2008 Tipperary county hurling team season

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2008 Tipperary county hurling team season

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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)

Standard colours

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

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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

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The following players made their competitive senior debut in 2008.

Séamus Callanan against Offaly on 10 February.
Pat Kerwick against Offaly on 10 February.
Paddy Stapleton against Limerick 17 February.

2008 National Hurling League

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Division 1B table

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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

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8 June
Semi-final

Cork	1-13 - 1-19	Tipperary
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.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)
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13 July
Final

Tipperary	2-21 - 0-19	Clare
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.

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Attendance: 48,077

Referee: D Kirwan (Cork) [2]

2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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17 August
Semi-final

Tipperary	1-18 - 1-20	Waterford
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.

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 53,635

Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Awards

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

References

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^ "Sheedy poised to step into Babs' boots". Irish Independent. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ "Waterford 0-14 Tipperary 1-16". RTE Sport. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Tipp lifts Crystal Cup". Irish Examiner. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ "Tipperary give Cody Cats some food for thought". Irish Independent. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ Cahill, Jackie (15 August 2015). "Tipp v Cork: 7 classic moments from one of hurling's great rivalries". The 42. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ "Tipperary reign supreme in Munster". Irish Times. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ "Tipperary 3-18 Clare 1-22". Munster GAA. 22 June 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Day of delight for Davy's Déise". Irish Examiner. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ "One step left on path to tip-top success". Irish Times. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ "Waterford set final date with Kilkenny". Irish Examiner. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Reappointment of Tipp's Sheedy 'a formality'". Irish Independent. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ "Cork board retain duo in hurling and football". Irish Times. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ "Tipperary All Stars". Tipperary GAA. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "Nine Kilkenny players among All-Stars". RTE Sport. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

External links

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Tipperary - 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Champions (37th title)

Subs: D. Fanning for Curran; M. Webster for Kerwick; H. Maloney for Butler; B. Dunne for Woodlock

Subs not used: G. Kennedy; P. Bourke; A. Byrne; D. Egan; D. FitzGerald; P. Kelly; R. O'Dwyer; P. Ormond (Capt.); W. Ryan; P. Stapleton; T. Stapleton; D. Gleeson

Manager: L. Sheedy

Trainer: C. O'Neill

Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.

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