Man of the Match
Senior Hurling Championship Man of the Match award was introduced in 2000. The award was originally the Peter Bannon Memorial Trophy in memory of a former Cashel clubman who hurled with Naomh Ciarans and captained Cashel to Senior Football League & Championship double in 1983. The MOTM award was unnamed for a period in the 2010’s and early 2020’s. In 2024 a new award was introduced in memory of Seán McNally, a former MOTM winner and Wolfe Tones clubman.
Joe O’Brien from Clonguish Gaels holds the record for winning MOTM five times (2022, 2019, 2013, 2012 & 2005) while Seamus Hannon from Wolfe Tones won it three times (2018, 2016 & 2009) and Seán Browne from Wolfe Tones won it twice (2004 & 2002). All other winners won it once. Joe O’Brien has the distinction of winning MOTM in a final he lost, back in 2013 and is the only member of a runner-up team to win it.
| Year | SHC Man of Match |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 👤 John Murray (Longford Slashers) |
| 2024 | 👤 Cathal Mullane (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2023 | 👤 Gerry Moore (Clonguish Gaels) |
| 2022 | 👤 Joe O'Brien (Clonguish Gaels) |
| 2021 | 👤 Reuben Murray (Longford Slashers) |
| 2020 | 👤 Maitiú O'Donohoe (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2019 | 👤 Joe O'Brien (Clonguish Gaels) |
| 2018 | 👤 Seamus Hannon (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2017 | 👤 John Mulhern (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2016 | 👤 Seamus Hannon (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2015 | 👤 John Gaffney (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2014 | 👤 Paddy Cullen (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2013 | 👤 Joe O'Brien (Clonguish Gaels) |
| 2012 | 👤 Joe O'Brien (Clonguish Gaels) |
| 2011 | ⛔ Final not played |
| 2010 | 👤 Seán McNally* (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2009 | 👤 Seamus Hannon (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2008 | 👤 Brendan Stakem (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2007 | 👤 Jimmy Connell (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2006 | 👤 Paul Barden (Clonguish Gaels) |
| 2005 | 👤 Joe O'Brien (Clonguish Gaels) |
| 2004 | 👤 Seán Browne (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2003 | 👤 Damien Corcoran* (Clonguish Gaels) |
| 2002 | 👤 Seán Browne (Wolfe Tones) |
| 2001 | 👤 Gareth Ghee (Slashers Gaels) |
| 2000 | 👤 Seán Stakelum (Slashers Gaels) |
* No MOTM award arranged in 2010 – It was arranged & presented later by Wolfe Tones to Seán McNally.
** No MOTM award arranged in 2003 – It was arranged & presented later by Clonguish to Damien Corcoran.
Note: This is the first time a list of SHC Man of the Match winners has ever been researched and published.