2012 Tipperary county hurling team season

2012 senior hurling management team

2012 Squad

[[2012 Waterford Crystal Cup]]

[[2012 National Hurling League]]

Tipperary finished in third place in the league table and qualified to meet Cork in the semi-final where they lost by 2-15 to 1-25 on 22 April.

Division 1A

• Waterford are placed ahead of Galway as they won the head-to-head match between the teams.

Fixtures and results

[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2012|2012 Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]

In July, Tipperary retained their Munster title with a 2-17 to 0-16 win against Waterford in the Final.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/tipperary/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=173410

date = 27 May | time = | round = Quarter-final| team1 = Tipperary | score = 2–20 – 1–19 | team2 = Limerick | goals1 = P Bourke 1–8 (0-5f, 0–1 65), B O’Meara 1–2, N McGrath 0–3, E Kelly 0-1f, T Stapleton 0–1, J O’Brien 0–1, S Bourke 0–1, S Callinan 0–1, S McGrath 0–1, C O’Brien 0–1. | goals2 = S Dowling 0–8 (4f), G Mulcahy 1–2, S Tobin 0–3, K Downes 0–2, C Allis 0–2, D Breen 0–1, D Hannon 0–1. | stadium = Semple Stadium, Thurles | referee = B Kelly (Westmeath) | report = Report | attendance = 22,068 |

date = 24 June | time = | round = Semi-final| team1 = Cork | score = 0–24 – 1–22 | team2 = Tipperary | goals1 = P Horgan 0–11 (8f); P O’Sullivan 0–3; J Coughlan 0–3; C Lehane 0–2; P Cronin, C Naughton, D Kearney, C McCarthy, D Sweetnam, 0–1 each. | goals2 = P Bourke 0–12 (7f, 2 65s); N McGrath 1–4; B O’Meara 0–2; B Maher 0–2; Padraic Maher, G Ryan, 0–1 each. | stadium = Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | referee = B Gavin (Offaly) | report = Report | attendance = 32,568 |

date = 15 July| time = | round = Final| team1 = Waterford | score = 0–16 – 2–17 | team2 = Tipperary | goals1 = M Shanahan 0-08 (0-05f, 0-01 ‘65’), J Mullane 0-03, S Walsh 0-02, P Mahony, S Molumphy, E Kelly (0-01f) 0-01 each. | goals2 = J O’Brien 1-03, S Bourke 1-01, N McGrath, E Kelly (0-02f) 0-03 each, B O’Meara, P Bourke (0-02f) 0-02 each, Padraic Maher, S McGrath, M Cahill 0-01 each. | stadium = Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork | referee = C McAllister (Cork) | report = Report | attendance = 26,438 | Main article: 2012 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2012|2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]

date = 19 August 2012| time = | round = Semi-final| team1 = Tipperary | score = 1–15 – 4–24| team2 = Kilkenny| goals1 = P Bourke 1–8 (4f, 4 65s); N McGrath 0–2; J O’Neill 0–2; C O’Mahony, S McGrath, J O’Brien, 0–1 each. | goals2 = H Shefflin 0–11 (9f, 1 65); TJ Reid 2–2; A Fogarty 1–3; E Larkin 1–0; R Power 0–3 (1f, 1 65); B Hogan, M Fennelly, M Rice, C Fennelly, C Buckley, 0–1 each. | stadium = Croke Park, Dublin | referee = C McAllister (Cork) | report = Report

Tipperary had their heaviest defeat in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship since 1897, with Kilkenny blowing them away by scoring 4-24, 3-15 in the second half to leave Tipperary with an eighteen-point defeat in front of a crowd of 50,220.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Tipperary/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=175618 In that semi-final match Lar Corbett was assigned the role of man marking Kilkenny defender Tommy Walsh around the pitch, with Kilkenny assigning Jackie Tyrrell to mark Corbett. The marking battle between the players developed into a sideshow and nullified Corbetts own game as he remained scoreless during the game. The tactic was heavily criticized by various analysts and reporters after the game.{{cite web|url=http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=175827 In early September, Declan Ryan and his management team of Tommy Dunne and Michael Gleeson informed the county board that they would not seek an extension to their two-year term in charge of the Senior hurling team and would be stepping down.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/tipp-begin-manager-hunt-as-ryan-bows-to-inevitable-3216928.html

On 25 September, Eamon O'Shea succeeded Declan Ryan as manager of the Tipperary senior team.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/poisoned-chalice-or-golden-goblet-oshea-rise-to-tipp-throne-inevitable-3242062.html

Awards

Tipperary had six players, Michael Cahill, Pádraic Maher, Pa Bourke, Bonnar Maher, Noel McGrath, and Brian O'Meara nominated for an All Star award but won no awards in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://thescore.thejournal.ie/2012-all-stars-hurling-621008-Oct2012/

References

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