2023 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship

2023 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	28 July 2023 - 15 October 2023
Teams	16
Sponsor	FBD Insurance
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The 2023 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship is the 133rd staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887.

The defending champions are Kilruane MacDonaghs.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Roscrea^[1]

From Championship

Relegated to the Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Éire Óg Annacarty^[2]

Divisional championship finals

Division	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score	Ref
Mid	Thurles Sarsfields	0-18	Upperchurch-Drombane	0-16	^[3]
North	Nenagh Éire Óg	0-21	Kiladangan	0-17	^[4]
South	Killenaule	1-20	Carrick Swans	2-16	^[5]
West	Clonoulty–Rossmore	3-23	Cashel King Cormacs	1-9	^[6]

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 3 April 2023.^[7]

Advance to quarter-finals Advance to preliminary-quarter-finals Advance to relegation semi-final Advance to preliminary-quarter-final and relegation semi-final

Group 1

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Drom & Inch	3	2	0	1	7-56	6-63	-4	4
Mullinahone	3	2	0	1	6-56	4-52	+10	4
Nenagh Éire Óg	3	1	0	2	7-51	5-55	+2	2
JK Brackens	3	1	0	2	4-54	9-47	-8	0

Results

29 July 2023 Round 1	Drom & Inch	2-19 - 1-20	Nenagh Éire Óg	Templemore
18.45	Séamus Callanan 1-6 (0-4f), Tommy Nolan 1-3, Johnny Ryan 0-3, Jamie Moloney and David Collins 0-2 each, Emmet Moloney, Maidhc Fitzpatrick and Pauric Campion 0-1 each	Report	Mikey Heffernan 0-10 (8f), Tommy Heffernan 1-5, Adam Carey 0-2, James Mackey, Josh Keller and Barry Heffernan 0-1 each	Referee: Conor Doyle

30 July 2023 Round 1	Mullinahone	2-16 - 0-15	JK Brackens	Littleton
12.30	Mikey O'Shea 2-1, Conor Whelan 0-5 (4f), Jack Shelly 0-4 (3f), Enda Keane 0-3 (1 sl), Eoin O'Dwyer 0-2, Eoin Fennelly 0-1	Report	Lyndon Fairbrother 0-8 (8f), Andrew Ormonde 0-3, Eoin Fitzpatrick 0-2, Luke Ormonde and Shane Doyle 0-1 each	Referee: John Dooley

12 August 2023 Round 2	JK Brackens	1-15 - 5-15	Nenagh Éire Óg	Dolla
13.30	Lyndon Fairbrother (0-9f, 1 65') 1-10, David O'Shea 0-2, Dean McEnroe, Shane Doyle and Andrew Ormond 0-1 each		Mikey Heffernan (0-9f) 1-10, Philip Hickey 1-1, Barry Heffernan (p), Cian Crowley and Adam Carey 1-0, Sam O'Farrell 0-2, Sean Phelan and Ben West 0-1	Referee: Kevin Jordan

12 August 2023 Round 2	Drom & Inch	3-21 - 2-19	Mullinahone	Littleton
19.00	Séamus Callanan (0-7f) 1-7, Tommy Nolan 1-3, Johnny Ryan 0-5, David Collins 1-1, Eoin Collins (1f), Lorcan Campion, John Campion, Jamie Moloney and Tony Cahill 0-1 each	Report	Mikey O'Shea 1-3, Jack Shelley (3f) 0-4, Eanna Ryan 1-0, Conor Whelan (2f), Enda Keane and Martin Kehoe 0-3 each, Seán Curran 0-2, Colin Shelley 0-1	Referee: Sean Everard

27 August 2023 Round 3	Mullinahone	2-21 - 1-16	Nenagh Éire Óg	Templetuohy
14.00	Eoin O'Dwyer 1-3, Eoin Kelly (1-0p, 0-1f) 1-1, Jack Shelly (1f, 1 65') and Mikey O'Shea 0-4 each, Sean Curran, Daire O'Brien, Michael Dunne and Enda Keane 0-2 each, Danny Dunne 0-1	Report	Ben West 1-1, Sam O'Farrell 0-4, Thomas Heffernan (3f) 0-3, Dermot McTiernan (1f), Mark O'Farrell, James Mackey, Barry Heffernan (1f), Philip Hickey, Josh Keller, Sean Phelan (1f) and Adam Healy 0-1 each	Referee: Michael Kennedy

