2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship

2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	28 April - 8 October 2017
Teams	16
Sponsor	Tipperary Water
Champions	Thurles Sarsfields (36th title); Pádraic Maher (captain); Tommy Maher (manager)
Runners-up	Borris-Ileigh; Paddy Stapleton (captain); Johnny Kelly (manager)
Relegated	Ballina; Burgess
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	104 (2.97 per match)
Points scored	1177 (33.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pa Bourke (3-43)
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The 2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 127th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 23 January 2017.^[1] The championship began on 28 April 2017 and ended on 8 October 2017.

Thurles Sarsfields were the defending champions and entered the championship in search of a fourth successive title.^[2] Ballina and Burgess were relegated after finishing bottom of the relegation group.

The final was played on 8 October 2017 at Semple Stadium in Thurles, between Thurles Sarsfields and Borris-Ileigh, in their first meeting in a final in 62 years. Thurles Sarsfields won the match by 1–24 to 0–11 to claim their 36th championship title overall and a fourth title in succession.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Thurles Sarsfields' Pa Bourke was the championship's top scorer with 3-43.

Results

Group stage

Group 1 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Loughmore-Castleiney	3	2	1	0	5-54	3-48	12	5
Borris-Ileigh	3	1	1	1	6-46	2-51	7	3
Upperchurch-Drombane	3	1	0	2	0-48	7-45	-18	2
Kiladangan	3	1	0	2	4-43	3-47	-1	2

Group 1 results

30 April 2017 Round 1	Kiladangan	1-20 - 1-13	Borris-Ileigh	MacDonagh Park
	D Egan 1-10, W Connors 0-2, T Gallagher 0-2, J Horan 0-2, J Gallagher 0-1, P Flynn 0-1, E Kelly 0-1, B Seymour 0-1.		J Kelly 0-7, K Maher 1-0, C Kenny 0-3, B Maher 0-1, D McCormack 0-1, B Maher 0-1.

30 April 2017 Round 1	Loughmore-Castleiney	2-19 - 0-18	Upperchurch-Drombane	Boherlahan GAA Grounds
	J McGrath 2-10, N McGrath 0-3, C Hennessy 0-2, L McGrath 0-2, T McGrath 0-1, E Sweeney 0-1.		P Ryan 0-11, P Shortt 0-2, J Butler 0-2, P Greene 0-1, J Barry 0-1, C Stapleton 0-1.

28 May 2017 Round 2	Borris-Ileigh	1-16 - 1-16	Loughmore-Castleiney	Semple Stadium
	B Maher 0-9, C Kenny 1-2, L Ryan 0-2, S McCormack 0-1, K Maher 0-1, D McCormack 0-1.		J McGrath 0-10, C Hennessy 1-1, C McGrath 0-2, N McGrath 0-2, L McGrath 0-1.

28 May 2017 Round 2	Upperchurch-Drombane	0-15 - 1-09	Kiladangan	Silvermines GAA Grounds
	P Ryan 0-11, D Grant 0-1, C Ryan 0-1, J Barry 0-1, P Shanahan 0-1.		D Egan 1-4, B Seymour 0-2, R Gleeson 0-1, A Flynn 0-1, J Gallagher 0-1.

12 August 2017 Round 3	Upperchurch-Drombane	0-15 - 4-17	Borris-Ileigh	Semple Stadium
	P Ryan 0-9, L Ryan 0-2, O Greene 0-2, C Stapleton 0-1, J Barry 0-1.		B Maher 1-6, C Kenny 1-5, N Kenny 2-0, J Hogan 0-2, J Kelly 0-1, K Maher 0-1, D McCormack 0-1, L Ryan 0-1.

12 August 2017 Round 3	Kiladangan	2-14 - 2-19	Loughmore-Castleiney	Silvermines GAA Grounds
	P Flynn 1-2, T Gallagher 0-5, D O'Meara 1-0, W Connors 0-3, B Seymour 0-2, D Sweeney 0-1, D Egan 0-1.		J McGrath 2-5, L Treacy 0-4, N McGrath 0-4, C Hennessy 0-2, T Maher 0-2, A McGrath 0-1, L McGrath 0-1.

