en 1998 Tipperary county hurling team season

Tipperary competed in the 1998 National Hurling League and the 1998 Munster Championship. It was Len Gaynor's second year in charge of the team with Declan Ryan named as team captain. Finches continued as sponsors of Tipperary GAA.^[1]

1998 National Hurling League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
1	Cork	5	4	1	0	5-64	6-42	19	9	Division 1 champions
2	Waterford	5	3	1	1	8-64	8-52	12	7	Division 1 runners-up
3	Wexford	5	2	2	1	4-60	2-60	6	6
4	Tipperary	5	1	1	3	10-52	7-57	4	3
5	Laois	5	1	1	3	3-54	8-56	-17	3
6	Kilkenny	5	1	0	4	5-54	5-69	-15	2

8 March 1998	Tipperary	4-6 - 1-17	Waterford	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	L Cahill 2-0, D Ryan 1-3, M Kennedy 1-0, K Tucker 0-2, R Ryan 0-1.	Report	P Flynn 1-6, K McGrath 0-7, D Shanahan 0-2, G Gater 0-1, B O'Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: P Delaney (Laois)

22 March 1998	Laois	1-13 - 1-13	Tipperary	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	D Cuddy 0-6, D Conroy 1-0, D Rooney 0-2, C Cuddy 0-2, O Coss 0-1, N Rigney 0-1, P Cuddy 0-1.		M Kennedy 1-3, E O'Neill 0-4, L Cahill 0-2, J Leahy 0-2, R Ryan 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1.	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

29 March 1998	Tipperary	3-13 - 1-13	Kilkenny	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	M Kennedy 1-2, E o'Neill 0-5, P Kelly 1-1, D Ryan 1-0, L Cahill 0-3, R Ryan 0-2.		N Moloney 1-6, PJ Delaney 0-2, D Byrne 0-2, A Comerford 0-2, P O'Neill 0-1.	Referee: J Cooney (Galway)

12 April 1998	Cork	2-11 - 2-10	Tipperary	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	J Deane 1-4, A Browne 1-1, B Egan 0-2, F McCormack 0-2, P Ryan 0-2.		P Kelly 1-2, E O'Neill 0-5, M Kennedy 1-0, J Enright 0-1, R Ryan 0-1, D Ryan 0-1.	Referee: A Mac Suibhne (Dublin)

19 April 1998	Wexford	2-13 - 0-10	Tipperary	Enniscorthy
	P Codd 1-7, T Dempsey 1-1, M Jordan 0-1, L Murphy 0-1, D Ruth 0-1, A Fenlon 0-1, R McCarthy 0-1.	Report	E O'Neill 0-6, D Ryan 0-2, P Kelly 0-1, L Cahill 0-1.	Referee: J Cooney (Galway)

7 June
Semi-Final

Waterford	0-21 – 2-12	Tipperary
P. Flynn (0-10), K. McGrath (0-4), T. Browne (0-2), D. Shanahan (0-2), B. O'Sullivan (0-2), A. Kirwan (0-1).	Report	E. O'Neill (1-3), B. O'Meara (1-0), L. Cahill (0-3), T. Dunne (0-2), L. McGrath (0-1), D. Ryan (0-1), J. Leahy (0-1), M. Kennedy (0-1).

Attendance: 30,532

Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)

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