Tipperary senior hurling team season 2013

Tipperary Senior Hurling Season 2013
2013 Hurling Season
Manager Eamon O'Shea
All-Ireland SHC Phase 2 of Qualifiers
Munster SHC Semi-finalists
National League Runners Up
Top scorer Championship John O'Dwyer (1-06)
Highest SHC attendance 23,307 (v Kilkenny)
Lowest SHC attendance 19,507 (v Limerick)
Colours

The 2013 season was Eamon O'Shea's first year as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team. On 25 September 2012, he succeeded Declan Ryan as manager.[1][2] A panel of 26 players was announced in December 2012 to prepare for the Allianz Hurling League.[3] In February Shane McGrath was appointed as captain for the 2013 season.[4][5][6]

Tipperary's first Championship game came against Limerick on 9 June, where they were defeated 1-18 to 1-15 at the Gaelic Grounds. [7][8][9][10][11]

In phase 2 of the All-Ireland qualifiers on 6 July 2013, Tipperary were eliminated from championship after a 1-14 to 0-20 defeat to Kilkenny at Nowlan Park.[12][13][14][15]

On 17 October, goalkeeper Brendan Cummins announced his retirement from the Tipperary hurling team after 20 years and 73 championship appearances.[16]

2013 senior hurling management team

[17]

Name Position Club|Club
Eamon O'Shea Manager Kilruane McDonaghs
Michael Ryan Assistant Manager Upperchurch-Drombane
Paudie O’Neill Coach St Mary's

2013 Squad

The following players made their senior debut in 2013.

Number Player Position Local Club
1 Brendan Cummins Goalkeeper Ballybacon-Grange
2 Conor O'Brien Right Corner Back Eire Óg, Annacarty
3 Paul Curran Full Back Mullinahone
4 Mickey Cahill Left Corner Back Thurles Sarsfields
5 Thomas Stapleton Right Half Back Templederry
6 Conor O'Mahoney Centre Half Back Newport
7 Pádraic Maher Left Half Back Thurles Sarsfields
8 Brendan Maher Midfield Borris-Ileigh
9 Shane McGrath(C) Midfield Ballinahinch
10 Pa Bourke Right Half Forward Thurles Sarsfields
11 Patrick 'Bonner' Maher Centre Half Forward Lorrha-Dorrha
12 Lar Corbett Left Half Forward Thurles Sarsfields
13 Brian O'Meara Right Corner Forward Kilruane MacDonagh's
14 John O'Brien Full Forward Toomevara
15 Noel McGrath Left Corner Forward Loughmore-Castleiney
16 Darren Gleeson Goalkeeper Portroe
17 Shane Bourke Left Corner Forward J.K. Bracken's
18 Séamus Callanan Right Half Forward Drom-Inch
19 Eoin Kelly Full Forward Mullinahone
20 Donagh Maher Right Corner Back Burgess
21 Shane Maher Right Half Back Burgess
22 John O'Keeffe Left Half Back Clonoulty-Rossmore
23 John O'Neill Left Corner Forward Clonoulty-Rossmore
24 Gearóid Ryan Left Half Forward Templederry
25 Paddy Stapleton Right Corner Back Borris-Ileigh
26 James Woodlock Midfield Drom-Inch
27 Timmy Hammersley Right Corner Forward Clonoulty-Rossmore
28 Johnny Ryan Midfield Drom-Inch
29 Seán Curran Left Half Forward Mullinahone
30 David Young Left Half Back Toomevara

2013 Waterford Crystal Cup

Defending champions Tipperary faced Clare in the final under lights in Thurles on 9 February, with Clare winning by 1-21 to 1-13.[18] [19][20]

27 January
Quarter-final
Tipperary 0-22 - 1-9 Limerick
J Ryan (4f, 1 65), E Kelly (4f) & B O’Meara (1f), 0-5 each, T Hammersley 0-3, S McGrath 0-2, J O’Dwyer and J O’Neill 0-1 each. Report S Dowling 1-3 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), G O’Mahoney 0-2f, N Maher 0-2, J Ryan and S Hickey 0-1 each.
Nenagh
Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

3 February
Semi-final
Tipperary 1-20 - 2-12 Limerick Institute of Technology
J O’Dwyer 0-7 (2f, 2 65s); J Forde, J O’Neill 0-3 each; M Heffernan 1-0; S McGrath, J McLoughney (1f) 0-2 each; J O’Brien, C Coughlan, S Bourke 0-1 each. Report G Guilfoyle 2-10 (1-9f); J Guilfoyle, S Collins 0-1 each.
Dolla
Referee: P Casey (Waterford)

10 February
Final
Clare 1-21 - 1-13 Tipperary
C Ryan 0-9 (7f, 1 ’65′), T Kelly 0-5, S O’Donnell 1-1, S Morey, F Lynch 0-2 each, E Barrett, A O’Neill 0-1 each. Report E Kelly 0-6 (5f), P Maher 1-0, S Bourke, S Callanan (1f) 0-2, B O’Meara, J O’Brien, N McGrath (f) 0-1 each.
Semple Stadium
Referee: G O’Connell (Cork)

2013 National Hurling League

Tipperary reached the semi final stage of the hurling league and defeated Dublin by 4-20 to 0-17 at Semple Stadium on 21 April.[21] As a contest the match was effectively over within the first 10 minutes with Tipperary leading by eight points, 2-3 to 0-1 with an early goal from Shane Bourke and a further goal from Patrick Maher. Séamus Callanan scored a third goal from a penalty to leave the half time score at 3-11 to 0-8. A fourth goal came in the last minute of the game from substitute Michael Heffernan after a mistake from the Dublin goalkeeper. [22][23][24] Tipperary were defeated by Kilkenny in the final by 2-17 to 0-20 on 5 May in Nowlan Park.[25] [26][27] Michael Fennelly scored two goals and three points in the first half as Kilkenny led by 2-07 to 0-11. In the second half Lar Corbett and JJ Delaney were sent off in the 46th minute after they wrestled each other on the ground near the Kilkenny goal. [28][29]


Results

Division 1A

      NHL semi-finals       Relegated team

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Tipperary 5 30 2 10-85 4-93 10 6
Kilkenny 5 3 0 2 6-81 8-71 4 6
Galway 5 2 1 2 7-71 6-81 -5 5
Waterford 5 2 1 2 3-72 4-75 -6 5
Cork 5 1 2 2 6-78 4-80 4 4
Clare 5 2 0 3 4-86 10-73 -5 4

2013 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Phase 2

6 July 2013
Phase 2
Kilkenny 0-20 - 1-14 Tipperary
E Larkin 0-11 (8f), R Hogan, W Walsh 0-3 each; R Power 0-2, C Fennelly 0-1. Report E Kelly 0-5 (5f, 1 '65), L Corbett 1-0, J O'Dwyer 0-3, S Callanan 0-2, J O'Brien, N McGrath, K Bergin, J Woodlock 0-1 each.
Nowlan Park
Attendance: 23,307
Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

References

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  25. "Kilkenny made to work for 16th league title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
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