2014 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship

The 2014 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 124th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The championship began on 12 April 2014 and ended on 2 November 2014.

Loughmore-Castleiney were the defending champions.^[1] Thurles Sarsfields won the title following a 2–22 to 3–11 defeat of Loughmore-Castleiney in the final.

Format

The 2014 championship saw a restructuring of the format, with teams graded based on their 2013 Championship performance. 32 teams contested the championship, with teams split into Roinn I and Roinn II.^[2]^[3]

Roinn I

In this section sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four. One team from each seeding was chosen per group.

Roinn I

Seed 1: 4 county semi-finalists from 2013
Seed 2: 4 county quarter-finalists from 2013
Seed 3: 4 county Round 4 Losers 2013
Seed 4: 4 county Round 3 Losers 2013

Progress

The top two teams in each group qualify for the last sixteen. The bottom teams are assigned to Roinn II for the 2015 championship.

Roinn II

In this section sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four. One team from each seeding was chosen per group.

Roinn II

Seed 1: 4 Round 2 losers from 2013
Seed 2: 4 Round 2 losers from 2013
Seed 3: 4 Round 1 losers from 2013
Seed 4: 3 Round 1 losers from 2013 plus the 2013 intermediate champions

Progress

The top team in each group qualifies for the last sixteen and are also promoted to Roinn I for 2015. Two out of the last placed teams in each group will be contest the relegation section.

Divisional championship

Each Tipperary divisional championship in 2014 was operated on a knock-out plus a loser's group format. The four divisional champions will compete in the last sixteen. If a divisional champion also wins Roinn I or Roinn II then the next highest-ranked team progresses.

Last sixteen

The last sixteen of the championship will feature the four divisional champions, four Roinn II group winners, four Roinn I group winners and four Roinn I second-placed teams.

Fixtures and results

Roinn I: Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	For	Ag.	Diff.	Pts.
1	Nenagh Éire Óg	3	3	0	73	45	28	6
2	Clonoulty-Rossmore	3	2	1	67	63	4	4
3	Templeder. Kenyons	3	1	2	60	67	-7	2
4	Roscrea	3	0	3	51	76	-25	0

Roinn I: Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	For	Ag.	Diff.	Pts.
1	Kildangan	3	2	1	78	51	27	4
2	Killenaule	3	2	1	56	54	2	4
3	Upperch.-Drombane	3	2	1	67	67	0	4
4	Carrick Swans	3	0	3	46	77	-29	0

Roinn I: Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Ag.	Diff.	Pts.
1	Lough.-Castleiney	3	2	1	0	59	54	5	5
2	Moycarkey-Borris	3	1	1	1	53	59	-6	3
3	Éire Óg Annacarty	3	1	0	2	48	46	2	2
4	Toomevara	3	1	0	2	47	48	-1	2

Roinn I: Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Ag.	Diff.	Pts.
1	Drom-Inch	3	3	0	0	68	48	20	6
2	Borris-Ileigh	3	1	1	1	63	59	4	3
3	Burgess	3	1	1	1	59	58	1	3
4	Silvermines	3	0	0	3	48	73	-25	0

Roinn II: Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	For	Ag.	Diff.	Pts.
1	Lorrha	3	3	0	69	50	19	6
2	JK Brackens	3	2	1	66	36	30	4
3	Knocka.-Donaskeigh	3	1	2	46	62	-16	2
4	Carrick Davins	3	0	3	31	64	-33	0

Roinn II: Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	For	Ag.	Diff.	Pts.
1	Kilruane	3	3	0	94	37	57	6
2	Holycross-Ballycahill	3	2	1	75	61	14	4
3	Boherlahen-Dualla	3	1	2	52	64	-12	2
4	Cashel King Cormacs	3	0	3	42	101	-59	0

Roinn II: Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Ag.	Diff.	Pts.
1	Ballina	3	2	1	0	52	41	11	5
2	C. J. Kickham's	3	2	0	1	28	29	-1	4
3	Borrisokane	3	1	0	2	33	35	-2	2
4	Ballingarry	3	0	1	2	42	50	-8	1

Roinn II: Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	For	Ag.	Diff.	Pts.
1	Thurles Sarsfields	3	3	0	100	19	81	6
2	Portroe	3	2	1	58	59	-1	4
3	Cappawhite	3	1	2	43	91	-48	2
4	Moneygall	3	0	3	49	81	-32	0

