2008 Tipperary county hurling team season

Tipperary county hurling team
2008 season
Manager Liam Sheedy
All-Ireland SHC Semi-finalists
Munster SHC Winners
National League Winners
Top scorer SHC Eoin Kelly (1-21)
Highest SHC attendance 53,635 (v Waterford 17 August)
Lowest SHC attendance 42,823 (v Cork 8 June)
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The 2008 season was Liam Sheedy's first season in charge of the Tipperary senior hurling team. He was appointed for a one-year term at a meeting of the county board on 25 September 2007.[1] Paul Ormond was the team captain for the year but Eoin Kelly was the playing captain when Ormond wasn't named in the team.[2]

On 27 January, Tipperary won the pre-season Waterford Crystal Cup for the second year in a row after a 3–13 to 1–13 defeat of Waterford.[3] During the National League, Tipperary recorded three wins and two draws to finish second in Division 1B and secure a place in the knock-out stages. Subsequent defeats of Waterford and Kilkenny saw Tipperary qualify for the final in which they defeated Galway by 3–18 to 3–16 to take the title for the 19th time.[4]

In the Munster Championship, Tipperary recorded their first defeat of Cork in Cork since 1923, before winning the Munster title following a 2–21 to 0–19 defeat of Clare in the final.[5][6][7] Tipperary's went on to play Waterford in the All-Ireland semi-final where they lost by two points, it was there only defeat of the year.[8][9][10]

Liam Sheedy was reappointment as manager for another term in October 2008.[11][12]

2008 senior hurling management team

Name Position Club
Liam Sheedy Manager Portroe
Eamon O'Shea Selector Kilruane MacDonagh's
Michael Ryan Selector Upperchurch-Drombane
Cian O'Neill Selector Moorefield

2008 squad

The following players made their competitive senior debut in 2008.

2008 National Hurling League

Main article: 2008 National Hurling League

Division 1B table

Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes
1 Galway 5 3 2 0 +51 8 Division 1 runners-up
2 Tipperary 5 3 2 0 +42 8 Division 1 champions
3 Limerick 5 3 0 2 +16 6
4 Clare 5 2 1 2 –1 5
5 Laois 5 1 0 4 –74 2 Relegated to Division 2
6 Offaly 5 0 1 4 –34 1 Relegated to Division 2
10 February 2008 Round 1 Tipperary 2-25 - 2-8 Offaly Semple Stadium
E Kelly 1-10, P Kerwick 1-1, L Corbett 0-3, P Bourke 0-3, S Callinan 0-3, S Butler 0-2, R O'Dwyer 0-1, J O'Brien 0-1, W Ryan 0-1. Report D Molloy 1-1, D Murray 1-0, S Dooley 0-3, J Rigney 0-2, B Carroll 0-1, C Mahon 0-1. Attendance: 3,294
Referee: J Owens (Wexford)
17 February 2008 Round 2 Tipperary 2-20 - 2-9 Limerick Semple Stadium
E Kelly 1-12, S Callinan 1-1, C O'Mahony 0-2, S McGrath 0-2, S Butler 0-1, R O'Dwyer 0-1, J Woodlock 0-1. Report A O'Shaughnessy 2-3, P Tobin 0-3, H Flavin 0-1, P O'Dwyer 0-1, A O'Connor 0-1. Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)
9 March 2008 Round 3 Galway 0-16 - 0-16 Tipperary Pearse Stadium
K Wade 0-6, G Farragher 0-3, N Healy 0-2, A Cullinane 0-1, A Callanan 0-1, D Forde 0-1, K Hynes 0-1, G Mahon 0-1. Report C O'Mahony 0-5, E Kelly 0-4, S McGrath 0-2, J O'Brien 0-2, S Butler 0-1, H Moloney 0-1, P Kerwick 0-1. Referee: É Morris (Dublin)
16 March 2008 Round 4 Clare 0-17 - 1-14 Tipperary Cusack Park
M Flaherty 0-10, F Lynch 0-2, D O'Rourke 0-2, C Lynch 0-1, J Clancy 0-1, D Barrett 0-1. Report E Kelly 0-6, T Fitzgerald 1-0, J Woodlock 0-3, S McGrath 0-1, D Egan 0-1, J O'Brien 0-1, S Butler 0-1, W Ryan 0-1. Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)
23 March 2008 Round 5 Tipperary 4-17 - 1-12 Laois Leahy Park
L Corbett 3-2, T Fitzgerald 1-0, P Bourke 0-3, P Kerwick 0-3, S Butler 0-3, C O'Mahony 0-1, S Maher 0-1, J Woodlock 0-1, J Ceaser 0-1, D Hickey 0-1, S McGrath 0-1. Report J Young 0-5, T Fitzgerald 1-0, Z Keenan 0-3, W Hyland 0-2, J Rowney 0-1, M Whelan 0-1.

