The 2017 Munster Senior Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores.ie Munster Hurling League, was the second Munster Senior Hurling League, the annual hurling league competition for county teams from the province of Munster.
Clare came into the season as the defending champions. For the second year in succession Tipperary declined to field a team in the league. The opening round of the league took place on 8 January 2017.
On 29 January 2017, Cork won the league title following a 1–21 to 1–20 defeat of Limerick. It was their first Munster League title.
Format
Five of the six Munster teams compete in the league, with Tipperary opting not to participate.
Each team plays each other team once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams play each other in the final.
Table {| class="wikitable" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=50| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#D0F0C0;" |1||align=left| Cork ||4||4||0||0||8-94||2-71||+41||8 |- style="background:#D0F0C0;" |2||align=left| Limerick ||4||3||0||1||7-86||8-71||+12||6
|3||align=left| Clare ||4||2||0||2||4-77||6-62||+9||4 |- |4||align=left| Waterford ||4||1||0||3||9-67||2-83||+5||2 |- |5||align=left| Kerry ||4||0||0||4||1-64||11-101||−67||0
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Final
Scoring statistics
Top scorers overall
Rank Player Team Tally Total Matches Average1Patrick HorganCork2-2733311.002Shane NolanKerry0-292947.253Shane KingstonCork2-152145.25Peter CaseyLimerick1-1821210.505Ronan LynchLimerick0-171728.506Barry NashLimerick4-041644.007David ReidyClare0-151543.758Pauric MahonyWaterford0-1414114.009Alan CadoganCork2-071343.25Billy NolanWaterford0-131334.33
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Team Tally Total Opposition1Pauric MahonyWaterford0-1414Kerry2Patrick HorganCork0-1313Waterford3Barry NashLimerick2-0312KerryPeter CaseyLimerick1-0912Kerry5Patrick HorganCork2-0511LimerickRonan LynchLimerick0-1111Cork7David ReidyClare0-1010Kerry8Shane KingstonCork0-099KerryShane NolanKerry0-099CorkShane BennettWaterford0-099CorkPatrick HorganCork0-099LimerickPeter CaseyLimerick0-099Cork
Goalkeeping clean sheets
Rank Goalkeeper County Clean sheets1Ian O'ReganWaterford22Patrick CollinsCork1Nickie QuaidLimerickBarry HennessyLimerickDeclan DaltonCorkAndrew FaheyLimerick
References