2015 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
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| Event | 2015 Munster Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 12 July 2015 | ||||||
| Venue | Semple Stadium, Thurles | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Brendan Maher | ||||||
| Referee | James Owens (Wexford) | ||||||
| Attendance | 43,084 | ||||||
| Weather | Dry | ||||||
The 2015 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match which was played on 12 July 2015 at Semple Stadium, Thurles. The winners would advance to the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, with the loser going into the All Ireland quarter-finals. Tipperary and Waterford contested the final with Tipperary winning the title on a 0-21 to 0-16 scoreline. The win was Tipperary's 41st Munster Senior title and first since 2012.
On 23 June Waterford and Tipperary struck a deal to stage the final at Semple Stadium in Thurles as the regular venue for this fixture, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, is out of commission due to redevelopment work. Ticket prices for the final ranged from €30 to €35 in the stand and €25 in the terrace with Tipperary allocated the Killinan End terrace and Waterford the Town End Terrace
The match was shown live on RTÉ Two as part of the The Sunday Game Live with commentary from Marty Morrissey and Michael Duignan.
In the Minor final which was played before the senior final, Tipperary defeated Limerick 0-20 to 0-17.
Waterford made one change to the side that defeated Cork in the semi-final with Tom Devine making first championship start. Tipperary made two changes to the team that defeated Limerick with Michael Breen making his full championship debut at right half-back and the fit again Cathal Barrett taking over from injured Paddy Stapleton at right corner back. Conor O’Brien is replaced by Ronan Maher in the full back line.
Tipperary got the opening point with a strike from Niall O’Meara with Colin Dunford getting Waterford's first score to make it two points to one after 5 minutes. Tipperary opened up a four-point lead after 12 minutes on a six points to two scoreline and had a 0-10 to 0-9 lead at half time, helped by four Seamus Callanan points. Jason Forde got the opening score of the second half to push Tipperary's lead to two points. Maurice Shanahan got the equalizing score for Waterford in the 43rd minute to make the score 0-11 each. John O'Dwyer got his third point in the 58th minute to open up a three-point lead for Tipperary. Lar Corbett then increased the lead to four with a long range shot. Seamus Callanan scored another point from a 65 to increase the lead back to four after Maurice Shanahan had got one back for Waterford. Two more points from Tipperary increased the lead to five points before both teams traded points to leave the final score 0-21 to Tipperary, 0-16 to Waterford.
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