2022 Tipperary Senior Football Championship

The 2022 Tipperary Senior Football Championship was the 132nd staging of the Tipperary Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The championship started on 30 July and ended on 16 October.[1][2]

2022 Tipperary Senior Football Championship
Dates30 July 2022 - 16 October 2022
Teams16
SponsorFBD Insurance
Champions Clonmel Commercials (20th title)
Jamie Peters (captain)
Tommy Morrissey (manager)
Runners-up Upperchurch–Drombane
Ailbe O'Donoghue (captain)
Eoin Shortt (manager)
Relegated Aherlow
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored56 (1.93 per match)
Points scored640 (22.07 per match)
Top scorer(s) Paul Shanahan (3-23)
2021 (Previous)(Next) 2023

Loughmore–Castleiney were the defending champions, but lost to Upperchurch–Drombane at the semi-final stage.[3]

Clonmel Commercials won their 20th title after a 1-10 to 1-2 win against first time finalists Upperchurch–Drombane in the final on 16 October.[4][5]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship

From Championship

Relegated to the Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Group stage

  Advance to quarter-finals  Advance to relegation semi-final

Group 1

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Clonmel Commercials33005-470-30+326
Upperchurch–Drombane32012-333-28+24
Killenaule31022-313-34-62
Cahir30032-285-47-280

Results

30 July 2022 Round 1 Cahir 1-8 - 1-12 Upperchurch–Drombane Pairc Ciocaim Dundrum
19.00J Buckley (0-4, 4f), G Quinn (0-3, 2f), C Condon (1-0), S O'Connor (0-1)ReportP Shanahan (1-5, 4f), L Shanahan (0-4, 3f), G Grant (0-1), A Ryan (0-1), J Butler (0-1)Referee: M Doyle
30 July 2022 Round 1 Clonmel Commercials 1-14 - 0-9 Killenaule Fethard
19.00S O'Connor (1-5, 1f), Conal Kennedy (0-3), K Fahey (0-1), C Deely (0-1), J Kennedy (0-1), A Matassa (0-1), C Smith (0-1), Colman Kennedy (0-1)ReportM Doyle (0-5, 5f), Joe O'Dwyer (0-2, 2f), P Feehan (0-1), John O'Dwyer (0-1)Referee: J Cullen
12 August 2022 Round 2 Clonmel Commercials 2-11 - 0-9 Upperchurch–Drombane Golden
19.00S O'Connor (1-2), J Lonergan (0-3), Conal Kennedy (1-0), Colman Kennedy (0-2), J Morris (0-1), J Kennedy (0-1), A Matassa (0-1), C Smith (0-1)ReportP Shanahan (0-7), L Ryan (0-1), A O'Donoghue (0-1)Referee: D Grogan
14 August 2022 Round 2 Cahir 1-8 - 2-13 Killenaule Fethard
14.30S O'Connor (1-1), J Buckley (0-3, 1m), G Quinn (0-3), I Flannery (0-1)ReportJoe O'Dwyer (1-4, 3f), M Doyle (0-6, 4f), J O'Dwyer (1-0), E Shaw (0-2), J Gleeson (0-1)Referee: B Tyrell
28 August 2022 Round 3 Killenaule 0-9 - 1-12 Upperchurch–Drombane Littleton
14.30John O'Dwyer (0-4), Joe O'Dwyer (0-1), J Gleeson (0-1), O Shaw (0-1), D Fitzgerald (0-1), M Heffernan (0-1)ReportP Shanahan (1-4), L Shanahan (0-6), A O'Donoghue (0-1), A Ryan (0-1)Referee: P Russell
28 August 2022 Round 3 Cahir 0-12 - 2-22 Clonmel Commercials Leahy Park Cashel
14.30J Buckley (0-7, 6f), G Hally (0-2), N McKenna (0-2), E Heffernan (0-1)ReportJ Kennedy (1-6, 1f, 1 '45), S O'Connor (0-7, 4f), M O'Reilly (1-0), K Fahey (0-3), A Matassa (0-3), J Peters (0-1), C Smith (0-1), P McGarry (0-1)Referee: M Doyle

Group 2

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Moyle Rovers33002-272-14+136
Kilsheelan–Kilcash32015-352-39+54
Rockwell Rovers31024-311-39+12
Drom & Inch30030-256-26-190