Relegation play-offs

6 September 2014 Semi-final	Ballingarry	5-18 - 0-14	Cashel King Cormacs	Fethard GAA Park
15:00				Referee: J Cleary

6 September 2014 Semi-final	Carrick Davins	0-15 - 3-15	Moneygall	The Ragg
15:00				Referee: J Butler

Final

Cashel King Cormacs

v

Carrick Davins

Round of 16

11 October 2014 Round of 16	Clonoulty-Rossmore	3-18 - 1-17	Éire Óg Annacarty	Golden
15:30				Referee: F Horgan

12 October 2014 Round of 16	Loughmore-Castleiney	4-27 - 1-20	Ballina	St. Michael's Park
13:30				Referee: J O'Brien

12 October 2014 Round of 16	Kildangan	3-22 - 2-21	Lorrha	MacDonagh Park
14:00		Report		Referee: J Fitzpatrick

12 October 2014 Round of 16	Moycarkey-Borris	1-17 - 2-19	Templederry Kenyons	Semple Stadium
14:30				Referee: P Ivors

12 October 2014 Round of 16	Borris-Illeigh	2-14 - 0-21	Burgess	St. Michael's Park
15:00		Report		Referee: J Cleary

12 October 2014 Round of 16	Killenaule	0-13 - 1-18	Mullinahone	Clonmel Sportsfield
15:00				Referee: N Cosgrove

12 October 2014 Round of 16	Nenagh Éire Óg	2-14 - 2-8	Kilruane MacDonagh's	MacDonagh Park
15:30		Report		Referee: J Butler

12 October 2014 Round of 16	Drom-Inch	1-20 - 3-17	Thurles Sarsfields	Semple Stadium
16:00		Report		Referee: J Ryan

Quarter-finals

18 October 2014 Quarter-final	C. J. Kickham's	3-17 3-16	Kildangan	Semple Stadium
15:30				Referee: J Ryan

18 October 2014 Quarter-final	Clonoulty-Rossmore	2-10 - 0-17	Loughmore-Castleiney	Semple Stadium
17:00		Report		Referee: K Delahunty

19 October 2014 Quarter-final	Burgess	0-17 - 0-24	Templederry Kenyons	Semple Stadium
14:30				Referee: P Kelly

19 October 2014 Quarter-final	Thurles Sarsfields	0-20 - 0-19	Nenagh Éire Óg	Semple Stadium
16:00		Report

Semi-finals

26 October 2014 Semi-final	Thurles Sarsfields	0-18 - 1-11	Templederry Kenyons	Semple Stadium
14:00	A McCormack 0-9; P Bourke (0-4); D Maher, B McCarthy, S Cahill, C Lanigan, M O’Brien (0-1 each);	Report	G Ryan (1-2), A Ryan (0-4), T Ryan, E Murray, D Cary, P O’Leary, T Stapleton (0-1 each)	Referee: G Fitzpatrick

26 October 2014 Semi-final	Loughmore-Castleiney	3-22 - 0-14	C. J. Kickham's	Semple Stadium
15:30	L Treacy and E Sweeney,(1-3 each); J McGrath(1-2); L McGrath, N McGrath, A McGrath, and C Hennessy(0-3 each); T McGrath(0-2).	Report	E Kelly 0-6; C Horan(0-3), J Shelley(0-2), E Fennelly, D Cody, K Bolger (0-1 each)	Referee: F Horgan

Final

2 November 2014 Final	Thurles Sarsfields	2-22 - 3-11	Loughmore-Castleiney	Semple Stadium
15:30	P Bourke 1-3, Denis Maher, A McCormack 0-5 each, R Ruth 0-4, M O'Brien 1-0, L Corbett 0-2, S Cahill 0-2, C Lanigan 0-1	Report	N McGrath 0-5 (5f), L McGrath, J McGrath 1-1 each, E Sweeney 1-0, L Treacy, C Hennessy, A McGrath (f), L Treacy 0-1 each.	Attendance: 5,731 Referee: J Ryan

References

^ Cormican, Eoghan (14 October 2013). "Mastery of McGraths inspires Loughmore-Castleiney victory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
^ "2014 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship". Carrick Swans GAA Club website. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ "A guide to the 2014 County Senior Hurling Championship". Nenagh Éire Óg GAA website. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

[1] Cormican, Eoghan (14 October 2013). "Mastery of McGraths inspires Loughmore-Castleiney victory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

[2] "2014 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship". Carrick Swans GAA Club website. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

[3] "A guide to the 2014 County Senior Hurling Championship". Nenagh Éire Óg GAA website. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

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