Group 2 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Clonoulty-Rossmore	3	2	1	0			9	5
Drom-Inch	3	2	0	1			15	4
Portroe	3	0	2	1			-14	2
Ballina	3	0	1	2			-10	1

Group 2 results

29 April 2018 Round 1	Portroe	0-10 - 3-15	Drom-Inch	Silvermines GAA Grounds
	J Ryan 0-2, R Byrne 0-2, M Gennery 0-2, J Sheedy 0-2, M Breen 0-1, N Gleeson 0-1.		S Nolan 0-5, M Butler 1-1, D Collins 0-4, M Connors 1-0, T Nolan 1-0, P Kennedy 0-2, J Ryan 0-2, E Buckley 0-1.

30 April 2017 Round 1	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-16 - 1-10	Ballina	Silvermines GAA Grounds
	T Hammersley 0-6, P White 0-2, C Hammersley 0-2, J O'Neill 0-2, F O'Keeffe 0-2, A White 0-1, A Ryan 0-1.		M Breen 0-6, S O'Brien 1-0, J O'Brien 0-1, D Hickey 0-1, R Burke 0-1, B King 0-1.

26 May 2017 Round 2	Ballina	2-17 - 3-14	Portroe	MacDonagh Park
	M Breen 1-8, S O'Brien 1-1, B McKeogh 0-2, J O'Brien 0-2, S S Stritch 0-1, P Cosgrave 0-1, B King 0-1, TJ O'Connell 0-1.		J Sheedy 1-5, J Creamer 1-1, J Moloney 1-1, K O'Halloran 0-3, J Ryan 0-2, P O'Flaherty 0-1, D Gleeson 0-1.

28 May 2017 Round 2	Drom-Inch	2-15 - 1-24	Clonoulty-Rossmore	Semple Stadium
	S Callanan 2-6, T Nolan 0-3, M Connors 0-2, D Collins 0-2, J Woodlock 0-1, P Campion 0-1.		T Hammersley 0-12, C Hammersley 1-0, J O'Neill 0-2, S Maher 0-2, A White 0-2, M Ryan 0-2, D Quirke 0-2, S O'Connor 0-1, T Butler 0-1.

12 August 2017 Round 3	Drom-Inch	3-20 - 2-16	Ballina	MacDonagh Park
	S Callanan 1-7, E Buckley 1-2, D Collins 0-5, D Butler 1-0, M Connors 0-3, T Nolan 0-1, S Nolan 0-1, P Kennedy 0-1.		D Finnerty 2-2, M Breen 0-5, D Hickey 0-5, S O'Brien 0-2, S Stritch 0-1, B McKeogh 0-1.

12 August 2017 Round 3	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-22 - 1-19	Portroe	Silvermines GAA Grounds
	J O'Neill 0-13, D Quirke 0-3, F O'Keeffe 0-2, A White 0-2, T Burler 0-2.		M Gennery 1-3, J Sheedy 0-6, R Byrne 0-3, K O'Halloran 0-3, J Ryan 0-1, P Flaherty 0-1, N Gleeson 0-1, John Moloney 0-1.

Group 3 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Thurles Sarsfields	3	3	0	0			63	6
Kilruane MacDonaghs	3	2	0	1			14	4
Nenagh Éire Óg	3	1	0	2			6	2
Carrick Swans	3	0	0	3			-83	0

Group 3 results

29 April 2017 Round 1	Thurles Sarsfields	5-32 - 0-07	Carrick Swans	Leahy Park
	P Bourke 0-13, M O'Brien 3-3, A McCormack 1-4, J Maher 1-1, S Cahill 0-3, Pádraic Maher 0-2, M Cahill 0-2, D Maher 0-2, L Corbertt 0-1, B McCarthy 0-1.		G O'Halloran 0-5, L O'Dwyer 0-1, D O'Hanlon 0-1.

30 April 2017 Round 1	Nenagh Éire Óg	0-15 - 3-17	Kilruane MacDonaghs	St. Michael's Park
	M Heffernan 0-8, D Quinn 0-2, A Coffey 0-2, T Heffernan 0-2, B Heffernan 0-1.		C Darcy 1-4, J Cahill 1-3, J Williams 1-0, S Hennessy 0-2, E Hogan 0-2, J Cahill 0-2, C Morgan 0-1, N O'Meara 0-1, D Peters 0-1, C Cleary 0-1.

28 May 2017 Round 2	Carrick Swans	1-13 - 6-31	Nenagh Éire Óg	St. Michael's Park
	S Hahessy 1-1, G O'Halloran 0-4, D O'Hanlon 0-2, D Fogarty 0-2, E O'Halloran 0-1, G Waters 0-1, D Waters 0-1, A Dunne 0-1.		M Heffernan 1-14, J Morris 3-4, P Murphy 1-2, T Heffernan 0-5, A Coffey 1-1, N Moloney 0-3, P Hickey 0-2.