Results

31 July 2022 Round 1 Rockwell Rovers 3-11 - 0-14 Drom & Inch Boherlahan
12.00A Moloney (1-5, 2f), TJ Ryan (1-3, 1f), A Barron (1-0), L Fahey (0-1), G Ryan (0-1), T Tobin (0-1)ReportT Nolan (0-4, 1f), D Butler (0-3), R Long (0-2), P Mullen (0-2), D Kennedy (0-1), J Lillis (0-1), P Campion (0-1)Referee: S Everard
31 July 2022 Round 1 Moyle Rovers 2-14 - 1-8 Kilsheelan–Kilcash Clonmel Sportfield
13.00Liam Boland (0-6, 2f, 1 45'), S Foley (1-2), S Quirke (0-4), D Foley (1-0), C McKeown (0-1), R Collins (0-1)ReportJ Roche (0-5, 3f), B Murphy (1-1), P Maher (0-1), B Kehoe (0-1, 1f)Referee: D O'Mahoney
13 August 2022 Round 2 Moyle Rovers 0-13 - 1-6 Rockwell Rovers Cahir
15.30Liam Boland (0-8, 6f), D Owens (0-2), C McKeown (0-1), S Foley (0-1), S Cotter (0-1)ReportA Moloney (0-4, 4f), T Tobin (1-0), L Fahey (0-1), J Lawrence (0-1)Referee: D O'Mahoney
13 August 2022 Round 2 Drom & Inch 0-11 - 3-15 Kilsheelan–Kilcash Leahy Park Cashel
19.00D Butler (0-7), R Long (0-1), J Ryan (0-1), J Moloney (0-1), T Nolan (0-1)ReportB Kehoe (0-6), M Stokes (1-1), P Maher (1-1), B Maher (1-0), M Kehoe (0-3), E Comerford (0-1, 1 45'), J Roche (0-1), C Kelly (0-1), C Neville (0-1)Referee: S Lonergan
27 August 2022 Round 3 Kilsheelan–Kilcash 1-12 - 0-14 Rockwell Rovers Clonmel Sportfield
18.30M Kehoe (1-4), E Comerford (0-3), B Kehoe (0-2), S Freaney (0-2), M Stokes (0-1)A Moloney (0-7), TJ Ryan (0-5), T Tobin (0-1), P Halley (0-1)Referee: D Grogan
27 August 2022 Round 3 Drom & Inch conc - w/o Moyle Rovers
18.30

Group 3

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Loughmore–Castleiney33006-412-24+296
Ardfinnan31112-413-33+53
Moycarkey–Borris31023-295-41-182
Aherlow30125-236-36-161

Results

30 July 2022 Round 1 Loughmore–Castleiney 0-12 - 0-7 Ardfinnan Leahy Park Cashel
19.00C Ryan (0-5, 2f), B McGrath (0-3), E Connolly (0-1), L McGrath (0-1), N McGrath (0-1), Conor McGrath (0-1)ReportB Hewitt (0-2, 1f), J Mahoney (0-2), R Condon (0-1), G Whelan (0-1), M Barlow (0-1)Referee: P Russell
30 July 2022 Round 1 Aherlow 1-5 - 2-9 Moycarkey–Borris Boherlahan
19.00M Elligot (1-1), B Grogan (0-2, 2f), D Looby (0-1), S Moloney (0-1)ReportK Shelly (0-4, 3f), M Foley (1-0), L Carney (1-0), J Fallon (0-1), K Cummins (0-1), P Molloy (0-1), D Flood (0-1), C McCullagh (0-1)Referee: P Ivors
12 August 2022 Round 2 Loughmore–Castleiney 3-14 - 0-8 Moycarkey–Borris Templetuohy
19.00C Ryan (2-5, 2f), L McGrath (1-3, 1m), S O'Connell (0-1), B McGrath (0-1), N McGrath (0-1), T McGrath (0-1), Conor McGrath (0-1), D McCahey (0-1)ReportK Shelly (0-6, 6f), T Ryan (0-1), M Foley (0-1)Referee: J Leahy
14 August 2022 Round 2 Aherlow 2-9 - 1-12 Ardfinnan Bansha
14.30B Grogan (1-3), D Looby (1-2), S Moloney (0-1), B Carey (0-1), M Elligot (0-1), T Hanley (0-1)M Barlow (1-4), B Hewitt (0-3, 3f), L O'Brien (0-2), C O'Shaughnessy (0-1), J O'Mahoney (0-1), G Whelan (0-1)Referee: J Butler
27 August 2022 Round 3 Aherlow 2-9 - 3-15 Loughmore–Castleiney Leahy Park Cashel
18.30T Hanley (1-6, 2f, 1m), T Carew (1-0), D Neville (0-1), L Coskeran (0-1), L Carew (0-1)ReportCiaran McGrath (2-0), L Egan (1-0), J Ryan (0-3), A McGrath (0-2), C Hennessy (0-2), T McGrath (0-2), C Ryan (0-2, 1f), Conor McGrath (0-2), B McGrath (0-1), N McGrath (0-1)Referee: D Horan
27 August 2022 Round 3 Ardfinnan 1-22 - 1-12 Moycarkey–Borris Golden
18.30G Whelan (1-4), B Hewitt (0-5, 1f), M Barlow (0-5, 1f), L O'Brien (0-2), A Browne (0-2), C O'Shaughnessy (0-1), D O'Leary (0-1), J Coffey (0-1), C O'Gorman (0-1)ReportR Shelley (1-5, 3f), R Ryan (0-2), K Shelley (0-2), T Ryan (0-1), P Molloy (0-1), D Maher (0-1)Referee: S Lonergan (M)

