Limerick paired with Cork and Kerry in 2023 Co-Op Superstores Munster Senior Hurling League

The fixtures for the competition will be confirmed on Monday afternoon with the final to be played on the weekend of January 21/22.

Limerick have been paired with Cork and Kerry in Group B of the 2023 Co-Op Superstores Munster Senior Hurling League. Clare, Tipperary and Waterford are in Group A with all six Munster counties entered.

The final of the competition will take place on the weekend of January 21/22, a fortnight before the start of the National League. The group fixtures are to be confirmed at the launch on Monday afternoon.

Group A – Clare, Tipperary, Waterford
Group B – Cork, Kerry, Limerick

Limerick are the defending champions haven beaten Clare in last year’s decider in Cusack Park. John Kiely’s youthful charges proved too strong for the Banner with Barry Nash captaining the side to a 0-28 to 0-17.

That was Limerick’s second successive success in the competition as they overpowered Cork in the 2020 final with the 2021 edition cancelled following the pandemic.

Limerick are three times winners, also claiming the title in 2018, with Clare (2016 & ’19) and Cork (2017) the only other sides to triumph since its inception in 2016. The Treaty men have won the All-Ireland each year they have won the Munster League.

Last year, Limerick opened their campaign in the semi-finals with a 4-29 to 0-11 victory over Kerry in the TUS Gaelic Grounds. They followed that up with victory over Clare in the final.

John Kiely’s men will kick off their League campaign in Cork on February 4 with the fixtures released last week.