28 May 2017 Round 2	Kilruane MacDonaghs	2-15 - 1-25	Thurles Sarsfields	Páirc Shíleáin
	C Darcy 1-5, B O'Meara 1-4, J Williams 0-3, N O'Meara 0-1, C Cleary 0-1, J Cahill 0-1.		P Bourke 1-6, T Doyle 0-4, L Corbett 0-3, M O'Brien 0-3, B McCarthy 0-2, A McCormack 0-2, D Maher 0-2, C Lanigan 0-1, S Cahill 0-1, S Lillis 0-1.

13 August 2017 Round 3	Kilruane MacDonaghs	3-21 - 1-17	Carrick Swans	Boherlahan Sportsfield
	C Darcy 1-8, T Cleary 1-2, J Williams 0-4, D Barrett 1-0, N O'Meara 0-3, J Cahill 0-2, S Hennessy 0-1, C Cleary 0-1.		D O'Hanlon 1-6, G O'Halloran 0-7, K Lanigan 0-3, D Fogarty 0-1.

12 August 2017 Round 3	Thurles Sarsfields	4-20 - 2-10	Nenagh Éire Óg	Páirc Shíleáin
	P Burke 1-7, L Corbett 1-1, D Maher 1-1, S Cahill 0-4, A McCormack 0-4, M O'Brien 1-0, P Maher 0-1, B McCarthy 0-1.		M Heffernan 0-6, T Heffernan 1-1, B Heffernan 1-0, J Mackey 0-1, P Murphy 0-1, P Morris 0-1.

Group 4 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Éire Óg Annacarty	3	2	0	1			9	4
Mullinahone	3	2	0	1			2	4
Killenaule	3	2	0	1			-1	4
Burgess	3	0	0	3			-10	0

Group 4 results

28 April 2017 Round 1	Burgess	1-16 - 1-18	Killenaule	Páirc Shíleáin
	S Murray 0-8, E Hogan 1-2, K Nealon 0-2, C Gill 0-2, B O'Flaherty 0-1, D Ryan 0-1.		J O'Dwyer 0-10, T Doyle 1-2, D Fanning 0-2, K Bergin 0-2, M Doyle 0-1, E Barry 0-1.

30 April 2017 Round 1	Éire Óg Annacarty	1-18 - 0-14	Mullinahone	Boherlahan GAA Grounds
	C O'Brien 0-7, K Fox 1-2, R O'Brien 0-3, D Crosse 0-2, P Dwyer 0-1, T Fox 0-1, B Fox 0-1, S Ryan 0-1.		S CUrran 0-10, G Norton 0-2, N Curran 0-1, G Cronin 0-1.

28 May 2017 Round 2	Mullinahone	1-17 - 0-18	Burgess	MacDonagh Park
	S Curran 0-10, G Browning 1-0, AJ Cronin 0-3, M Dunne 0-2, A Curran 0-1, E Keane 0-1.		S Murray 0-13, K Nealon 0-2, C Gill 0-2, B Hogan 0-1.

28 May 2017 Round 2	Killenaule	2-20 - 1-19	Éire Óg Annacarty	Leahy Park
	J O'Dwyer 1-6, T Stakelum 1-0, K Bergin 0-3, E Barry 0-3, D Guinan 0-3, D Fanning 0-3, M Doyle 0-1, T Doyle 0-1.		R O'Brien 1-4, C O'Brien 0-5, K Fox 0-4, B Fox 0-3, D O'Dwyer 0-1, S O'Brien 0-1, T Fox 0-1.

12 August 2017 Round 3	Killenaule	1-13 - 2-17	Mullinahone	Monroe Sportsfield
	J O'Dwyer 1-7, T Doyle 0-1, K Bergin 0-1, M Doyle 0-1, D Guinan 0-1, D Fanning 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1.		G Horan 2-2, AJ Cronin 0-4, J Shelly 0-3, S Curran 0-3, M Dunne 0-2, N Curran 0-2, C Shelly 0-1.

12 August 2017 Round 3	Éire Óg Annacarty	2-20 - 1-17	Burgess	Semple Stadium
	R O'Brien 1-5, B Fox 1-3, C O'Brien 0-6, K Fox 0-3, S Ryan 0-2, P Downey 0-1.		S Murray 0-7, S Maher 1-0, E Hogan 0-2, D Maher 0-2, J O'Flaherty 0-2, C Gill 0-2, P Gill 0-1, D Ryan 0-1.

