The 2018 Munster Senior Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League, was the third

Munster Senior Hurling League The Munster Senior Hurling League (known in some years as the Munster Hurling Cup) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2016 for the top inter-county teams in the province of ...

, an annual

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

league competition for

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from the

province of Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

. The league began on 30 December 2017 and ended on 14 January 2018.

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were the defending champions.

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and

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did not participate in the league. On 14 January 2018,

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...

won the league title following a 0-16 to 0-10 defeat of Clare. It was their first Munster SHL title.

Format

Each team plays each other team once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams advance to the final.

Results

Table

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

The final group game was cancelled, as Limerick and Clare had already reached the final.

Final

League statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall ;Top scorers in a single game

Miscellaneous

* Kerry's 1-23 to 1-13 defeat of Cork was their first competitive senior victory over their neighbours since the 1891 Munster Championship.

References

{{GAA 2018

Munster Senior Hurling League