2016 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship Explained

2016 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Dates:	9 April - 16 October 2016
Teams:	30
Sponsor:	Clean Ireland Recycling
Champions:	Thurles Sarsfields
Champions Captain:	Pádraic Maher
Champions Manager:	Tommy Maher
Runners-Up:	Kiladangan
Runners-Up Captain:	Darragh Egan (captain) Alan Flynn
Runners-Up Manager:	Dan Hackett
Matches:	58
Top Scorer:	Pa Bourke (2-51)
Previous Year:	2015
Previous Tournament:	2015 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Next Year:	2017
Next Tournament:	2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship

The 2016 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 126th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The first round of the Championship began on 9 April.^[1] Thurles Sarsfields were the defending champions.^[2]

Thurles Sarsfields played Kiladangan in the final, a repeat of the 1938 decider, Kiladangan's last appearance in the final.^[3]

The final was played in Semple Stadium on 16 October, with Thurles Sarsfields winning the game by 0–27 to 1–15 in front of 6,546 spectators. Tipperary and Thurles legend Mickey Byrne died at age 93 on the morning of the match. It was a third successive win for Thurles, and the first time they've won three-in-a-row since the 1960s.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Results

Group stage

Roinn 1 Group 1 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=45	For	width=45	Against	width=30	Diff
Killenaule	3	1	2	0	7-48	5-41	13	4
Drom-Inch	3	1	2	0	5-50	6-41	6	4
Upperchurch-Drombane	3	1	1	1	4-51	1-52	8	3
J. K. Bracken's	1	0	1	2	4-30	8-45	-27	1

Roinn 1 Group 2 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=45	For	width=45	Against	width=30	Diff
Thurles Sarsfields	3	3	0	0	4-63	2-34	35	6
Borris-Ileigh	3	1	1	1	2-42	4-38	-2	3
Éire Óg Annacarty	3	1	0	2	0-38	1-45	-10	2
Roscrea	3	0	1	2	3-28	2-54	-23	1

Roinn 1 Group 3 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=45	For	width=45	Against	width=30	Diff
Kiladangan	3	3	0	0	7-57	3-44	25	6
Mullinahone	3	2	0	1	3-42	4-50	-11	4
Nenagh Éire Óg	3	1	0	2	1-58	5-41	5	2
Templederry Kenyons	3	0	0	3	4-44	3-66	-19	0

Roinn 1 Group 4 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=45	For	width=45	Against	width=30	Diff
Clonoulty-Rossmore	3	3	0	0	1-56	4-34	13	6
Kilruane MacDonaghs	3	2	0	1	1-58	3-45	7	4
Portroe	3	1	0	2	5-43	1-53	2	2
Lorrha	3	0	0	3	2-47	1-62	-12	0

Roinn 1 relegation group table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=45	For	width=45	Against	width=30	Diff
Silvermines	3	3	0	0	3-57	4-45	9	6
Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams	3	1	2	0	9-35	4-48	2	4
Moneygall	2	0	1	1	3-26	5-27	-4	1
Moyne-Templetuohy	2	0	1	1	1-33	3-31	-4	1

Roinn 2 Group 1 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=45	For	width=45	Against	width=30	Diff
Burgess	3	1	2	0	5-43	2-47	5	4
Holycross-Ballycahill	3	2	0	1	2-45	2-32	13	4
Toomevara	3	1	1	1	3-45	2-45	3	3
Moyne-Templetuohy	3	0	1	2	2-43	6-52	-21	1

Roinn 2 Group 2 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=45	For	width=45	Against	width=30	Diff
Carrick Swans	2	2	0	0	1-35	1-28	7	4
Moycarkey-Borris	2	1	0	1	2-37	3-28	6	2
Moneygall	2	0	0	2	2-19	1-35	-13	0

Roinn 2 Group 3 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=45	For	width=45	Against	width=30	Diff
Loughmore-Castleiney	2	2	0	0	1-45	3-20	19	4
Borrisokane	2	1	0	1	4-23	1-36	-4	2
Knockavilla-Donaskeigh Kickhams	2	0	0	2	2-31	3-43	-15	0

Roinn 2 Group 4 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=45	For	width=45	Against	width=30	Diff
Ballina	3	2	1	0	3-45	3-31	14	5
Ballingarry	3	2	1	0	4-40	1-39	10	5
Clonakenny	3	1	0	2	3-45	3-47	-2	2
Silvermines	3	0	0	3	3-28	6-41	-22	0

Roinn 2 Group 4 results

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Pa Bourke	Thurles Sarsfields	2-51	57	6	9.50
2	Stephen Murray	Burgess	3-39	48	4	12.00
3	John O'Dwyer	Killenaule	2-37	43	5	8.60
	Michael Breen	Ballina	1-40	43	4	10.75
5	Séamus Hennessy	Kilruane MacDonaghs	1-39	42	5	9.40
	Darragh Egan	Kiladangan	1-39	42	7	7.00
7	Jason Forde	Silvermines	2-34	40	6	6.66
8	Séamus Callanan	Drom-Inch	2-33	39	5	7.80
9	Conor Hammersley	Clonoulty-Rossmore	1-30	33	3	11.00
10	Eoin Kelly	Mullinahone	1-29	32	4	8.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Stephen Murray	Burgess	3-08	17	Moyne-Templetuohy
2	Pat Shortt	Upperchurch-Drombane	3-06	15	J. K. Bracken's
	Eoin Kelly	Mullinahone	0-15	15	Ballina
4	John O'Dwyer	Killenaule	2-08	14	Drom-Inch
	Seán Curran	Mullinahone	2-08	14	Nenagh Éire Óg
	Conor Hammersley	Clonoulty-Rossmore	1-11	14	Portroe
7	Michael Breen	Ballina	1-10	13	Silvermines
	Kieran Morris	Moycarkey-Borris	0-13	13	Carrick Swans
	Michael Breen	Ballina	0-13	13	Clonakenny
	John O'Dwyer	Killenaule	0-13	13	Kilruane MacDonaghs

Miscellaneous

• Kiladangan qualify for the senior final for the first time.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016 County Senior Hurling Championship Round 1 Results / Round-up. 25 May 2016. Tipperary GAA. 26 May 2016.
2. Web site: Early surge the key as classy Sarsfields seize glory. 3 November 2014. Irish Independent. 4 October 2015. Martin. Breheny.
3. Web site: Pádraic Maher hails 'lunatic' Thurles Sarsfields team-mates. 11 October 2016. Irish Examiner. 12 October 2016.
4. Web site: Thurles Sarsfields honour 'The Rattler' taking Tipp title. 16 October 2016. RTE Sport. 17 October 2016.
5. Web site: Sarsfields honour 'The Rattler' in fitting style. 16 October 2016. Irish Independent. 17 October 2016.
6. Web site: No fairytale for Kiladangan as Thurles Sars clinch Tipperary hurling three-in-a-row. 17 October 2016. The 42. 17 October 2016.