2009 Tipperary county hurling team season

**Tipperary county hurling team**
2009 season
Manager	Liam Sheedy
All-Ireland SHC	Runners-Up
Munster SHC	Winners
National League	Runners-Up
Top scorer SHC	Eoin Kelly (2-30)
Highest SHC attendance	82,106 (v Kilkenny 6 September)
Lowest SHC attendance	20,872 (v Clare 21 June)
	Standard colours
	Standard colours

The 2009 season was Liam Sheedy's second season in charge of the Tipperary senior hurling team. Tippeary won the Munster championship, defeating Waterford 4-14 to 2-16 in the final.^[1] They went on to reach the All-Ireland final but lost to Kilkenny 0-23 to 2-22.^[2]

2009 senior hurling management team

Name	Position	Club
Liam Sheedy	Manager	Portroe
Eamon O'Shea	Selector	Kilruane MacDonagh's
Michael Ryan	Selector	Upperchurch-Drombane
Cian O'Neill	Selector	Moorefield

2009 squad

The following players made their competitive senior debut in 2009.

Patrick Maher against Waterford on 8 February.
Brendan Maher against Cork on 14 February.
Gearóid Ryan against Cork on 14 February.
Séamus Hennessy against Cork on 14 February.
Noel McGrath against Cork on 14 February.
Pádraic Maher against Dublin on 29 March.

2009 National Hurling League

8 February 2009 Round 1	Waterford	1-12 - 2-13	Tipperary	Walsh Park
	S Prendergast (0-6, three frees and two 65s), C Hennessy (1-0, free), S Molumphy (0-2), J Nagle (0-1), J Kennedy (0-1), D Shanahan (0-1), P Hurney (0-1).	Report	P Kelly (1-1), P Kerwick (1-1), W Ryan (0-4, three frees), J Woodlock (0-2), J Devane (0-2), P Maher (0-1), B Dunne (0-1), C O’Mahony (0-1, 65).	Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

14 February 2009 Round 2	Tipperary	2-15 - 0-9	Cork	Semple Stadium
	P Bourke 0-6 (5f), J O'Brien 1-1, P Maher 1-0, J Woodlock, S Hennessy 0-2 each, J Devane, S Maher, P Kelly, G Ryan 0-1 each.	Report	B Johnson (0-7, five frees), T Murphy (0-2).	Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

1 March 2009 Round 3	Tipperary	0-23 - 0-16	Clare	Semple Stadium
	S Callinan (0-9, 7 frees), W Ryan (0-7, 4 frees), T Stapleton (0-2), N McGrath (0-2), J O’Brien (0-1), L Corbett (0-1), P Kelly (0-1).	Report	B Nugent (0-4), J Clancy (0-3), T Griffin (0-2), D McMahon (0-2), C Ryan (0-2, frees), N Gilligan (0-1), G Quinn (0-1, free), C Morey (0-1).	Referee: J Kelly (Cork)

22 March 2009 Round 4	Kilkenny	5-17 - 1-12	Tipperary	Nowlan Park
	M Comerford (3-2), TJ Reid (1-2), R Hogan (0-5, one free), A Fogarty (1-1), R Power (0-2, frees), E Brennan (0-2), M Grace (0-1), M Rice (0-1), D Fogarty (0-1).	Report	M Webster (1-0), S Hennessy (0-3), S Callanan (0-3, two frees), J O’Brien (0-2), C O’Mahony (0-2, one free, one 65), J Woodlock (0-1), N McGrath (0-1).	Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

29 March 2009 Round 5	Tipperary	2-19 - 4-11	Dublin	Semple Stadium
	S Callanan (1-4, three frees), N McGrath (0-5), G Ryan (1-0), J O’Brien (0-3), J Woodlock (0-2), S Hennessy (0-2, both frees), C O’Mahony (0-1, one 65), S McGrath (0-1), T Scroope (0-1).	Report	D Treacy (3-2), D O’Callaghan (1-4, two frees), A McCrabbe (0-4, three frees, one sideline), S Durkan (0-1).	Referee: D O'Driscoll (Limerick)

