Tipperary senior hurling team season 2020

The 2020 season will be Liam Sheedy's second year in charge since returning as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team, having been previously in charge from 2008 to 2010.

Tipperary Senior Hurling Season 2020
2020 Hurling Season
Manager Liam Sheedy
Captain Séamus Callanan
All-Ireland SHC TBD
Munster SHC TBD
National League TBD
Top scorer Championship
Highest SHC attendance
Lowest SHC attendance
Standard Kit

The team will be sponsored by world leading CEO advisory firm Teneo for the second year in a deal worth up to €180,000 a year on a rolling 12-month contract.[1][2]

Tipperary are the defending All-Ireland champions and will be attempting to retain the title for the first time since 1965.[3]

On 13 December 2019, Eoin Kelly was added as a selector on the team having been a free-taking coach in 2019.[4] Also former manager Eamon O'Shea took up a role as Performance Director having been part of the backroom team in 2019.[5]

The team traveled to Mexico and New York in January for their team holiday, returning on 15 January.[6]

On 9 March, the day after their final league game against Galway, the Tipperary panel and management flew to Alicante for a weeks warm weather training, returning to Shannon Airport on 13 March. The travelling party stayed in private accommodation where there were no other residents and remained in this private location for the duration of their stay. The team went into self-isolation after returning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8]

2020 senior hurling management team
Name Position Club
Liam Sheedy Manager Portroe
Tommy Dunne Coach Toomevara
Darragh Egan Coach Kildangan

2020 squad

The following players made their competitive senior debut in 2020.

2020 Munster Senior Hurling League

Tipperary opened their season on 15 December with a one point defeat to Clare in the opening group game of the 2020 Munster Senior Hurling League at MacDonagh Park.[9][10] The match was shown live on the Irish Examiner website.[11][12][13] On 20 December, Tipperary played their second game in the competition against Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds. They lost by 2-22 to 1-17 in front of a crowd of 1,628.[14] The match was also shown live on the Irish Examiner website.[15] [16]

Results
15 December 2019 Tipperary1-19 – 2-17ClareMacDonagh Park, Nenagh
J Forde (0-14 7f 2SC) P Flynn (0-03), T Fox (1-00), M Breen (0-01), M Kehoe (0-01) Report P. Maher
J. O’Dwyer, J. Moloney, C. Morgan
A. Flynn, R. Maher, R. Byrne
M. Breen, P. Cadell
M. Kehoe, T. Fox, J. Cahill
W. Connors, J. Forde (c), P. Flynn
Subs: C. Darcy for Fox (53); M. McCarthy for Cahill (61); P. Maher for O’Dwyer (63); B. Heffernan for Moloney (68)		 N Deasy (0-07 5f), I Galvin (1-02), P Collins (0-03), S Morey (1-00), D Ryan (0-03), A Fahey (0-01 1f), C McInerney (0-01), A McCarthy (0-01) Referee: Colm Lyons (Cork)
20 December 2019 Limerick2-22 – 1-17TipperaryLIT Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
A Breen (1-5); D Reidy (0-6, 0-6 frees); S Flanagan (0-3); D Dempsey (1-0); D O’Connell T Morrissey (0-2 each); B Ryan, D Morrissey, P O’Loughlin, D O’Donovan (0-1 each). Report J Forde (0-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 sc); J McGrath (1-2); P Flynn (0-2); M Breen, M Kehoe, W Connors, J Cahill, C Darcy (0-1 each). Referee: T. Walsh (Waterford) P Maher
J O’Dwyer, B McGrath, C Morgan
A Flynn, B Heffernan, R Byrne
M Breen, P Cadell
M Kehoe, J McGrath, W Connors
J Cahill, J Forde, P Flynn
Subs: K O’Dwyer for J O’Dwyer (12 mins, inj); C Darcy for Cahill (53); J Ryan for Byrne (57); P Maher for Morgan (58); C Hammersley for Breen (69).

