2007 Tipperary county hurling team season explained
The 2007 season was Babs Keating's second season in charge of the Tipperary senior hurling team in his second spell after previously being in charge from 1986 until 1994.[1] Benny Dunne was the captain for the year and the team were sponsored by Enfer Scientific.[2] [3]
Summary
In the Munster championship, Tipperary played Limerick in the semi-finals on 10 June, with the game ending in a draw 1-19 to 1-19.[4] The replay was held six days later with manager Babs Keating dropping goalkeeper Brendan Cummins from the team and replacing him with Gerry Kennedy.[5] Tipperary had a ten point lead at one stage, however, by the end of the seventy minutes both sides were level once again. A period of extra-time failed to separate the two sides and so a second replay was required.[6] Once again extra-time had to be played, however, after nearly four hours of hurling Limerick emerged as the winners by 0-22 to 2-13.[7]
The All-Ireland qualifiers saw Tipperary win all of their games, including a victory over Cork for the first time since 1991.[8]
Tipperary went on to play Wexford in the All-Ireland quarter-finals on 28 July at Croke Park. A goal from a free by Damien Fitzhenry in the last minute sealed the victory for Wexford and eliminated Tipperary from the championship. It was Wexford's first win in the championship against Tipperary since 1968.[9] [10] Keating resigned as manager on 7 August.[11] [12] [13]
2007 National Hurling League
See main article: article and 2007 National Hurling League.
Division 1B table
2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Group 1B
| width=20 | Pos | width=150 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | F | width=20 | A | width=20 | Diff | width=20 | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Tipperary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5-53 | 4-42 | +14 | 6 | Advance to All-Ireland Quarter-Finals |
| 2 | Cork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-65 | 2-42 | +32 | 4 |
| 3 | Offaly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-49 | 5-57 | -11 | 2 | |
| 4 | Dublin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-39 | 6-65 | -35 | 0 | |
All-Ireland Series
Awards
Tipperary won one All Star Award with Declan Fanning being named at full-back.[14] [15]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Babs back in Premier post . https://archive.today/20120911092911/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2005/1011/keating.html . dead . 11 September 2012. 11 October 2005 . RTÉ Sport . 2009-09-08 .
- Web site: Launch of the 2007 Guinness All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. 8 May 2007. Sportsfile.com. 10 October 2024.
- Web site: Tipp GAA Part Company with Enfer. 30 March 2011. Tipperary Live. 10 October 2024.
- Web site: Limerick 1–19 Tipperary 1–19 . https://archive.today/20120910070758/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0610/limerick.html?gaa . dead . 10 September 2012 . 10 June 2007 . RTÉ Sport . 2009-09-08 .
- Web site: Keating explains goalkeeper position. 22 June 2007. Hogan Stand website. 1 November 2012.
- Web site: Limerick 0–22 Tipperary 2–13 AET . 24 June 2007 . RTÉ Sport . 2009-09-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070912074248/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0624/limerick.html?gaa . 12 September 2007 .
- Web site: Limerick 0-22 Tipperary 2-13 AET. 3 July 2007. RTE Sport. 8 October 2024.
- Web site: Tipperary 2–16 Cork 1–18 . 14 July 2007 . RTÉ Sport . 2009-09-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091220225233/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0714/tipperarycork.html?gaa . 20 December 2009 .
- Web site: Fitzhenry's masterstroke earns Wexford new focus. 30 July 2007. Irish Independent. 10 October 2024.
- Web site: Wexford 3–10 Tipperary 1–14 . https://archive.today/20120909051146/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0728/wexford.html?gaa . dead . 9 September 2012 . 28 July 2007 . RTÉ Sport . 2009-09-08 .
- Web site: Keating resigns as Tipperary hurling manager. 7 August 2007. Breakingnews.ie. 2009-09-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20120308050300/http://breakingnews.iol.ie/sport/?jp=mhcwcweycwau. 8 March 2012. dead.
- Web site: Babs Keating takes fresh swipe at Tipp officials and playing legends in radio rant. 4 December 2015. The 42l. 9 December 2015.
- Web site: The John Fogarty Interview. 29 June 2019. Irish Examiner. 10 July 2019.
- Web site: Tipperary All Stars. Tipperary GAA. 2 April 2021.
- Web site: Hurling All-Stars announced. 2007-10-17. RTÉ Sport. 2010-10-23. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080504093625/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/1017/allstars.html. 2008-05-04.
