1996 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

1996 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final replay

Event	1996 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Limerick Tipperary 4-7 0-16
Date	14 July 1996
Venue	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
Man of the Match	Ciarán Carey (Limerick)
Attendance	40,000
Weather	Sunny
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The 1996 Munster Senior Hurling Championship finals were two hurling matches played in July 1996. The first game was played at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick and finished in a draw 0–19 to 1–16, after Tipperary at one stage had a ten-point lead. The replay was played a week later on 14 July at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, County Cork, and saw Limerick claim their second first Munster Championship of the decade, winning on a scoreline of 4–7 to 0–16. Overall, this was Limerick's eighteenth Munster Senior Hurling Championship title.^[1]

Tipperay had defeated Waterford in the quarter-final by 1–14 to 1-11 and Kerry in the semi-final by 4–19 to 2–11 to reach the final, while Limerick had defeated Cork by 3–18 to 1–8 in the quarter-final and All-Ireland Champions Clare by 1–13 to 0–15 in the semi-final to reach the final.^[2] Both matches were screened live by RTÉ as part of The Sunday Game programme.^{[citation needed]}