27 August 2023 Round 3	Drom & Inch	2-16 - 3-24	JK Brackens	Templetuohy
15.45	Séamus Callanan (1-0p, 0-6f, 0-1 65') 1-8, Tommy Nolan 1-1, David Collins and John Campion 0-2 each, Eoin Collins, Maidhc Fitzpatrick and Jamie Moloney 0-1 each		Lyndon Fairbrother (9f) 0-12, Dean McEnroe 1-2, Eanna McBride 1-1, Andrew Ormond 0-4, Shane Doyle 1-0, Eoin Fitzpatrick 0-2, Neil Quinlan, Jordan Moloney and Paddy Cadell 0-1 each	Referee: Peter Carroll

Group 2

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Toomevara	3	3	0	0	5-58	1-57	+13	6
Roscrea	3	1	1	1	6-57	4-60	+3	3
Moycarkey–Borris	3	1	1	1	1-68	3-61	+1	3
Kilruane MacDonaghs	3	0	0	3	4-55	8-60	-17	0

Results

28 July 2023 Round 1	Moycarkey-Borris	0-21 - 1-18	Roscrea	Templemore
19.30	Kieran Morris 0-10 (7f, 1 65'), Rhys Shelly (2f), Kieran Cummins, Kyle Shelly and Liam Corcoran 0-2 each, Eoghan Hayes, Niall Heffernan and Jack Fallon 0-1 each	Report	Luke Cashin 1-8 (0-8f), Evan Fitzpatrick 0-4, Alan Tynan 0-3, Conor Sheedy, Kenny Lee and Conor Dooley 0-1 each	Referee: John McCormack

28 July 2023 Round 1	Toomevara	3-16 - 0-15	Kilruane MacDonaghs	MacDonagh Park
19.30	Jack Delaney 2-5 (0-1 sl), Darragh McCarthy 1-2 (0-1f), Shane Nolan (3f) 0-4, Kevin McCarthy and Colm Canning 0-2 each, David Nolan 0-1	Report	Willie Cleary 0-10 (7f, 2 65'), Jerome Cahill, Kieran Cahill, Aaron Morgan, Mark O'Neill and Thomas Cleary 0-1 each	Referee: Alan Tierney

11 August 2023 Round 2	Moycarkey-Borris	0-24 - 1-22	Toomevara	The Ragg
19.00	Kieran Morris (11f, 2 65') 0-13, Niall Heffernan, Kyle Shelly and Jack Fallon 0-2 each, Rhys Shelly, Kieran Cummins, Joe Maher, Liam Corcoran and Max Hackett 0-1 each	Report	Darragh McCarthy (0-3f) 1-7, David Nolan (3f, 1 65') 0-5, Jack Delaney 0-3, Jack Ryan, Robbie Quirke and Shane Nolan 0-2 each, Kevin McCarthy 0-1	Referee: Michael Kennedy

13 August 2023 Round 2	Kilruane MacDonaghs	3-19 - 4-21	Roscrea	MacDonagh Park
14.00	Willie Cleary (8f, 1 65') 0-9, Cian Darcy (0-1f) 2-2, Conor Cleary 1-0, Séamus Hennessy 0-3, Jerome Cahill 0-2, Mark O'Neill, James Cleary and Kian O'Kelly 0-1 each	Report	Shane Fletcher 2-3, Alan Tynan 1-3, Luke Cashin (4f) 0-6, Conor Dooley 1-0, Evan Fitzpatrick and Jason Gilmartin 0-2 each, Glen Loughnane, Darren O'Connor, Darragh Tynan, Dan Ryan and Jason Fitzpatrick 0-1 each	Referee: Gerry Treacy

