K. McGrath 0-1 S. Prendergast 0-1

Semple Stadium, ThurlesReferee: S. McMahon (Clare)

Cork

Waterford


CORK GAA:
1	Dónal Óg Cusack
2	Wayne Sherlock
3	Diarmuid O'Sullivan	35'
4	Brian Murphy
5	John Gardiner
6	Ronan Curran
7	Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
8	Tom Kenny	46'
9	Jerry O'Connor
10	Garvan McCarthy	56'
11	Niall McCarthy
12	Timmy McCarthy	69'
13	Ben O'Connor
14	Brian Corcoran	35'
15	Joe Deane
Substitutes:
16	Paul Morrissey
17	Cian O'Connor
18	John Browne
19	Graham Callinan
20	Mickey O'Connell
21	Paul Tierney	46'
22	John Anderson
23	Jonathan O'Callaghan
24	Kieran Murphy	35'
25	Martin Coleman
26	Eamonn Collins	56'
27	Michael Byrne



Manager:
Dónal O'Grady


WATERFORD GAA:
1	Stephen Brenner
2	Eoin Murphy
3	James Murray
4	Declan Prendergast
5	Bryan Phelan
6	Ken McGrath (c)
7	Tony Browne
8	Dave Bennett		50'
9	Eoin McGrath		66'
10	Eoin Kelly
11	Dan Shanahan
12	Michael Walsh
13	John Mullane	38'
14	Seamus Prendergast
15	Paul Flynn
Substitutes:
16	Ian O'Regan
17	Tom Feeney
18	Brian Wall
19	Paul O'Brien		50'	70'
20	Jack Kennedy		70'
21	Andy Moloney
22	Liam Lawlor
23	Shane O'Sullivan		66'
24	David O'Brien
25	Sean Ryan
26	Ger Quinlan
27	Denis Coffey
28	John Wall
29	Andrew Kirwan
30	Wayne Hutchinson
Manager:
Justin McCarthy