2020 Munster Senior Hurling League


The 2020 Munster Senior Hurling League was the fifth staging of the Munster Senior Hurling League since its establishment by the Munster Council in 2016. The league began on 15 December 2019 and ended on 11 January 2020.
Clare were the defending champions, however, they failed to make it out of the group stage.
On 11 January 2020, Limerick won the Munster League after a 1-32 to 0-20 defeat of Cork in the final at the LIT Gaelic Grounds. This was their second league title overall and their first title since 2018.

Competition format

The six teams are drawn into two groups of three teams. Each team plays the other teams in their group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners advance to the final. If the final is a draw, a penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner; there is no extra time played.

Fixtures and results

Group 1

Table

Fixtures and results

Group 2

Table

Fixtures and results

Final

League statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1David ReidyLimerick1-2932310.66
2Shane ConwayKerry1-151829.00
2Niall DeasyClare0-181829.00
3Jason FordeTipperary0-2222211.00
4Stephen BennettWaterford1-111427.00
5Adrian BreenLimerick1-091234.00
6Conor LehaneCork0-111125.50
7Patrick CurranWaterford1-06919.00
8David DempseyLimerick1-05832.66
8Tom MorrisseyLimerick0-08832.66

;Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1David ReidyLimerick1-1215Clare
2Jason FordeTipperary0-1414Clare
3Stephen BennettWaterford1-0912Kerry
4Shane ConwayKerry1-0811Waterford
4Niall DeasyClare0-1111Limerick
4David ReidyLimerick0-1111Cork
5Patrick CurranWaterford1-069Cork
6Adrian BreenLimerick1-058Tipperary
6Jason FordeTipperary0-088Limerick
7Niall DeasyClare0-077Tipperary
7Shane ConwayKerry0-077Cork