26 August 2023 Round 3	Roscrea	1-18 - 1-20	Toomevara	Borrisoleigh
18.15	Luke Cashin (8f) 0-8, Alan Tynan 1-0, Dan Ryan and Evan Fitzpatrick 0-2 each, Daryl Ryan (1p), Luke Seacy, Conor Sheedy, Shane Fletcher, Conor Dooley and Sam Conlon 0-1 each	Report	Jack Delaney 1-3, Mark McCarthy (1 sl) 0-5, Kevin McCarthy, Sean Flaherty and Darragh McCarthy (3f) 0-3 each, Shane Nolan (2f) 0-2, Darren Delaney 0-1	Referee: Alan Tierney

26 August 2023 Round 3	Kilruane MacDonaghs	1-21 - 1-23	Moycarkey-Borris	Templederry
18.15	Willie Cleary (9f, 2 65') 0-12, Kian O'Kelly 1-1, Conor Austin and Séamus Hennessy 0-2 each, Aaron Morgan, Mark O'Neill, Jerome Cahill and Conor Cleary 0-1 each		Kyle Shelly 1-3, Kieran Morris (5f) and Pat Molloy 0-6 each, Kieran Cummins and Rory Ryan 0-2 each, Rhys Shelly, Eoghan Hayes, Joe Maher and Bill Flanagan 0-1 each	Referee: P J Nolan

Group 3

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Loughmore–Castleiney	3	3	0	0	7-68	7-55	+13	6
Holycross–Ballycahill	3	1	0	2	6-59	3-67	+1	2
Templederry Kenyons	3	1	0	2	6-63	6-72	-9	2
Upperchurch–Drombane	3	1	0	2	2-53	5-49	-5	2

Tiebreaker

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Holycross–Ballycahill	2	1	0	1	3-39	2-40	+2	2
Templederry Kenyons	2	1	0	1	2-45	2-46	-1	2
Upperchurch–Drombane	2	1	0	1	2-36	3-34	-1	2

Results

29 July 2023 Round 1	Templederry Kenyons	4-18 - 4-26	Loughmore-Castleiney	Borrisoleigh
18.45	Colm Murray 0-7 (7f), Michael Ryan 1-1, Conor Looby, Padraig O'Leary and Pio Kennedy 1-0 each, Adrian Ryan and Sean Ryan 0-3 (2f), Eanna Murray and Michael Hayes 0-2 each	Report	John McGrath 1-8 (0-6f), Ed Connolly 2-1, Liam McGrath 0-6, Noel McGrath 0-5, Ciaran McGrath 1-0, Ed Meagher 0-2, Tomas McGrath, Philip O'Connell, Ciaran McCormack and Liam Treacy 0-1 each	Referee: Peter Carroll

30 July 2023 Round 1	Holycross-Ballycahill	2-16 - 1-13	Upperchurch-Drombane	Cashel
13.15	Joe Caesar 1-1, Darragh Woods 0-4, Luke O'Mara 1-0, Ben Hennessy 0-3, Aidan Stakelum and Cathal Barrett 0-2 each, Ewan Bourke, Mickey Jo Doyle, Jim Ryan and Eoin Craddock 0-1 each	Report	Padraig Greene 0-8, Luke Shanahan 1-2, Gavin Ryan 0-2, Paddy Phelan 0-1	Referee: Joe Leahy

12 August 2023 Round 2	Holycross-Ballycahill	3-20 - 1-27	Loughmore-Castleiney	Boherlahan
19.00	Darragh Woods (0-7f) 1-10, Cathal Barrett 1-5, Joe Caesar 1-2, Eoin Craddock, Ben Hennessy and Bryan O'Mara (f) 0-1 each		John McGrath (7f) 0-12, Ed Connolly 1-1, Liam McGrath, Ciaran McCormack and Noel McGrath 0-3 each, Ciaran McGrath and Philip O'Connell 0-2 each, Tomas McGrath 0-1	Referee: John Dooley

13 August 2023 Round 2	Templederry Kenyons	1-18 - 1-23	Upperchurch-Drombane	Semple Stadium
15.30	Colm Murray (6f, 2 65') 0-9, Sean Ryan 1-5, Adrian Ryan 0-2, Tom Stapleton and Gearóid Ryan 0-1 each		Padraig Greene (8f) 0-9, Pat Ryan 0-4, Paul Shanahan 1-0, Aaron Ryan 0-3, Gavin Ryan (2f), Luke Shanahan and Colm Ryan 0-2 each, Paddy Phelan 0-1	Referee: Alan Tierney

