The 2022 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 131st staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887.
The defending champions were Loughmore–Castleiney, who were defeated by Drom & Inch at the quarter-final stage.
The competition was overshadowed by the death of Clonoulty–Rossmore hurler Dillon Quirke, who collapsed after 28 minutes of play in a game against Kilruane at Semple Stadium on Friday evening, 5 August 2022. The game was abandoned and other matches were immediately called off.
On 30 October, Kilruane MacDonaghs defeated Kiladangan 2–20 to 1–16 in the final after a replay to win their first title since 1985.
Team changes
To Championship
Promoted from the Séamus Ó Riain Cup Templederry Kenyons
From Championship
Relegated to the Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Roscrea
Format change The Séamus Ó Riain Cup was renamed as the Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship. This reduced the number of senior hurling clubs in Tipperary from 32 to 16. This meant that unlike in previous years, teams part of the Séamus Ó Riain Cup could no longer compete in their divisional senior championships, where if they were to win, they would enter the knockout stages in a preliminary quarter-final. Only the 16 teams in the group stages of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship were able to win the title.
Divisional championship finals
Division Winner Score Runner-up Score RefMidJK Brackens0-19Drom & Inch1-15NorthNenagh Éire Óg2-20Kiladangan2-18SouthCarrick Swans1-21Mullinahone1-17WestClonoulty–Rossmore1-20Éire Óg Annacarty0-19
Group stage
Group 1
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Kilruane MacDonaghs32018-544-49+174 Nenagh Éire Óg31117-443-52+43 Clonoulty–Rossmore31111-647-44+23 Moycarkey–Borris31023-455-62-232
Results
Group 2
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Drom & Inch33006-662-59+196 Thurles Sarsfields32014-656-48+114 Borris–Ileigh31021-603-61-72 Templederry Kenyons30034-554-78-230
Results
Group 3
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Upperchurch–Drombane33003-620-51+206 Toomevara31115-463-51+13 Holycross–Ballycahill31021-674-57+12 Mullinahone30122-454-61-221
Results
Group 4
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Kiladangan32104-491-41+175 Loughmore–Castleiney31202-552-51+44 JK Brackens30213-464-48-52 Éire Óg Annacarty30121-453-55-161
Results
Relegation
Semi-finals
Final
Knockout stage
Bracket
Preliminary Quarter-Finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Willie ClearyKilruane MacDonaghs1-565978.432Bryan McLoughneyKiladangan1-485177.293Lyndon FairbrotherJK Brackens1-434659.24Séamus CallananDrom & Inch2-3945595Paidi GreeneUpperchurch–Drombane2-354158.26Aidan McCormackThurles Sarsfields0-393949.757Jack RyanClonoulty–Rossmore0-373757.48Michael HeffernanNenagh Éire Óg0-353548.759Cian DarcyKilruane MacDonaghs7-133474.8610Darragh WoodsHolycross–Ballycahill0-3333311
In a single game Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Brendan MaherBorris–Ileigh0-1616Templederry KenyonsPaidi GreeneUpperchurch–Drombane1-1316JK Brackens3Aidan GriffinTemplederry Kenyons0-1414Loughmore-Castleiney4Cian DarcyKilruane MacDonaghs3-413Moycarkey–Borris5Séamus CallananDrom & Inch1-912Templederry KenyonsSéamus CallananDrom & Inch1-912KiladanganDarragh WoodsHolycross–Ballycahill0-1212MullinahoneLyndon FairbrotherJK Brackens0-1212Upperchurch–Drombane9Willie ClearyKilruane MacDonaghs0-1111Nenagh Éire ÓgWillie ClearyKilruane MacDonaghs0-1111KiladanganLyndon FairbrotherJK Brackens1-811Loughmore–CastleineyAidan McCormackThurles Sarsfields0-1111Drom & InchMichael HeffernanNenagh Éire Óg0-1111JK BrackensAidan McCormackThurles Sarsfields0-1111Templederry KenyonsSean RyanTemplederry Kenyons2-511Thurles SarsfieldsDarragh WoodsHolycross–Ballycahill0-1111Upperchurch–Drombane
References