2020 National Hurling League

Summary

Tipperary started their league campaign on 25 January with an evening match against Limerick in Semple Stadium in front of 11,867, the game was televised live by Eir Sport.[17] Tipperary began the match with 8 of the All Ireland winning fifteen but started the league campaign without the Borris-Ileigh players after there loss the week before in the All-Ireland Club Hurling Championship Final. They lost the game by 0-18 to 2-14 after having a nine point lead at half-time 0-13 to 0-4 and then a ten point lead early in the second half.[18][19][20][21]

A week later on the 1 February, Tipperary played Cork in the second round of the league at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, the game was televised live by Eir Sport and RTE 2.[22][23] Cork won the game 2-24 to 1-25 in front of 9,821. Tipperary goalkeeper Brian Hogan scored a penalty, four minutes from the end of regulation time, to make it a one-point match, before Cork scored again late to win by two. John O'Dwyer went off late in the game with an injury which turned out to be nothing serious after visiting hospital[24][25][26][27]

Tipperary traveled north to play Antrim in a challenge on 8 February before their third game of the league against Galway on 26 February. The Galway game was called off due the effects of Storm Dennis.[28][29]

On 23 February, Tipperary played Westmeath in round 3. The game was moved from Nenagh to Semple Stadium and Tipperary won the game on a 3-27 to 0-16 scoreline in front of 2436.[30][31] They had a 2-14 to 0-07 lead at half-time after goals from Cian Darcy and Jake Morris.[32][33][34][35]

On 1 March, Tipperary played Waterford in round 4 at Semple Stadium. The game was shown live on TG4. The previous week, seven players departed from the panel, Jason Ryan, Mark McCarthy, Killian O’Dwyer, Paul Maher (Moyne), Tom Fox, Conor Hammersley and Jamie Moloney.[36] Two Waterford players, Austin Gleeson and Kevin Moran were sent off before Cathal Barrett was shown a red card in the first half after an umpire reported an off the ball incident with Dessie Hutchinson. Tipperary had an 0-14 to 1-8 lead at half time and went on to win by 0-24 to 2-16.[37][38]

On 8 March, Tipperary played their rearranged and final group game against Galway in Pearse Stadium. The game was shown live on TG4. Playing with the wind in the first half, they had a 3-7 to 0-9 lead at half time after two goals from John McGrath and one from Jason Forde. McGrath got his first goal after three minutes when he cut in from the right before firing into the left corner of the net. His second came after 21 minutes when he received the ball on the left and cut in to place the ball past the goalkeeper from a tight angle into the right corner of the net. After 35 minutes, Forde scored his goal by shooting low to the right of the net after running in on goal from a pass by Cian Darcy.[39] During some heavy rain showers in the second half, Galway came back with three goals to win by 3-21 to 3-13 in front of 5,750.[40] With this defeat Tipperary failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. It is the first occasion that Tipperary failed to progress beyond the regulation rounds since knock-out was introduced in 2012.[41][42]