27 August 2023 Round 3	Loughmore-Castleiney	2-15 - 0-17	Upperchurch-Drombane	Semple Stadium
16.00	John McGrath (1-0p, 0-4f) 1-4, Liam McGrath 1-2, Ed Connolly 0-4, Noel McGrath (1 sl) 0-3, Ciaran McCormack 0-2	Report	Paidi Greene (6f) 0-10, Gavin Ryan (2f) 0-2, Ailbe O'Donoghue, Aaron Ryan, Colm Ryan, Pat Ryan and Niall Grant 0-1 each	Referee: Conor Doyle

27 August 2023 Round 3	Holycross-Ballycahill	1-23 - 1-27	Templederry Kenyons	Borrisoleigh
16.00	Darragh Woods (0-7f) 1-13, Cathal Barrett 0-3, David Fogarty 0-2, Ewan Bourke (1f), Jim Ryan, Eoin Craddock, Ben Hennessy and Luke O'Mara 0-1 each	Report	Colm Murray (10f) 0-11, Seán Ryan 0-5, Eanna Murray (1-0p) 1-1, Gearóid Ryan and Adrian Ryan 0-3 each, Odhran Murphy (1 sl) 0-2, Padraig O'Leary and Mikey Ryan 0-1 each	Referee: Sean Everard

Group 4

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kiladangan	3	2	0	1	3-73	3-57	+16	4
Thurles Sarsfields	3	2	0	1	4-57	4-51	+6	4
Borris–Ileigh	3	1	1	1	4-47	3-61	-11	3
Clonoulty–Rossmore	3	0	1	2	1-50	2-58	-11	1

Results

30 July 2023 Round 1	Borris-Ileigh	1-13 - 0-16	Clonoulty-Rossmore	Semple Stadium
12.00	Eddie Ryan 0-9 (7f), James Devaney 1-0, Conor Kenny 0-2, Kevin Maher and Dan Ryan 0-1 each	Report	Cathal Bourke 0-12 (12f), Jack Ryan 0-3, Ronan Heffernan 0-1	Referee: Kevin Jordan

30 July 2023 Round 1	Thurles Sarsfields	1-17 - 2-23	Kiladangan	Semple Stadium
13.30	Aidan McCormack 1-6 (0-5f), Billy McCarthy and Darragh Stakelum 0-3 each, Tommy Doyle 0-2, Stephen Cahill, Conor Stakelum and Paddy Creedon 0-1 each	Report	Billy Seymour 1-8 (0-5f), Paul Flynn 0-6, Sean Hayes 1-2, Tadhg Gallagher 0-3, Alan Flynn 0-2, Joe Gallagher and Bryan McLoughney 0-1 each	Referee: Michael Kennedy

13 August 2023 Round 2	Borris-Ileigh	2-23 - 1-25	Kiladangan	MacDonagh Park
15.30	Eddie Ryan (9f) 0-11, James Devaney 0-4, Brendan Maher and Paddy McCormack 1-0 each, Tom Ryan, Dan McCormack and Conor Kenny 0-2 each, Seamus Burke and Jerry Kelly (1f)	Report	Billy Seymour (7f) 0-10, Paul Flynn 1-3, Tadhg Gallagher and Sean Hayes 0-3 each, Conor Byrne 0-2, Joe Gallagher, Alan Flynn, Dan O'Meara and Bryan McLoughney 0-1 each	Referee: Conor Doyle

13 August 2023 Round 2	Clonoulty-Rossmore	1-17 - 1-20	Thurles Sarsfields	Templemore
18.30	Cathal Bourke (0-10f) 1-12, Robert Doyle 0-2, Jimmy Maher, Jack Ryan and Stephen Quinn 0-1 each		Darragh Stakelum 1-3, Aidan McCormack (2f) 0-5, Paddy Creedon 0-3, Ronan Maher and Tommy Doyle 0-2 each, James Armstrong, Billy McCarthy, Stephen Cahill, Conor Lanigan and Seanie Butler 0-1 each	Referee: Peter Carroll