Group 4

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
JK Brackens33001-221-17+56
Arravale Rovers32015-292-30+84
Ballyporeen31024-314-35-42
Éire Óg Annacarty30030-203-20-90

Results

30 July 2022 Round 1 Arravale Rovers 0-7 - 0-9 JK Brackens Pairc Ciocaim Dundrum
19.00J Hogan (0-5, 2f), D Leahy (0-1), T Byrnes (0-1)ReportJ Kennedy (0-6, 4f), D O'Shea (0-1), C Cadell (0-1), K Beban (0-1, 1f)Referee: D Grogan
31 July 2022 Round 1 Ballyporeen 1-11 - 0-9 Éire Óg Annacarty Cahir
12.30C Sweeney (0-8, 5f), D Finn (1-0), D Lyons (0-2), D Brennan (0-1)ReportD Crosse (0-3, 2f), C Devlin (0-2), P Devlin (0-2), C Mooney (0-1), K Fox (0-1, 1f)Referee: B Tyrell
13 August 2022 Round 2 Arravale Rovers 2-9 - 0-11 Éire Óg Annacarty Pairc Ciocaim Dundrum
19.00C Maher (0-5, 3f), S Leahy (1-0), D Leahy (1-0), C Molloy (0-2), J Hogan (0-1, 1f), C Donovan (0-1)D Crosse (0-5, 3f), C Bradshaw (0-3), D O'Dwyer (0-2), P Bradshaw (0-1)Referee: J Cullen
14 August 2022 Round 2 Ballyporeen 1-10 - 1-13 JK Brackens Leahy Park Cashel
14.30C Sweeney (0-8, 6f), F O'Sullivan (1-0), T Vaughan (0-1), C English (0-1)ReportC Cadell (1-1), D McEnroe (0-4), J Kennedy (0-4), S Doyle (0-2), N Quinlan (0-1), S Bourke (0-1)Referee: T Loughnane
28 August 2022 Round 3 Arravale Rovers 3-13 - 2-10 Ballyporeen Bansha
16.00D Leahy (2-2), C Hickey (1-1), J Hogan (0-3), M Lowry (0-2), C Maher (0-2), S Leahy (0-2), C Ryan (0-1)C Sweeney (0-5), R O'Callaghan (1-1), D Brennan (1-0), F O'Sullivan (0-3), C English (0-1)Referee: D O'Mahoney

Relegation

Semi-finals

The relegation semi-finals doubled up as Tom Cusack Cup quarter-finals.

17 September 2022 Relegation Semi-Final Aherlow 2-12 - 2-13 (a.e.t.) Éire Óg Annacarty Golden
15.00T Hanley (1-7, 4f), R Hennessy (1-0), M Elligot (0-3), M Russell (0-1), L Coskeran (0-1)ReportC Bradshaw (2-0), P O'Dwyer (0-5, 2f), P Bradshaw (0-3), D Mooney (0-1f), C Mooney (0-1), D O'Dwyer (0-1), T Fox (0-1), P Devlin (0-1)Referee: J Butler
18 September 2022 Relegation Semi-Final Cahir 0-10 - 0-11 Drom & Inch Boherlahan
13.30ReportReferee: G Fitzpatrick
1 October 2022 Relegation Final Aherlow 0-8 - 1-8 Cahir Bansha
14.30Referee: J Cullen

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 September, Clonmel Sportsfield
 
