2001 Tipperary county hurling team season

In 2001 Tipperary competed in the National Hurling League and the Munster and All-Ireland championships. It was Nicky English's third year in charge of the team with Tommy Dunne also in his third year as team captain. Finches continued as sponsors of Tipperary GAA.^[1]

Tipperary won the treble of League, Munster and All-Ireland titles.^[2] ^[3] ^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

National Hurling League

11 February 2001	Derry	0-6 - 2-15	Tipperary	Emmett Park, Slaughneil
	O Collins (0-4), P Kelly (0-1), J O'Dwyer (0-1).	Report	L Cahill (0-7), L Corbett (1-1), J Carroll (1-0), B O'Meara (0-3), M O'Leary (0-2), M Ryan (0-1), E Kelly (0-1).	Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

18 February 2001	Tipperary	1-16 - 1-12	Wexford	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	E O'Neill 0-6 (4f), L Cahill 0-4, L Corbett 1-1, E Corcoran 0-3 (1f, 2 '65), M Ryan, J O'Brien 0-1.	Report	L O'Gorman 1-1, C McGrath (3f), P Codd 0-3 each, L Dunne 0-2 (f), M Jordan, R Stafford, B Goff 0-1.	Referee: P Dunphy (Kilkenny)

1 April 2001	Tipperary	5-15 - 2-15	Waterford	MacDonagh Park, Nenagh
	E O'Neill 1-4 (3fs), B O'Meara 2-0, L Cahill 1-2, L Corbett 1-1, E Corcoran 0-4 (all fs), E Enright 0-2, M Ryan 0-1, T Dunne 0-1 ('65).	Report	P Flynn 1-9 (5f), K McGrath 1-1, T Browne 0-2, E Murphy, D Bennett, D Shanahan 0-1 each.	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

8 April 2001	Kilkenny	1-12 - 0-15	Tipperary	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	H Shefflin 1-4, A Cummins 0-3, C Brennan 0-1, A Geoghegan 0-1, J Power 0-1, C Carter 0-1, J Coogan 0-1.	Report	E O’Neill 0-5, L Corbett 0-3, L Cahill 0-2, M O’Leary 0-2, E Enright 0-1, T Dunne 0-1, P Kelly 0-1.	Referee: G Harrington (Cork)

15 April 2001	Tipperary	0-20 - 2-8	Cork	Fraher Field, Dungarvan
	E Kelly 0-5 (0-2 frees), M O'Leary 0-4, L Cahill and D Ryan 0-3 each, C Gleeson, N Morris, E Enright and J Leahy 0-1 each. P Kelly 0-1 ('65').	Report	A Browne 2-2, J O'Connor 0-2, M Landers, K Murray and P Ryan 0-1 each. J Deane 0-1 (free).	Referee: P Horan (Offaly)

21 April 2001	Laois	0-13 - 1-16	Tipperary	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	D Cuddy 0-4, C Cuddy 0-3, J Phelan 0-2, F O’Sullivan 0-2, D Conroy 0-1, C Coonan 0-1.		D Ryan 1-3, E O’Neill 0-5, L Cahill 0-2, T Dunne, 0-2, N Morris 0-2, J O’Brien 0-2.

28 April 2001 Semi-final	Galway	1-15 - 2-19	Tipperary	Cusack Park, Ennis
	M Kerins (1-3), E Cloonan (0- 5, four frees), L Burke (0-2, two frees), A Kerins (0-2), D Tierney (0-1); O Fahy (0-1), F Healy (0-1).	Report	M O'Leary (0-7, two frees), D Ryan (1-1), L Corbett (1-1), E Kelly (0-4, one free), E Enright (0-2), L Cahill (0-2), E O'Neill (0-1), J O'Brien (0-1).	Referee: P Ahern (Carlow)

6 May 2001 Final	Tipperary	1-19 - 0-17	Clare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	E Kelly 0-5 (2f), L Corbett 0-4, D Ryan 1-1, E Enright, M O'Leary 0-3 each, T Dunne 0-2 (2f), B O'Meara 0-1.	Report	J O'Connor 0-6 (3f), N Gilligan 0-3 (2f), O Baker, A Markham 0-2 each, D Forde, C Lynch, B Murphy, S McMahon (f) 0-1 each.	Attendance: 25,142 Referee: P O'Connor (Limerick)

3 June
Semi-Final

Tipperary	0-15 – 0-14	Clare
E. Kelly (0-7), E. Enright (0-2), T. Dunne (0-2), B. O'Meara (0-1), L. Corbett (0-1), D. Ryan (0-1), P. Kelly (0-1).	(Report)	J. O'Connor (0-7), D. Forde (0-4), S. McMahon (0-3).

Attendance: 42,063

Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)

1 July
Final

Tipperary	2-16 – 1-17	Limerick
D. Ryan (1-1), L. Corbett (1-1), M. O'Leary (0-3), B. O'Meara (0-2), E. Enright (0-2), T. Dunne (0-2), E. Kelly (0-2), P. Kelly (0-1), E. O'Neill (0-1), J. O'Brien (0-1).	(Report)	S. O'Connor (1-3), P. O'Grady (0-5), M. Foley (0-2), C. Carey (0-1), M. O'Brien (0-1), J. Foley (0-1), O. Moran (0-1), J. Butler (0-1), B. Begley (0-1), B. Foley (0-1).

Attendance: 43,500

Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)

12 August
Semi-Final

Wexford	1-16 – 3-10	Tipperary
L. O'Gorman (2-0), M. Jordan (0-4), P. Codd (0-4), R. McCarthy (1-0), A. Fenlon (0-2).	(report)	E. Kelly (0-5), J. Carroll (1-1), M. O'Leary (0-4), T. Dunne (0-2), E. Enright (0-1), B. O'Meara (0-1), M. Ryan (0-1), L. Corbett (0-1).

Attendance: 50,274

Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)

18 August
Semi-Final
Replay

Tipperary	3-12 – 0-10	Wexford
E. Kelly (0-9), E. O'Neill (2-1), J. Carroll (1-0), M. O'Leary (0-2).	(report)	P. Codd (0-7), L. Murphy (0-1), M. Jordan (0-1), B. Goff (0-1).

Attendance: 39,125

Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)

9 September
Final

Tipperary	2-18 - 2-15	Galway
M. O'Leary (2-1), E. Kelly (0-7), T. Dunne (0-5), L. Corbett (0-2), J. Carroll (0-1), D. Ryan (0-1), P. O'Brien (0-1).	(report)	E. Cloonan (1-5), F. Healy (1-2), K. Broderick (0-5), M. Kerins (0-2), J. Rabbitte (0-1).

Attendance: 68,515

Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)

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