27 August 2023 Round 3	Borris-Ileigh	1-11 - 2-20	Thurles Sarsfields	Semple Stadium
14.15	Eddie Ryan (4f) 0-7, Dan McCormack 1-1, Paddy McCormack 0-2, Brendan Maher 0-1	Report	Darragh Stakelum and Aidan McCormack (6f) 0-6 each, Seanie Butler 1-1, Paddy Creedon 1-0, Ronan Maher (2f), Stephen Cahill and Conor Stakelum 0-2 each, Eoin Purcell 0-1	Referee: John McCormack
Note: Live on TG4

27 August 2023 Round 3	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-17 - 0-25	Kiladangan	The Ragg
14.15	Cathal Bourke (6f) 0-7, Stephen Quinn, Danny Slattery and Stephen Ferncombe (1f) 0-2 each, Ciaran Quirke, Jack Ryan, Conor Hammersley and Robert Doyle 0-1 each	Report	Billy Seymour (3f, 1 65') 0-7, Tadhg Gallagher, Sean Hayes and Dan O'Meara 0-3 each, Paul Flynn, Bryan McLoughney and Conor Byrne 0-2 each, Jonathan Horan, Declan McGrath and Andy Loughnane 0-1 each	Referee: John Dooley

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Cathal Bourke	Clonoulty–Rossmore	1-31	34	3	11.33
2	Lyndon Fairbrother	JK Brackens	1-30	33		11
2	Darragh Woods	Holycross-Ballycahill	2-27	33		11
4	Willie Cleary	Kilruane MacDonaghs	0-31	31		10.33
5	John McGrath	Loughmore-Castleiney	2-24	30		10
5	Séamus Callanan	Drom & Inch	3-21	30		10
7	Kieran Morris	Moycarkey-Borris	0-29	29		9.67
8	Billy Seymour	Kiladangan	1-25	28		9.33
9	Padraig Greene	Upperchurch-Drombane	0-27	27		9
	Eddie Ryan	Borris-Ileigh
	Colm Murray	Templederry Kenyons

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Darragh Woods	Holycross-Ballycahill	1-13	16	Templederry Kenyons
2	Cathal Bourke	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-15	15	Thurles Sarsfields
3	Kieran Morris	Moycarkey-Borris	0-13	13	Toomevara
	Lyndon Fairbrother	JK Brackens	1-10		Nenagh Éire Óg
	Mikey Heffernan	Nenagh Éire Óg			JK Brackens
	Darragh Woods	Holycross-Ballycahill			Loughmore-Castleiney
7	Cathal Bourke	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-12	12	Borris-Ileigh
	John McGrath	Loughmore-Castleiney			Holycross-Ballycahill
	Willie Cleary	Kilruane MacDonaghs			Moycarkey-Borris
	Lyndon Fairbrother	JK Brackens			Drom & Inch

References

^ "Roscrea Premier Intermediate Hurling Champs". Tipp FM. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
^ "Templederry Kenyons leave it late to send Éire Óg down in relegation final". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
^ "Late surge secures Thurles Sarsfields the Mid-Tipperary Senior Hurling crown". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Nenagh Éire Óg retain the Frank McGrath Cup with defeat of neighbours Kiladangan". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "Killenaule just hold on to win South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship final". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Record-breakers Clonoulty/Rossmore make it eight in a row in west Tipperary". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
^ "Tipperary hurling championship draw delivers true group of death". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[1] "Roscrea Premier Intermediate Hurling Champs". Tipp FM. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

[2] "Templederry Kenyons leave it late to send Éire Óg down in relegation final". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[3] "Late surge secures Thurles Sarsfields the Mid-Tipperary Senior Hurling crown". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

[4] "Nenagh Éire Óg retain the Frank McGrath Cup with defeat of neighbours Kiladangan". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

[5] "Killenaule just hold on to win South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship final". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

[6] "Record-breakers Clonoulty/Rossmore make it eight in a row in west Tipperary". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

[7] "Tipperary hurling championship draw delivers true group of death". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

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