2024 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship Explained

2024 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Teams:	16
Sponsor:	FBD Insurance
Previous Year:	2023
Previous Tournament:	2023 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Next Year:	2025
Next Tournament:	2025 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship

The 2024 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship is the 134th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887.

The defending champions are Kiladangan.^[1]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Lorrha–Dorrha^[2]

From Championship

Relegated to the Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Upperchurch–Drombane^[3]

Divisional championship finals

Division	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score	Ref
Mid	Loughmore–Castleiney	1-25	Moycarkey–Borris	1-16	^[4]
North	Kiladangan	1-22	Toomevara	1-19	^[5]
South	Carrick Swans	3-19	Killenaule	1-16	^[6]
West	No Championship

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 22 April 2024.^[7] The original draw was completed on 18 April but due to an administrative error where Lorrha–Dorrha were drawn out as a second seed, when a third seed, the Competitions Control Committee of Tipperary ruled that draw null and void and ordered a re-draw.^[8]

Group 1

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
Kilruane MacDonaghs	2	2	0	0	5-38	2-42	+5	4
Borris–Ileigh	2	1	0	1	2-34	1-36	+1	2
Toomevara	2	1	0	1	1-42	2-36	+3	2
Drom & Inch	2	0	0	2	2-44	5-44	-9	0

Results

Group 2

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	2	2	0	0	3-49	3-32	+17	4
Moycarkey–Borris	2	1	0	1	5-38	7-32	0	2
Mullinahone	2	1	0	1	2-45	2-49	-4	2
Roscrea	2	0	0	2	6-32	4-51	-13	0

Results

Group 3

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	4-42	1–31	+20	4
Holycross–Ballycahill	2	1	0	1	0-38	0–40	-2	2
Nenagh Éire Óg	2	1	0	1	7-47	3–31	+28	2
Lorrha–Dorrha	2	0	0	2	4-24	11–49	-46	0

Results

Group 4

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
JK Brackens	2	2	0	0	8-52	7–34	+21	4
Kiladangan	2	1	1	0	8-51	6–37	+20	3
Clonoulty–Rossmore	2	0	1	1	8-34	6–46	-6	1
Templederry Kenyons	2	0	0	2	5-37	10–57	-35	0

Results

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Billy Seymour	Kiladangan	2-23	29	align=center rowspan="11"	2	14.5
2	Lyndon Fairbrother	JK Brackens	3-19	28	14
3	Jake Morris	Nenagh Éire Óg	4-12	24	12
4	Darragh McCarthy	Toomevara	0-22	22	11
5	Willie Cleary	Kilruane MacDonaghs	align=center rowspan="2"	0-21	align=center rowspan="2"	21	align=center rowspan="2"	10.5
	Aidan McCormack	Thurles Sarsfields
7	Mikey Heffernan	Nenagh Éire Óg	1-17	20	10
8	Eddie Ryan	Borris–Ileigh	1-16	19	9.5
9	Kyle Shelly	Moycarkey–Borris	2–12	18	9
10	Séamus Callanan	Drom & Inch	align=center rowspan="2"	1-14	align=center rowspan="2"	17	align=center rowspan="2"	8.5
	Stephen Ferncombe	Clonoulty–Rossmore

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Jake Morris	Nenagh Éire Óg	4-5	17	Lorrha–Dorrha
2	Lyndon Fairbrother	JK Brackens	2-10	align=center rowspan="2"	16	Clonoulty–Rossmore
	Billy Seymour	Kiladangan	1-13	Templederry Kenyons
4	Kyle Shelly	Moycarkey–Borris	2–9	15	Roscrea
5	Billy Seymour	Kiladangan	1-10	align=center rowspan="3"	13	Clonoulty–Rossmore
	Willie Cleary	Kilruane MacDonaghs	align=center rowspan="2"	0-13	Drom & Inch
	Aidan McCormack	Thurles Sarsfields	Moycarkey–Borris
8	Séamus Callanan	Drom & Inch	align=center rowspan="4"	1-9	align=center rowspan="5"	12	Kilruane MacDonaghs
	Lyndon Fairbrother	JK Brackens	Templederry Kenyons
	Stephen Ferncombe	Clonoulty–Rossmore	Kiladangan
	Mikey Heffernan	Nenagh Éire Óg	Lorrha–Dorrha
	Darragh McCarthy	Toomevara	0-12	Drom & Inch

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kiladangan banish replay demons with one-point win over Sarsfields to claim Tipperary SHC. 29 October 2023. Irish Independent. 31 October 2023.
2. Web site: Lorrha win back-to-back county titles in slender victory over Thurles Sarsfields. 23 October 2023 . Tipperary Live. 7 July 2024.
3. Web site: JK Brackens repeat the trick to beat Upperchurch Drombane and retain senior status for 2024. 14 October 2023 . Tipperary Live. 7 July 2024.
4. Web site: Loughmore shake off slow start to win another Mid title in defeat of Moycarkey Borris . Tipperary Live. 30 July 2024 . 15 July 2024 .
5. Web site: Kiladangan claim North title after late, late goal seals victory over Toomevara. 15 July 2024 . Tipperary Live. 30 July 2024.
6. Web site: Carrick Swan regain senior hurling championship title in South Tipperary. 15 July 2024 . Tipperary Live. 30 July 2024.
7. Web site: Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship redraw takes place. 22 April 2024 . Irish Examiner. 7 July 2024.
8. Web site: Re-drawn County Senior Hurling groups throw up mouth-watering pairings. 24 April 2024 . Nenagh Guardian. 7 July 2024.