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 ChampionsClare 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]