Results
Round 1
Tipperary0–18 – 2–14Limerick
Jason Forde 0-10 (0-8f, 0-1 sideline), Jake Morris 0-3, John McGarth 0-3, Paddy Cadell 0-1, Willie Connors 0-1. Report P Maher
C Barrett, R Maher, S O'Brien
B O'Mara, P Maher, S Kennedy
A Flynn, P Cadell
M Kehoe, J McGrath, M Breen
W Connors, J Forde, J Morris.
Subs: P Flynn & D Quirke for Connors & Kehoe (55); C Morgan for Flynn (61); C Darcy for Breen (66); J Maloney for Kennedy 69)		 Aaron Gillane 1-6 (0-4f, 0-1 sideline), David Dempsey 0-3, Gearoid Hegarty 1-0, Tom Morrissey 0-2, Diarmuid Byrnes 0-2 (0-1ff), Seamus Flanagan 0-1.
Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow)
Round 2
Cork2–24 – 1–25Tipperary
Patrick Horgan 1-9 (0-8f, 1-0 pen), Robbie O’Flynn 1-3, Alan Cadogan 0-4, Darragh Fitzgibbon 0-2, Seamus Harnedy 0-2, Damien Cahalane 0-1, Aidan Walsh 0-1, Luke Meade 0-1, Mark Coleman 0-1. Report Brian Hogan
Joe O’Dwyer, Ronan Maher, Sean O’Brien
Seamus Kennedy, Paudie Maher, Alan Flynn
Paddy Cadell, Willie Connors
Mark Kehoe, John McGrath, Michael Breen
Jason Forde, Jake Morris, Cian Darcy
Subs: Jerome Cahill for Cadell (27), Niall O’Meara for Breen (34), Seamus Callanan for Darcy (48), Bryan O’Mara for Kennedy (53), John O’Dwyer for Forde (65), Paul Flynn for John O’Dwyer (76).		 Mark Kehoe 0-4, John McGrath 0-4, Jason Forde 0-4 (3f), Brian Hogan 1-0 (1-0 pen), Paudie Maher 0-3, Paddy Cadell 0-2, Jake Morris 0-2, Cian Darcy 0-2, Ronan Maher 0-1 (1f), Jerome Cahill 0-1, Niall O’Meara 0-1, Alan Flynn 0-1.
Referee: James Owens (Wexford)
Round 3
Tipperary3–27 – 0–16Westmeath
Jason Forde 0-14 (0-9f, 0-1sl), Jake Morris 1-3, Cian Darcy 1-1, Séamus Callanan 1-1, Ronan Maher 0-3, Alan Flynn 0-2, Michael Breen 0-2, Mark Kehoe 0-1. Report Brian Hogan
Cathal Barrett, Barry Heffernan, Seán O’Brien
Séamus Kennedy, Ronan Maher, Bryan O’Mara
Alan Flynn, Michael Breen
Jason Forde, Séamus Callanan (c), Niall O’Meara
Cian Darcy, Jake Morris, Mark Kehoe
Subs used: Craig Morgan for Barrett (44), Noel McGrath for Kehoe (48), Dillon Quirke for O’Brien (48), Paul Flynn for O’Meara (56), Paddy Cadell for Kennedy (66).		 Killian Doyle 0-7 (0-6f, 0-1 65), Allan Devine 0-5 (0-5f), Derek McNicholas 0-2, Aonghus Clarke 0-1, Ciarán Doyle 0-1.
Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow)
Round 4
Tipperary0–24 – 2–16Waterford
Jason Forde 0-11 (5 ’65s, 4 frees); Dillon Quirke 0-4; Seamus Callanan, Padraic Maher 0-2 each; Cathal Barrett, Noel McGrath, John McGrath, Cian Darcy 0-1 each. Report B Hogan
A Flynn, R Maher, C Barrett
B McGrath, P Maher, B Heffernan
M Breen, P Cadell
J Forde, S Callanan (c), N O'Meara,
N McGrath, J McGrath, D Quirke
Subs: B O'Meara for B McGrath (42), J Morris for Breen (49), C Darcy for J McGrath (58), C Morgan for Flynn (61), P Flynn for O'Meara inj (62), Darcy for J McGrath blood (27-29)		 Pauric Mahony 0-7 (6 frees); Peter Hogan 1-2; Stephen Bennett 1-1; Jamie Barron 0-2; Kevin Moran, Conor Gleeson, Dessie Hutchinson, Neil Montgomery 0-1 each.
Referee: Sean Stack (Dublin)
Round 5
Galway3–21 – 3–13Tipperary
Evan Niland 0-14 (13f), Conor Whelan 2-0, Brian Concannon 0-4, Cathal Mannion 1-0, Jason Flynn 0-1 (sideline) Conor Cooney 0-1, Johnny Coen 0-1. Report B Hogan
Paul Maher, B Hefferenan, R Maher
S Kennedy, Padraic Maher, A Flynn
N McGrath, G Browne
J Forde, S Callanan (c), D Quirke
J McGrath, J O’Dywer, D Darcy
Subs: M Breen for Browne, S O’Brien for Paul Maher (both 48 mins), P Flynn for O’Dwyer (57 mins), D McCormack for Quirke (59 mins), J Cahill for Darcy (69 mims).		 John McGrath 2-1, Jason Forde 1-5, (0-2f, 0-2 ’65), Cian Darcy 0-2, Padraic Maher 0-1, Ronan Maher 0-1, Dillon Quirke 0-1, Seamus Callanan 0-1, Michael Breen 0-1.
Referee: Johnny Murphy (Limerick)

2020 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

The 2020 Munster Championship was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[43] GAA President John Horan speaking on 10 May said he could not see Gaelic games being played at any level while social distancing remains, with training activity of any kind banned until 20 July.[44] The draws for the re-scheduled Munster and Leinster Senior Hurling Championships took place live on RTÉ's Six One news on Friday 26 June.[45] [46][47]

2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 2020 All-Ireland Championship was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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