Quarter-finals

6 April 2008 Quarter-final Tipperary 1-16 - 0-14 Waterford Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
E Kelly (0-10, seven frees, one 65), S Butler (1-1), E Corcoran (0-1, line ball), C O'Mahony (0-1, free), S McGrath (0-1), L Corbett (0-1), S Callinan 0-1. Report D Bennett (0-8, six frees), E McGrath (0-1), K McGrath (0-1, free), S Prendergast (0-1), S O'Sullivan (0-1), J Mullane (0-1), S Casey (0-1). Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

Semi-finals

13 April 2008 Semi-Final Kilkenny 1-10 – 1-15 Tipperary Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
M Fennelly; R Power (0-6, four frees), E Brennan (1-0), J Fitzpatrick (0-1, free), M Rice (0-1), R Hogan (0-1), A Fogarty (0-1). Report E Kelly (0-7, four frees, one 65), L Corbett (1-0), T Fitzgerald (0-2), S Callinan (0-2), E Corcoran (0-1), S McGrath (0-1), S Butler (0-1), R O'Dwyer (0-1). Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

Final

20 April 2008 Final Tipperary 3-18 – 3-16 Galway Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
4:15 p.m. E Kelly 0-7 (0-5 frees); L Corbett 1-3; S Butler 0-6; W Ryan 1-1; B Dunne 1-0; S McGrath 0-1. Report J Canning 1-6 (0-4 frees); F Healy and A Callinan 1-0 each; D Hayes 0-4; K Hynes 0-3; R Murray, J Skehill (free) and G Farragher (free) 0-1 each. Attendance: 16,315
Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Cork1-13 - 1-19Tipperary
B O'Connor 1-3 (2f), C Naughton 0-4, J O'Connor 0-2, S Óg Ó hAilpín, P O'Sullivan, T Kenny, B Corry 0-1 each. E Kelly 1-7 (5f), L Corbett 0-4, S Callanan 0-3, E Corcoran (sl), W Ryan, S McGrath, P Kerwick, M Webster 0-1 each.
Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)
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Tipperary2-21 - 0-19Clare
J O'Brien 1-4, S Callanan 1-3, E Kelly 0-6 (2f), S McGrath 0-3, L Corbett 0-2, J Woodlock, P Kerwick, H Maloney 0-1 each. N Gilligan 0-8 (5f), M Flaherty (3f), C Lynch 0-3 each, T Carmody 0-2, J Clancy, G Quinn, D McMahon 0-1 each.
Attendance: 48,077
Referee: D Kirwan (Cork) [2]
Main article: 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final

2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Tipperary1-18 - 1-20Waterford
E Kelly 0-8 (6f), S Callanan 1-3, S McGrath 0-3, C O’Mahony (1f), L Corbett, P Kerwick, S Maher 0-1 each. Report E Kelly 1-10 (8f), J Mullane 0-3, E McGrath, S Molumphy, M Walsh 0-2 each, J Kennedy 0-1.
Attendance: 53,635
Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Awards

Brendan Cummins, Conor O'Mahony, and Shane McGrath all won All Star Awards.[13][14]

References

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  14. ^ "Nine Kilkenny players among All-Stars". RTE Sport. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2021.