Relegation playoffs

Relegation section

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kiladangan	2	2	0	0	3-40	3-18	22	4
Burgess	2	1	0	1	4-28	4-30	-2	2
Ballina	2	0	0	2	3-20	3-40	-20	0

Relegation playoffs

10 September 2017 Round 1	Kiladangan	1-20 - 1-10	Ballina	Lacken Park
	D Egan 0-6, T Gallagher 0-5, J Gallagher 1-0, W Connors 0-3, R Gleeson 0-3, B Seymour 0-2, D Sweeney 0-1.		M Breen 1-7, TJ O'Connell 0-1, D Hickey 0-1, S Stritch 0-1.

16 September 2017 Round 2	Ballina	2-10 - 2-20	Burgess	Silvermines GAA Grounds
	M Breen 1-8, D Finnerty 1-1, P Cosgrave 0-1.		K Nealon 0-10, D Ryan 1-2, B Hogan 1-1, E Hogan 0-3, D Maher 0-3, C Gill 0-1.

24 September 2017 Round 3	Burgess	2-08 - 2-20	Kiladangan	MacDonagh Park
	S Murray 2-1, K Nealon 0-4, B Hogan 0-2, E Hogan 0-1.		D O'Meara 1-2, T Gallagher 0-5, D Egan 0-4, R Gleeeson 0-3, J Gallagher 0-3, P Flynn 0-3, J Quigley 0-1.

Knock-out stage

Preliminary quarter-final

10 September 2017 Preliminary quarter-final	Borris-Ileigh	3-16 - 2-05	Carrick Swans	Leahy Park
	B Maher 0-10, J Kelly 1-1, J Horgan 1-1, C Kenny 1-0, S McCormack 0-3, D McCormack 0-1.		A Dunne 1-1, D McCarthy 1-0, G O'Halloran 0-3, D Waters 0-1.

Quarter-finals

16 September 2017 Quarter-final	Éire Óg Annacarty	2-13 - 1-15	Mullinahone	Semple Stadium
	K Fox (1-2), B Fox (1-2), S Ryan (0-4 frees), D O'Dwyer (0-2), C O'Brien (0-1 free), P Aherne (0-1), S O'Brien (0-1).	Report	S Curran (0-10, 5 frees), K Walzer (1-1), AJ Cronin (0-2), C Shelly (0-1), M Dunne (0-1).

16 September 2017 Quarter-final	Thurles Sarsfields	3-26 - 1-22 (aet)	Kilruane MacDomaghs	Semple Stadium
	P Bourke 1-6, A McCormack 0-6, B McCarthy 0-5, D Maher 1-1, L Corbett 1-0, S Cahill 0-2, M O'Brien 0-2, Patrick Maher 0-1, T Doyle 0-1, C Lanigan 0-1, S Lillis 0-1.	Report	C Darcy 0-11, T Cleary 1-1, S Hennessy 0-3, K Cahill 0-2, B O'Meara 0-1, C Cleary 0-1, Jerome Cahill 0-1, Justin Cahill 0-1, N O'Meara 0-1.

17 September 2017 Quarter-final	Drom-Inch	2-26 - 1-14	Clonoulty-Rossmore	Semple Stadium
	S Callanan 1-9, J Ryan 0-6, D Collins 0-5, J Maher 1-0, D Butler 0-2, M Campion 0-2, M Connors 0-1, J Woodlock 0-1.	Report	J O'Neill 1-5, T Hammersley 0-3, M Ryan 0-3, C Hammersley 0-1, J Devane 0-1, D Quirke 0-1.

17 September 2017 Quarter-final	Borris-Ileigh	1-18 - 1-17	Loughmore-Castleiney	Semple Stadium
	B Maher 0-6 C Kenny 0-4, N Kenny 1-0, D McCormack 0-3, S McCormack 0-1, J Kelly 0-1, J Hogan 0-1, K Maher 0-1, P Stapleton 0-1.	Report	J McGrath 1-5, L McGrath 0-3, A McGrath 0-2, C McGrath 0-2, J Ryan 0-1, T McGrath 0-1, N McGrath 0-1, E Sweeney 0-1, B O'Connell 0-1.

