The 2024 Munster SHC by the numbers

1 – Drawn match so far, Waterford scoring 3-21 to Tipperary’s 1-27. There were three draws in the 2018 round-robin, none in 2019, one in 2022 and two last year – both involving Tipp, against Cork and Limerick.

2 – Goals from placed balls for Cork’s Patrick Horgan – a late free against Clare and the penalty to swing the Limerick game the Rebels’ way.

2 – Games broadcast live so far by RTÉ – Clare v Limerick and Limerick v Tipperary. That figure will be doubled this Sunday as the Clare-Waterford game is shown at 2pm, followed by Tipp-Cork at 4pm.

3 – Jersey numbers worn by Horgan’s Glen Rovers and Cork team-mate Robert Downey. He was number 5 against Waterford, 7 against Clare and 6 against Limerick.

4 – Counties to have competed in Munster finals under the round-robin system. Waterford are the odd ones out – though they were involved in the 2020 and 2021 deciders, when it reverted to a knockout system.

Davy Fitzgerald’s side are the only county still unbeaten in the current campaign.

5 – Games without a win Cork had endured before beating beating Limerick. The run stretched back to the 2023 opener against Waterford, with a draw against Tipperary followed by defeats to Clare, Limerick, Waterford and Clare again.

Tipp have currently gone five matches without a win since overcoming Clare in their first match of 2023.

6 – Changes to the Cork starting lineup made for the Clare game, in the wake of the Waterford defeat, with Niall O’Leary, Eoin Downey, Tim O’Mahony, Ethan Twomey, Declan Dalton and Brian Hayes all brought into the side.

8 – Years since Tipperary last beat Cork in the championship in Thurles, a 0-22 to 0-13 defeat in 2016. Since then, the Premier County have overcome the Rebels in Páirc Uí Chaoimh (2019) and the Gaelic Grounds (2020) while there was also last year’s draw in Cork. The games in Thurles since then have resulted in two Cork wins (2017 and 2022) and a draw (2018).

13 – Scorers for Tipperary in their draw with Waterford: 0-4 each Gearóid O’Connor (0-3f) and Mark Kehoe, 1-1 Séanie Kenneally, 0-3 each Jason Forde (0-2f) and Jake Morris, 0-2 each Ronan Maher (0-1f), Eoghan Connolly, Alan Tynan, Noel McGrath, 0-1 each Michael Breen, Darragh Stakelum, Patrick Maher, John McGrath.

14 – Clubs represented among Cork’s 21 starters to date: three each for Glen Rovers (Eoin Downey, Robert Downey, Patrick Horgan) and St Finbarr’s (Damien Cahalane, Ethan Twomey, Brian Hayes), two for Blarney (Mark Coleman and Shane Barrett), Fr O’Neills (Ger Millerick and Declan Dalton) and Midleton (Tommy O’Connell and Conor Lehane) with one each for Ballinhassig (Patrick Collins), Blackrock (Alan Connolly), Castlelyons (Niall O’Leary), Castlemartyr (Ciarán Joyce), Charleville (Darragh Fitzgibbon), Courcey Rovers (Seán Twomey), Inniscarra (Seán O’Donoghue), Newtownshandrum (Tim O’Mahony) and St Ita’s (Séamus Harnedy).

15 – Points in the biggest winning margin so far this year, Limerick against Tipperary. The other five matches have had margins of three points, three points, two points, zero and two points.

16 – Patrick Horgan has scored the highest individual tally, 2-10 against Clare. He is also second to himself, with 1-11 against Limerick.

25 – Goals scored across the six matches played so far, an average of 4.17. Limerick’s 2-27 to 0-18 win over Tipperary is the only match where a side has failed to raise a green flag.

35 – Total points conceded by Cork against both Clare and Limerick, with the visitors to SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh scoring 3-26 in each instance. Cork’s 3-24 wasn’t enough to beat the Banner; their 3-28 was sufficient against the Shannonsiders.

100 – Percentage of shots taken by Limerick’s Séamus Flanagan against Cork last Saturday, resulting in three goals and three points.

1,791 – Days since Limerick’s last away Munster SHC defeat before last Saturday night. Tipp overcame them in the last round-robin game of 2019, on June 16 – but Limerick turned the tables in the provincial final 14 days later.

115,980 – Spectators to have attended the six games played so far in the 2024 Munster SHC, making for an average of 25,997. Last Saturday’s crowd of 41,670 was the largest seen to date across the football or hurling championships.