Tipperary county hurling team

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The Tipperary county hurling team represents Tipperary in hurling and is governed by Tipperary GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and the National Hurling League.

Tipperary's home ground is Semple Stadium, Thurles. The team's manager is Colm Bonnar.

The team last won the Munster Senior Championship in 2016, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2019 and the National League in 2008.

History[]

The teams of the Tipperary County Board, together with Kilkenny and Cork, lead the roll of honour in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The Board's teams have won 28 All-Ireland titles as of 2019 - the third most successful of all county boards. Three teams also have the distinction of twice winning three All-Ireland Finals in a row (1898, 1899, 1900) and (1949, 1950, 1951). The team of the 1960s is considered the greatest of all Tipperary teams. The County's fortunes declined during the last half-century to the extent that only seven All-Ireland Championships have been won in the period 1966 - 2019, however new systems and extensive work at underage level has seen Tipperary go on to win senior titles in 2010, 2016 & 2019 defeating old rivals Kilkenny in all three.as well as being victorious in 4 minor and 3 U21 All Ireland hurling finals since 2006.For more detail on hurling history, see here.

Team sponsorship[]

Since 1991 the following companies have sponsored all of the Tipperary hurling teams.

• 1991–1997: Tipperary Water
• 1992–1994: National Irish Bank
• 1995–2001: Finches
• 2002–2011: Enfer Scientific
• 2011–2014: Škoda
• 2015–2018: Intersport/Elverys
• 2019–present: Teneo

Support[]

There exists a supporters' club. According to Liam Kearns, this provides €100,000 in revenue annually for the hurling team.^[1] Babs Keating first established it in 1986 and it was the first such supporters' club in Gaelic games. By 2016, it had raised several million euro for the county hurling team.^[2]

Current squad[]

Team as per Tipperary vs Clare in the Munster SHC semi-final, 4 July 2021

No. Player Position Club 1 Barry Hogan Goalkeeper Kildangan 2 Cathal Barrett Right Corner Back Holycross-Ballycahill 3 Pádraic Maher Full Back Thurles Sarsfields 4 Barry Heffernan Left Corner Back Nenagh Éire Óg 5 Brendan MaherRET[3] Right Half Back Borris-Ileigh 6 Séamus Kennedy Centre Back St Mary's Clonmel 7 Ronan Maher Left Half Back Thurles Sarsfields 8 Noel McGrath Midfield Loughmore-Castleiney 9 Michael Breen Midfield Ballina 10 Jason Forde Right Half Forward Silvermines 11 John McGrath Centre Forward Loughmore-Castleiney 12 Dan McCormack Left Half Forward Borris-Ileigh 13 John O'Dwyer Right Corner Forward Killenaule 14 Séamus Callanan (c) Full Forward Drom-Inch 15 Jake Morris Left Corner Forward Nenagh Éire Óg

No. Player Position Club 16 Brian Hogan Substitute Lorrha-Dorrha 17 Robert Byrne Substitute Portroe 18 Paddy Cadell Substitute J. K. Bracken's 19 Eoghan Connolly Substitute Cashel King Cormacs 20 Willie Connors Substitute Kildangan 21 Alan Flynn Substitute Kildangan 22 Paul Flynn Substitute Kiladangan 23 Mark Kehoe Substitute Kilsheelan-Kilcash 24 Brian McGrath Substitute Loughmore-Castleiney 25 James Quigley Substitute Kildangan 26 Dillon Quirke Substitute Clonoulty-Rossmore

^RET Player has since retired from the county team.
^INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team.
^WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

Current management team[]

• Manager: Colm Bonnar
• Selectors:
• Support role:
• Strength and conditioning coach:
• Physio:

Managerial history[]

Name	Club	From	To	All-Ireland titles	Munster titles	National League titles
Donie Nealon	Burgess	1971	1978	1971	1971
Len Gaynor	Kilruane MacDonagh's	1978	1985			1979
Tony Wall	Thurles Sarsfields	1985	1986
Michael 'Babs' Keating	Ballybacon-Grange	1986	1994	1989, 1991	1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993	1988, 1994
Fr Tom Fogarty	Moyne-Templetuohy	1994	1996
Len Gaynor	Kilruane MacDonagh's	1996	1998
Nicky English	Lattin Cullen	1998	2002	2001	2001	1999, 2001
Michael Doyle	Holycross-Ballycahill	2002	2003
Ken Hogan	Lorrha-Dorrha	2003	2005
Michael 'Babs' Keating	Ballybacon-Grange	2005	2007
Liam Sheedy	Portroe	2007	2010[4]	2010	2008, 2009	2008
Declan Ryan	Clonoulty-Rossmore	2010[5]	2012[6]		2011, 2012
Eamon O'Shea	Kilruane MacDonagh's	2012[7]	2015[8]		2015
Michael Ryan	Upperchurch-Drombane	2016	2018[9]	2016	2016
Liam Sheedy	Portroe	2018[10]	2021[11]	2019
Colm Bonnar	?	2021

Players[]

Notable players[]

Captaincy[]

Historically, the role of Tipperary hurling team captain for the season was decided by the winners of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship. For example, Willie Ryan was the team captain for 2009 as chosen by his club Toomevara. This system, however, meant there was little consistency from year to year and often meant that the team captain was not an integral part of the team or even a first choice player (as in the Willie Ryan example).