5 April 2009 Round 6	Galway	1-15 - 1-17	Tipperary	Pearse Stadium
	K Hynes (0-5), J Canning (0-5, 3f, 1 65), N Healy (1-1), C Callanan (0-1), N Hayes (0-1), A Callanan (0-1), A Smith (0-1).	Report	S Callanan (0-11, 7f, 1 65), L Corbett (1-2), N McGrath (0-1), T Scroope (0-1), S Hennessy (0-1), J Woodlock (0-1).	Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

19 April 2009 Round 7	Tipperary	1-17 - 1-11	Limerick	Semple Stadium
	G Ryan (1-3), P Bourke (0-6, four frees), L Corbett (0-3), J O’Brien (0-2), T Stapleton (0-2), J Devane (0-1).	Report	N Moran (0-9, five frees), P Browne (1-0), M O’Brien (0-1), D O’Grady (0-1).	Referee: D Murphy (Wexford)

3 May 2009 Final	Tipperary	4-17 - 2-26 (aet)	Kilkenny	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	S Callanan 1-7 (0-6f, 0-1 '65'), N McGrath 1-5 (0-1f), J O'Brien, J Woodlock 1-1 each, S McGrath 0-2, B Cummins 0-1 (0-1 f).	Report	R Hogan 1-10 (0-7f), A Fogarty 1-5, H Shefflin 0-4 (0-1f, 0-1'65), TJ Reid 0-4 (1 line ball), E Brennan 0-2, E Larkin 0-1.	Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

2009 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

31 May
Quarter-final

Tipperary	1-19 - 0-19	Cork
S Callanan 1-3, E Kelly 0-5, N McGrath, L Corbett 0-3 each, B Dunne, S McGrath 0-2 each, J O'Brien 0-1	(Report) Match Highlights	B O'Connor 0-11, J Gardiner 0-3, P Cronin 0-2, N McCarthy, T Kenny, A O hAilpin 0-1 each

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Attendance: 35,103

Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

21 June
Semi-final

Tipperary	3-18 - 1-22	Clare
N McGrath 0-7, J O'Brien 1-2, L Corbett 1-1, S Callanan 1-0, P Kerwick , E Kelly 0-3 each, D Fanning, J Woodlock 0-1 each	(Report) Match Highlights	C Ryan 0-12, D McMahon 1-2, T Griffin, J Clancy, T Carmody 0-2 each, J Conlon, D Barrett 0-1 each

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Referee: J Owens (Wexford)

12 July
Final

Tipperary	4-14 - 2-16	Waterford
L Corbett 2-2, E Kelly 1-3, S Callanan 1-1, N McGrath 0-3, P Kerwick, C O'Mahony, S McGrath, J O'Brien, B Dunne 0-1 each	(Report) Match Highlights	E Kelly 1-7, J Mullane 1-5, S Molumphy 0-2, D Shanahan, R Foley 0-1 each

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

16 August
Semi-final

Tipperary	6-19 - 2-07	Limerick
L Corbett 3-1, E Kelly 1-6, N McGrath 1-3, P Kerwick 1-2, S Callanan, C O'Mahony 0-3 each, J O'Brien 0-1	(Report) Match Highlights	B O'Sullivan 1-1, B Murray 1-0, G O'Mahony 0-2, S Hickey, N Moran, D Breen, A O'Shaughnessy 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 43,808

Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

6 September
Final

Kilkenny	2-22 - 0-23	Tipperary
H Shefflin 1-8, E Larkin, E Brennan 0-3 each, M Comerford 1-0, R Hogan 0-2, J Tyrrell, T Walsh, D Lyng, R Power, TJ Reid, M Fennelly 0-1 each	(Report) Full Match	E. Kelly 0-13, L Corbett 0-4, S Callanan 0-3, N McGrath 0-2, S McGrath 0-1

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 82,106

Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Awards

Pádraic Maher, Conor O'Mahony, Lar Corbett and Noel McGrath all won All Star Awards with McGrath also named as the Young Hurler of the Year.^[3]

References

^ "Classy Corbett Tipps the scales". Irish Independent. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
^ "Flashback: 2009 All-Ireland SHC Final - Kilkenny v Tipperary". GAA.ie. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ "Tommy Walsh wins Hurler of Year award". Irish Independent. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.

External links

[1] "Classy Corbett Tipps the scales". Irish Independent. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.

[2] "Flashback: 2009 All-Ireland SHC Final - Kilkenny v Tipperary". GAA.ie. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[3] "Tommy Walsh wins Hurler of Year award". Irish Independent. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.

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