2015 Waterford Crystal Cup

2015 Waterford Crystal Cup
Championship Details
Dates 10–31 January 2015
Teams 11
Sponsor Waterford Crystal
Waterford Crystal Cup Champions
Winners Limerick
Captain Donal O'Grady
Manager TJ Ryan
Waterford Crystal Cup Runners-up
Runners-up Cork
Captain Anthony Nash
Manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy
Cup Statistics
No. matches played 10
Goals total 27
Points total 345
Top scorer Luke O'Farrell, Cork (2-13)

The 2015 Waterford Crystal Cup was the tenth and final staging of the Waterford Crystal Cup. It was replaced by the Munster Senior Hurling League in 2016.

The Waterford Crystal Cup is a hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the inter-county teams and third-level institutes and universities in the province of Munster in Ireland.

The competition began on 10 January 2015 and ended on 31 January 2014. Tipperary were the defending champions.[1]

Limerick won their second Waterford Crystal Cup after a 3-20 to 1-16 win against Cork in the final in Mallow.[2][3][4][5]

Teams

A total of eleven teams contested the 2015 Waterford Crystal Cup.

The following third level colleges took part.

The following county teams took part.

Fixtures

Preliminary round

10 January 2015 Preliminary Cork 1-18 - 1-15ULCIT
Luke O’Farrell (0-9, 0-8 frees); Dayne Lee (1-0); Paul Haughney, Stephen Moylan, Brian Lawton (0-2); Brian Murray, Peter Kelleher, Andy Walsh (0-1) Report Jason Forde (0-5, 0-3 frees); Conor Martin (1-2), Tony Kelly (0-3); Mark Carmody (0-2); Daire Quinn, PJ Scully (0-1); David McInerney (0-1 free) Referee: Paul Foley (Waterford)
11 January 2015 Preliminary Waterford 1-22 - 0-18LITWIT Sports Complex, Carriganore
Pauric Mahony (0-10, 0-8 frees); Brian O’Halloran (1-4); Gavin O’Brien, Pa Walsh, Martin O’Neill, Shane O’Sullivan, Kevin Moran, Michael Walsh, Shane Bennett, Donie Breathnach (0-1) Report David Reidy (0-9, 0-8 frees); Seanie O’Brien (0-3); Paul Flaherty (0-2), Alan Dempsey, David Dempsey, Patrick Fitzgerald, Barry O’Connell (0-1)
9 January 2015 Preliminary Tipperary 4-16 - 1-16Mary IDr. Morris Park, Thurles
S Callanan (3-7, 0-4 frees, 0-1 65); D Butler (0-4); S Maher (1-1); Pádraic Maher, D Maher, C Kenny (0-1); K Bergin (0-1 free) Report D Reidy (0-10, 0-8 frees); N O’Meara (1-1); D O’Donovan (0-2); T Gallagher (0-2, 0-1 sideline), C Sheahan (0-1) Referee: Nathal Wall (Cork)

