consecutive title wins: 4, joint record: Cork (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971) Tipperary (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981) Most appearances in a final: 35: Tipperary (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020) Most appearances without winning: 2: Galway (1965, 1967) Individual Most wins: 4, Mick Malone (Cork) (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971) Teams By decade The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of championship titles, is as follows: 1960s: 3 each for Tipperary (1964-65-67) and Cork (1966-68-69) 1970s: 6 for Cork (1970-71-73-75-76-77) 1980s: 6 for Tipperary (1980-81-83-84-85-89) 1990s: 5 for Cork (1991-93-96-97-98) 2000s: 4 for Tipperary (2003-04-06-08) 2010s: 3 each for Limerick (2011-15-17) and Clare (2012-13-14) Gaps Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles: 22 years: Waterford (1994-2016) 18 years: Waterford (1974-1992) 13 years: Limerick (1987-2000) 11 years: Cork (2007-2018) 9 years: Limerick (2002-2011) 9 years: Tipperary (2010-2019) Scoreline records Munster finals The most one sided Munster finals: 23 points – 1964: Tipperary 8–09 (33) – (10) 3–01 Waterford 22 points – 1989: Tipperary 5–16 (31) – (9) 1–06 Limerick 21 points – 2000: Limerick 4–18 (30) – (9) 1–06 Cork 15 points – 1966: Cork 5–12 (27) – (12) 2–06 Limerick 15 points – 2014: Clare 1–28 (31) – (16) 1–13 Cork All matches The most one sided semi-finals and first round matches: 40 points – 1988: Kerry 0–00 (0) – (40) 5–25 Tipperary 39 points – 1997: Kerry 0–05 (5) – (44) 6–26 Cork 35 points – 1967: Kerry 0–04 (4) – (40) 9–12 Tipperary 34 points – 1972: Kerry 1–05 (8) – (40) 9–15 Limerick Top scorers Overall By year In a single game In finals Attendance Finals Miscellaneous Mick Malone of Cork holds the record of being the only player to win four consecutive Munster under-21 winners' medals on the field of play. These victories came in 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971. Cork and Tipperary jointly hold the record for the longest streak of success. Both counties have won four-in-a-row with Cork's coming between 1968 and 1971 and Tipperary's coming a decade later between 1978 and 1981. Cork hold the record for the most consecutive appearances in Munster finals. They played in eight-in-a-row between 1975 and 1982, not including a replay in 1978, with success coming on