2000 Tipperary county hurling team season

In 2000 Tipperary competed in the National Hurling League and the Munster and All-Ireland championships. It was Nicky English's second year in charge of the team with Tommy Dunne also in his second year as team captain. Finches continued as sponsors of Tipperary GAA.^[1]

National Hurling League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Notes
1	Tipperary	6	5	1	47	10	Division 1 runners-up
2	Waterford	6	5	1	12	10
3	Kilkenny	6	4	2	30	8
4	Cork	6	3	3	39	6
5	Wexford	6	3	3	11	6
6	Laois	6	1	5	-72	2
7	Derry	6	0	6	-67	0

27 February 2000 Round 2	Tipperary	5-20 - 1-12	Derry	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	E O'Neill 1-5, M O'Leary 1-3, P O'Brien 1-3, P Shelley 1-1, P Ryan 1-1, T Dunne 0-4, A Moloney 0-1, J Carroll 0-1, E Enright 0-1.		G McGonagle 0-6, J o'Dwyer 1-1, O Collins 0-4, M Collins 0-1.	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

12 March 2000 Round 3	Wexford	1-15 - 0-20	Tipperary	Bellefield Park, Enniscorthy
	C McGrath 0-9, D Fitzhenry 1-1, M Jordan 0-2, J Lawlor 0-1, L Dunne 0-1, R McCarthy 0-1.		E O'Neill 0-6, M O'Leary 0-5, G Maguire 0-3, P Kelly 0-2, B Cummins 0-1, A Moloney 0-1, P Shelly 0-1, T Dunne 0-1.	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: P O'Connor (Limerick)

26 March 2000 Round 4	Tipperary	2-9 - 2-14	Kilkenny	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	T Dunne 2-4, E O'Neill 0-2, P Shelly 0-2, A Moloney 0-1.		H Shefflin 0-10, E Brennan 2-3, N Moloney 0-1.	Referee: P O'Connor (Limerick)

2 April 2000 Round 5	Cork	1-12 - 2-11	Tipperary	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	N Ronan 1-1, M O'Connell 0-3, B O'Connor 0-2, M Laners 0-1, T McCarthy 0-1, S McGrath 0-1, J Deane 0-1, A Browne 0-1, K Murray 0-1.		T Dunne 1-3, M O'Leary 0-4, G Maguire 1-0, A Moloney 0-2, E O'Neill 0-1, P Shelly 0-1.	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: K McMahon (Clare)

8 April 2000 Round 6	Tipperary	5-25 - 0-18	Laois	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	L Cahill 2-2, P O'Brien 2-0, T Dunne 0-6, M O'Leary 0-5, P Shelly 1-1, E O'Neill 0-3, D Ryan 0-3, A Moloney 0-2, P Ryan 0-2, B O'Meara 0-1.		D Cuddy 0-6, F O'Sullivan 0-5, P Cuddy 0-2, D Conroy 0-2, D Rooney 0-2, N Rigney 0-1.	Referee: A Mac Suibhne (Dublin)

16 April 2000 Round 7	Waterford	2-15 - 4-15	Tipperary	Walsh Park, Waterford
	K McGrath 1-5, P Flynn 0-6, A Kirwan 1-0, D Shanahan 0-2, B Walsh 0-1, B Henley 0-1.		P Shelly 2-2, T Dunne 0-7, P O'Brien 1-1, P Ryan 1-0, M O'Leary 0-2, L Cahill 0-1, J Leahy 0-1, D Ryan 0-1.	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

30 April 2000 Semi-final	Tipperary	2-18 - 0-17	Limerick	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	T Dunne 0-8 (6f, 1'65'), J Leahy 1-2, M O'Leary 1-1, P Shelly, P O'Brien 0-2 each, A Moloney, J Carroll, L Cahill 0-1 each.	Report	M Keane 0-7 (3f), S O'Neill, M O'Brien 0-2 each, M Foley 0-1(f), O Moran 0-1 (f), B Begley, J Cormican, D Hennessy, J Moran 0-1 each.	Referee: P Horan (Offaly)

14 May 2000 Final	Galway	2-18 - 2-13	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	R Gantley 0-9 (9f), O Canning 2-0, F Healy 0-4, O Fahy 0-3, M Kerins, D Tierney 0-1 each.	Report	T Dunne 0-5 (4f), P O'Brien 1-2, P Shelley 1-1, M O'Leary 0-3, D Kennedy, R Ryan 0-1 each.	Referee: P O'Connor (Limerick)

2000-05-28
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	0-17 – 0-14	Waterford
T Dunne 0-5 (5f), J Leahy 0-3, D Ryan, P Shelley, M O'Leary 0-2 each, B O'Meara, P Ryan, P O'Brien 0-1 each.	(report)	K McGrath, P Flynn (2f) 0-3 each, P Queally, D Bennett 0-2 each, F Hartley (f), B O'Sullivan, T Browne, D Shanahan 0-1 each.

Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)

2000-06-11
Semi-Final

Tipperary	2-19 – 1-14	Clare
E. O'Neill (0-7), D. Ryan (1-1), P. Shelly (1-0), J. Leahy (0-3), B. O'Meara (0-3), M. O'Leary (0-3), T. Dunne (0-1), P. O'Brien (0-1).	(Report)	D. Forde (1-1), J. O'Connor (0-3), N. Gilligan (0-2), S. McMahon (0-2), G. Quinn (0-1), B. Quinn (0-1), A. Daly (0-1), E. Flannery (0-1), K. Ralph (0-1), B. Murphy (0-1).

Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)

2000-07-02
Final

Cork	0-23 – 3-12	Tipperary
J Deane 0-10 (7f), B O'Connor, S McGrath, A Browne 0-3 each, P Ryan 0-2 (1f), D Barrett, K Murray 0-1 each.	(report)	E O'Neill 1-5 (4f), T Dunne 2-0, B O'Meara, E Enright 0-2 each, J Leahy, P Kelly, L Cahill 0-1 each.

Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)

23 July
All Ireland Quarter-Final

Galway	1-14 – 0-15	Tipperary
E Cloonan 1-4 (1-1 frees), R Gantley 0-5 (2f, 2'65's), D Canning, A Kerins, O Fahy, J Rabbitte, K Broderick 0-1 each.	(report) (report 2) B Cummins P Ormonde, P Maher, Michael Ryan J Carroll, D Kennedy, E Corcoran Micheal Ryan (Templederry), J Leahy M O'Leary, E Enright, B O'Meara T Dunne, P Shelley (0-1), E O'Neill (0-3). Subs: D Fahy for M Ryan, P Kelly (0-1) for Corcoan, A Maloney for Leahy, E Kelly (0-1) for O'Leary, L Cahill for Maloney.	J Leahy 0-4 (3f), E O'Neill 0-3 (2f), B O'Meara, M O'Leary 0-2 each, P Shelley, E Enright, P Kelly, E Kelly 0-1 each.

Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)

Tipperary won two All Star Awards with both Brendan Cummins and John Carroll winning for the first time.^[2]

^ "Controversy as Tipp appoint English". Irish Independent. 8 August 1998. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^ "Tipperary All Stars". Tipperary GAA. Retrieved 2 April 2021.