Quarter-finals

18 January 2015 Quarter-final Clare 0-16 - 0-15TipperarySixmilebridge
14:00 Cathal O’Connell (0-4 frees); Davy O’Halloran, Patrick Donnellan (0-2); Colin Ryan (0-2, 0-1 free); Aaron Cunningham, Brendan Bugler, Colm Galvin, Conor Ryan, Bobby Duggan, Paul Flanagan (0-1) Report Brendan Maher (0-7, 0-5 frees); Sean Maher, Denis Maher (0-2); Gearoid Ryan, Tom Stapleton, David Butler, Shane McGrath (0-1) Referee: Johnny Murphy (Limerick)
17 January 2015 Quarter-final Cork 4-15 - 1-13CITCIT
14:00 Darren McCarthy (2-2); Paudie O’Sullivan (0-5, 0-3 frees); Stephen Moylan (1-2); Daniel Kearney (1-0); Dayne Lee, Paul Haughney (0-2); Patrick Cronin, Séamus Harnedy (0-1) Report Daire Lordan (0-4, 0-3 frees); Kevin Kavanagh (1-0); John O’Dwyer, Seán O’Mahony, Conor Hammersley (0-2); William Murphy, John Cronin, Bill Cooper (0-1) Referee: John McCormack (Tipperary)
17 January 2015 Quarter-final Limerick 2-15 1-15WaterfordFitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
14:00 Adrian Breen (1-2); Cian Lynch (0-3); Cathal King, Donal O’Grady (0-2); Thomas O’Brien, Tom Morrissey (0-2, 0-1 free); Dan Morrissey (0-1); Shane Dowling (0-1 free) Report Martin O’Neill (0-8, 0-6frees); Jake Dillon (1-3, 0-3 frees); Thomas Connors (0-2); Shane O’Sullivan, Shane Bennett (0-1) Referee: Damien Fox (Clare)
17 January 2015 Quarter-final UCC 2-23 - 2-14KerryAustin Stack Park, Tralee
13:30 A Cadogan (0-6); B Lawton (0-6, 0-3 frees); R O'Shea (0-4, 0-2 frees); E Finn (0-4), S O'Keeffe, B Hartnett (1-0); K Burke (0-2), M Breen (0-1) Report S Nolan (0-8, 0-6 frees); A Royle (1-1), P Boyle (1-0); M O'Leary (0-3); C Harty (0-2) Referee: Jason Mullins (Limerick)

Semi-finals

24 January 2015 Semi-final Cork 2-21 - 0-18ClareMallow
13:00 Luke O’Farrell (2-3); Cian McCarthy (0-7, 0-3 frees, 0-2 65s); Stephen Moylan, Andy Walsh (0-2); Brian Murray, Peter Kelleher, Brian Lawton, Darren McCarthy, Dayne Lee, Paul Haughney, Alan Frahill-O’Connor (0-1) Report Cathal O’Connell (0-4, 0-3 frees); Bobby Duggan (0-4); Colin Ryan (0-3, 0-1 frees); Brendan Bugler (0-3); Patrick Donnellan (0-2); Shane Golden, Daire Keane (0-1) Referee: Paul Foley (Waterford)
24 January 2015 Semi-final Limerick 0-22 - 1-17UCCFitzGerald Park, Kilmallock
14:00 Shane Dowling (0-4, 0-2 frees); Thomas O’Brien (0-4 frees); Adrian Breen (0-3); Conor Allis (0-2, 0-1 free); Cian Lynch, James Ryan (0-2); Niall Moran, Cathal King, Tom Morrissey, Paul Browne, Patrick Begley (0-1) Report Conor Lehane (0-6, 0-3 frees); Rob O’Shea (0-4, 0-3 frees); DJ Foran (1-0); Alan Cadogan, Stephen O’Keeffe (0-2); Shane O’Donnell, Daniel Roche (0-1), Paudie Prendergast (0-1 free) Referee: Pat Casey (Waterford)

Final

31 January 2015 Final Limerick 3-20 - 1-16CorkMallow
19:00 Adrian Breen (2-3); Gavin O’Mahony (1-2); Cian Lynch (0-4); Tom Condon (0-3); James Ryan, Cathal King, Tom Morrissey (0-2); Niall Moran, Shane Dowling (0-1) Report Cian McCarthy (0-8, 0-3 frees); Stephen Moylan (1-0); Paul Haughney, Andy Walsh (0-2); Brian Lawton, Brian Murray, Luke O’Farrell, Patrick Horgan (0-01) Referee: Johnny Ryan (Tipperary)

References

  1. ^ "Draws for 2015 McGrath, Waterford Crystal Cups". Hogan Stand. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Limerick 3-20 Cork 1-16". Irish Independent. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Limerick 3-20 Cork 1-16". Munster GAA. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Limerick hurlers crowned Waterford Crystal Cup champions". Limerick Leader. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Success for Limerick Hurlers in Waterford Crystal Cup action". Irish Examiner. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.