| 2008 season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Liam Sheedy | ||||
| All-Ireland SHC | Semi-finalists | ||||
| Munster SHC | Winners | ||||
| National League | Winners | ||||
| Top scorer SHC | Eoin Kelly (7-43) | ||||
| Highest SHC attendance | 53,635 (v Waterford 17 August) | ||||
| Lowest SHC attendance | 42,823 (v Cork 8 June) | ||||
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]
| Name | Position | Club | |
| Liam Sheedy | Manager | Portroe | |
| Eamon O'Shea | Selector | Kilruane MacDonagh's | |
| Michael Ryan | Selector | Upperchurch-Drombane | |
| Cian O'Neill | Selector | Moorefield | |
The following players made their competitive senior debut in 2008.
See main article: article and 2008 National Hurling League.
| width=20 | Pos | width=150 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | Diff | width=20 | Pts | width=250 | 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 |
Final
See main article: 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final.
Brendan Cummins, Conor O'Mahony, and Shane McGrath all won All Star Awards.[13] [14]