Semi-finals

24 September 2017 Semi-final	Borris-Ileigh	1-16 - 1-12	Drom-Inch	Semple Stadium
3:30 pm	B Maher 0-7f, D McCormack 1-1, C Kenny and J Kelly 0-2 each, L Ryan, S McCormack, N Kenny, J Hogan 0-1 each.	Report	J Ryan and S Callanan (0-2f, 1 '65) 0-4 each, J Maher 1-0, D Butler 0-2, D Collins and T Nolan 0-1 each	Referee: J McCormack (Knockavilla Kickhams)

24 September 2017 Semi-final	Thurles Sarsfields	0-27 - 0-18	Éire Óg Annacarty	Semple Stadium
5:00 pm	P Bourke 0-9 (0-7f), A McCormack 0-5 (0-1f), R Maher, J Maher, R Purcell 0-2 each, S Maher, M Cahill, S Lillis, S Cahill, B McCarthy, C Stakelum, D Maher 0-1 each	Report	R O’Brien 0-6, D Mooney 0-5f, S Ryan 0-3 (0-2f), B Fox, T Fox, D O’Dwyer, C Bradshaw 0-1 each	Referee: M Murphy (Toomevara)

Final

8 October 2017 Final	Thurles Sarsfields	1-24 - 0-11	Borris-Ileigh	Semple Stadium
3:30 pm	A McCormack 0-9 (6f, 1 '65), C Stakelum 1-2, B McCarthy and D Maher 0-3 each, P Bourke and L Corbett 0-2 each, R Maher, P Maher, S Cahill 0-1 each	Report	B Maher 0-5f, D McCormack 0-3, L Ryan 0-2, K Maher 0-1	Attendance: 8,376 Referee: F Horgan (Knockavilla Kickhams) Man of the Match: Pádraic Maher

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Pa Bourke	Thurles Sarsfields	3-43	52	6	8.66
2	Brendan Maher	Borris-Ileigh	1-44	47	7	6.71
3	John McGrath	Loughmore-Castleiney	5-30	45	4	11.25
4	Michael Breen	Ballina	3-34	43	5	8.60
5	Séamus Callanan	Drom-Inch	4-26	38	4	9.50
6	Cian Darcy	Kilruane MacDonaghs	3-28	37	4	9.25
7	Stephen Murray	Burgess	2-29	35	4	8.75
8	Aidan McCormack	Thurles Sarsfields	1-30	33	6	5.50
8	Seán Curran	Mullinahone	0-33	33	4	8.25
10	Darragh Egan	Kiladangan	2-25	31	5	6.20
	Michael Heffernan	Nenagh Éire Óg	1-28	31	4	8.75
	Paul Ryan	Upperchurch-Drombane	0-31	31	3	10.33

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Michael Heffernan	Nenagh Éire Óg	1-14	17	Carrick Swans
2	John McGrath	Loughmore-Castleiney	2-10	16	Upperchurch-Drombane
3	Jake Morris	Nenagh Éire Óg	3-04	13	Carrick Swans
	Darragh Egan	Kiladangan	1-10	13	Borris-Ileigh
	John O'Neill	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-13	13	Portroe
	Pa Bourke	Thurles Sarsfields	0-13	13	Carrick Swans
	Stephen Murray	Burgess	0-13	13	Mullinahone
8	Michael O'Brien	Thurles Sarsfields	3-03	12	Carrick Swans
	Séamus Callanan	Drom-Inch	2-06	12	Clonoulty-Rossmore
	Séamus Callanan	Drom-Inch	1-09	12	Clonoulty-Rossmore
	Timmy Hammersley	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-12	12	Drom-Inch

References

^ "Tipperary Water County Championship Draws 2017". Tipperary GAA website. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "No fairytale for Kiladangan as Thurles Sars clinch Tipperary hurling three-in-a-row". The 42. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "Pádraic Maher hails 'lunatic' Thurles Sarsfields team-mates". Irish Examiner. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
^ "Padraic Maher leads powerful Thurles Sarsfields to four in a row". Irish Examiner. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ "Maher: We can go all the way". Irish Independent. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[1] "Tipperary Water County Championship Draws 2017". Tipperary GAA website. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[2] "No fairytale for Kiladangan as Thurles Sars clinch Tipperary hurling three-in-a-row". The 42. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[3] "Pádraic Maher hails 'lunatic' Thurles Sarsfields team-mates". Irish Examiner. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

[4] "Padraic Maher leads powerful Thurles Sarsfields to four in a row". Irish Examiner. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[5] "Maher: We can go all the way". Irish Independent. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

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