For the 2010 season, the responsibility for choosing the team captain was given to the county's management team. On 12 February 2010, it was announced that Eoin Kelly from the Mullinahone club would captain the county, with Declan Fanning acting as vice-captain. Eoin Kelly was once again selected as captain for the 2011 season. Paul Curran was named as the hurling captain in January 2012.

In February 2013, Shane McGrath was appointed captain for the 2013 season.^[12][13]

In October 2013, Brendan Maher was named as the new Tipperary captain for 2014.^[14] Maher continued as captain for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2016, it was announced that Padraig Maher has been nominated as the new Tipperary hurling team captain for the 2017 season.^[15]

On 22 January 2019, Séamus Callanan was named as the new Tipperary hurling team captain for 2019.^[16]

Records[]

Hurler of the Year winners
Award	Players
Texaco HOTY	Tony Wall (1958), Liam Devaney (1961), Donie Nealon (1962), John Doyle (1964), Jimmy Doyle (1965), Michael 'Babs' Keating (1971), Nicky English (1989), Pat Fox (1991), Tommy Dunne (2001), Lar Corbett (2010)
All-Stars HOTY	Tommy Dunne (2001), Lar Corbett (2010), Séamus Callanan (2019)

Multi All Ireland Senior winners (hurling)
Medals	Players
8	John Doyle
6	Jimmy Doyle
5	Kieran Carey, Tommy Doyle, Theo English, Mikey Maher, Donie Nealon, Tony Wall, John Walsh Sr, Liam Devaney, Mick Burns, , Michael Maher
4	Mickey 'The Rattler' Byrne, Seán McLoughlin, John 'Mackey' McKenna, Pat Ryan, Jack Gleeson, Mike Wall, John O'Donoghue, Denis Walsh, Tony Brennan, Phil Byrne, Pat Stakelum, Tim Condon, , Tommy Ryan
3	Jimmy Finn, Paddy Kenny, , Seán Kenny, Declan Ryan, Pat Stakelum, Tony Reddin, Mick Roche, Len Gaynor, John Hough, Jack Power, Paddy Riordan, Donal Ryan, Jack Ryan, , , Tommy Ryan, , , Peter O'Sullivan, , Jim Devitt, , Watty Dunne, Mick Ryan, Paddy Fahey, Jack 'Thady' Flanagan, Séamus Bannon, , John Maher, Sonny Maher, , Mick Murphy, Tom Semple, Phil Shanahan, Hugh Shelly, John Leahy, , Flor Coffey, , Liam Connolly, , , Seamus Callanan, Brendan Maher, Noel McGrath, Patrick Maher, Padraic Maher,
2	Eoin Kelly, Nicky English, Bobby Ryan, Pat Fox, Noel Sheehy, Michael Cleary, Ken Hogan, Declan Carr, Aidan Ryan, Conor O'Donovan, Cormac Bonnar, Colm Bonnar, Conal Bonnar, Lar Corbett, Brendan Cummins, John O'Brien, Michael Cahill, Gearoid Ryan

All Star winners
Awards	Players
6	Nicky English, Eoin Kelly, Padraic Maher
5	Brendan Cummins
4	Michael Cleary, Seamus Callanan
3	Bobby Ryan, Francis Loughnane, Pat Fox, John Leahy, Tommy Dunne, Lar Corbett, Brendan Maher, Noel McGrath
2	Conal Bonnar, Cormac Bonnar, Pat McLoughney, Noel Sheehy, Declan Ryan, Paul Kelly, Conor O'Mahony, Paul Curran, Shane McGrath, Patrick Maher, Ronan Maher, Cathal Barrett
1	Aidan Ryan, Colm Bonnar, Declan Carr, Ken Hogan, Paul Delaney, Tommy Butler, Liam Cahill, Paul Shelly, John Carroll, Eamonn Corcoran, Mark O'Leary, Philip Maher, Eddie Enright, Declan Fanning, Mick Roche, Michael Keating, Darren Gleeson, John O'Dwyer, John McGrath, James Barry

Cú Chulainn Award winners
Awards	Players
3	Mick Roche, Donie Nealon, John McKenna, Jimmy Doyle
2	Michael Keating, Tony Wall, Theo English, John Doyle
1	Liam Devaney, Kieran Carey, Seán McLoughlin, Len Gaynor, John O'Donoghue

Honours[]

All-Irelands (89)

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 28
  • 1887, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1916, 1925, 1930, 1937, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2010, 2016, 2019
• All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship: 7
  • 1963, 1966, 1971, 1972, 2000, 2012, 2013
• All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championships: 11
  • 1964, 1967, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1995, 2010, 2018, 2019
• All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 20
  • 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016
• All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships: 9
  • 1913, 1915, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1933, 1953, 1989, 1991
• All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championships: 14
  • 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1988, 1990, 2004, 2010, 2011 (1962-1978 winners were North Tipperary)

Leagues (19)

• National Hurling League: 19
  • 1928, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1979, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2008

Provincials (132)

• Munster Senior Hurling Championships: 42
  • 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
• Munster Under-21 Hurling Championships: 21
  • 1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2019
• Munster Minor Hurling Championships: 40
  • 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018
• Munster Junior Hurling Championships: 16
  • 1910, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1951, 1953, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
• Munster Intermediate Hurling Championships: 9
  • 1961, 1963, 1966, 1971, 1972, 2000, 2002, 2012, 2013
• Waterford Crystal Cup: 4
  • 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014

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