 
Moyle Rovers0-12
 
2 October, Golden
 
Ardfinnan0-11
 
Moyle Rovers0-9
 
17 September, Leahy Park Cashel
 
Clonmel Commercials1-15
 
Clonmel Commercials0-21
 
16 October, Semple Stadium
 
Arravale Rovers1-2
 
Clonmel Commercials1-10
 
17 September, Leahy Park Cashel
 
Upperchurch–Drombane1-2
 
Loughmore–Castleiney1-10
 
2 October, Golden
 
Kilsheelan–Kilcash0-11
 
Loughmore–Castleiney1-11
 
17 September, Holycross
 
Upperchurch–Drombane1-12
 
JK Brackens0-10
 
 
Upperchurch–Drombane1-11
 

Quarter-finals

17 September 2022 Quarter-Final Clonmel Commercials 0-21 - 1-2 Arravale Rovers Leahy Park Cashel
15.00J Lonergan (0-4, 3f), S O'Connor (0-3, 1f), M O'Reilly (0-2, 1f, 1 45'), K Fahey (0-2), A Matassa (0-2), P McGarry (0-2), Colman Kennedy (0-2), S Kennedy (0-1), C Deely (0-1), R Peters (0-1), C Smith (0-1f)ReportC Maher (1-1), C Ryan (0-1)Referee: S Lonergan (M)
17 September 2022 Quarter-Final JK Brackens 0-10 - 1-11 Upperchurch–Drombane Holycross
16.00J Kennedy (0-2, 1f), D McEnroe (0-2, 1 45'), C Cadell (0-2), L Fairbrother (0-2), S Bourke (0-1), N Quinlan (0-1)ReportP Shanahan (1-2, 1-0p, 1f), L Shanahan (0-4, 2f), J Butler (0-2), L Ryan (0-1), C Fahey (0-1), A O'Donoghue (0-1)Referee: J Leahy
17 September 2022 Quarter-Final Loughmore–Castleiney 1-10 - 0-11 Kilsheelan–Kilcash Leahy Park Cashel
17.00J Ryan (1-0), L McGrath (0-3, 1f), C Ryan (0-2, 1f), N McGrath (0-1), S O'Connell (0-1), Conor McGrath (0-1), A McGrath (0-1), D McCahey (0-1)ReportB Kehoe (0-6, 5f), M Kehoe (0-2), E Comerford (0-1 45'), S Martin (0-1), J Roche (0-1)Referee: D O'Mahoney
18 September 2022 Quarter-Final Moyle Rovers 0-12 - 0-11 Ardfinnan Clonmel Sportsfield
13.30Liam Boland (0-6, 3f), D Owens (0-2), C Crowe (0-2), D Ryan (0-1), S Quirke (0-1)ReportM Barlow (0-8, 6f, 2m), D O'Leary (0-2), G Cronin (0-1)Referee: S Everard

Semi-finals

2 October 2022 Semi-Final Moyle Rovers 0-9 - 1-15 Clonmel Commercials Golden
13.30Liam Boland (0-4, 3f), R Quigley (0-2), R Collins (0-1), D Ryan (0-1), D Foley (0-1)ReportJ Lonergan (0-7, 3f), J Kennedy (1-3, 1-0p, 1f), S O'Connor (0-4, 2f), S Kennedy (0-1)Referee: S Everard
2 October 2022 Semi-Final Loughmore–Castleiney 1-11 - 1-12 Upperchurch–Drombane Golden
15.15L McGrath (1-9, 7f), C Ryan (0-1), N McGrath (0-1)ReportP Shanahan (0-4f), L Shanahan (0-4), C Fahey (1-0), L Ryan (0-1), A O'Donoghue (0-1), D Grant (0-1), A Ryan (0-1)Referee: D O'Mahoney

Final

16 October 2022 Final Clonmel Commercials 1-10 - 1-02 Upperchurch–Drombane Semple Stadium
15.15J Kennedy (0-4, 3f), P Looram (1-0), S O'Connor (0-2, 1m), M Quinlivan (0-2, 1f), J Lonergan (0-1), C Deely (0-1)ReportC Fahey (1-0), P Shanahan (0-1f), L Shanahan (0-1f)Referee: Sean Lonergan (M)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Paul ShanahanUpperchurch–Drombane3-233265.33
2Sean O'ConnorClonmel Commercials2-232964.83
3Liam BolandMoyle Rovers0-242446
4Liam McGrathLoughmore–Castleiney2-162254.4
5Conor SweeneyBallyporeen0-212137
Michael BarlowArdfinnan1-182145.25
Jack KennedyClonmel Commercials2-152154.2
Conor RyanLoughmore–Castleiney2-152154.2
9Alan MoloneyRockwell Rovers1-161936.33
Luke ShanahanUpperchurch–Drombane0-191963.83

In a single game

RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Liam McGrathLoughmore–Castleiney1-912Upperchurch–Drombane
2Conor RyanLoughmore–Castleiney2-511Moycarkey–Borris
3Thomas HanleyAherlow1-69Loughmore–Castleiney
Jack KennedyClonmel Commercials1-69Cahir
5Michael BarlowArdfinnan0-88Moyle Rovers
Liam BolandMoyle Rovers0-88Rockwell Rovers
Donagh LeahyArravale Rovers2-28Ballyporeen
Alan MoloneyRockwell Rovers1-58Drom & Inch
Sean O'ConnorClonmel Commercials1-58Killenaule
Paul ShanahanUpperchurch–Drombane1-58Cahir
Rhys ShelleyMoycarkey–Borris1-58Ardfinnan
Conor SweeneyBallyporeen0-88Éire Óg Annacarty
Conor SweeneyBallyporeen0-88JK Brackens

References