The 2025 season was Liam Cahill's third year as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team.
On 23 January Ronan Maher was again named as captain for 2025, with Jake Morris also retained as vice-captain.
The team was sponsored for the fourth year by financial services technology solutions company Fiserv.
On 20 July 2025, Tipperary defeated Cork by 3–27 to 1–19 in the All-Ireland final and claimed a 29th All-Ireland title.
2025 senior hurling management team Liam Cahill continued as manager for the third year of a three-year term with Toomevara's Michael Bevans continuing as coach. Loughmore Castleiney's Declan Laffan and Clonoulty Rossmore's TJ Ryan also continued as selectors, with Tony Browne leaving his role as coaching support and performance analyst. David Herity was named as coaching support for the team. Former rugby player Cathal Sheridan was also part of the back-room team as a sport psychologist.
2025 squad On 23 January, manager Liam Cahill announced his 38-man panel for the 2025 National Hurling League. Under 20 championship players Darragh McCarthy, Sam O'Farrell, Conor Martin, Aaron O’Halloran and Oisin O’Donoghue were named in the panel alongside other newcomers David Nolan, Kieran Cummins and Dylan Walsh. Five players, Seán Hayes, Jack Leamy, Cathal Quinn, Seán Ryan and Stephen Walsh were cut from the initial 45 man training squad at the end of January. Two-time All-Star Cathal Barrett was omitted from the squad for 2025. Barry Heffernan and Mark Kehoe were not available after opting to go travelling during the year.
The following players made their competitive senior debut in 2025:
Darragh McCarthy against Galway on 26 January. Dylan Walsh against Galway on 26 January. Sam O'Farrell against Galway on 26 January. Michael Corcoran against Galway on 26 January Robert Doyle against Galway on 26 January. Conor Martin against Galway on 26 January. Gavin O'Halloran against Wexford on 2 February. Josh Keller against Wexford on 2 February. Oisin O’Donoghue against Wexford on 2 February. Joe Caesar against Cork on 22 February. Peter McGarry against Laois on 14 June.
2025 National Hurling League Summary The National Hurling League started in late January with Tipperary's opening game was against Galway, managed by Micheál Donoghue on 26 January at Pearse Stadium. The match was shown live on TG4. Four players started and made their National League debuts in the match, Dylan Walsh, Darragh McCarthy, Sam O'Farrell, and Michael Corcoran. In a match played in icy cold conditions and in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn, Tipperary had a 1–13 to 0–9 lead at half time, the Tipperary goal coming from Darragh McCarthy from a penalty in the 11th minute after a foul on Dylan Walsh. McCarthy firing low to the right corner. In the 44th minute, Gearoid O’Connor got a second goal for Tipperary with a low shot along the ground to the net with Dylan Walsh getting a third seven minutes later with a low shot to the left corner from the right. Tipperary went on to win by 3–25 to 2-16.
A week later on 2 February in round 2 of the league, Tipperary played Wexford, managed by Keith Rossiter in Semple Stadium. Robert Doyle came into the team for his first start while Gavin O'Halloran and Josh Keller made their senior debut. Tipperary had a 0–12 to 0–8 lead at half time and went on to win the game on a 1–22 to 0–19 scoreline with the Tipperary goal coming from a penalty by Darragh McCarthy in the 59th minute.
Tipperary played Limerick, managed by John Kiely in round 3 of the league on 9 February at the Gaelic Grounds. The match was shown live on TG4. Shane Dowling returned to the Limerick panel and started as a goalkeeper. In front of a crowd of 11,213 they had a 1–13 to 0–15 lead at half-time, the goal coming from Sean Kenneally in the 25th minute with a volley to the top left corner from the right after a hand-pass from Darragh McCarthy to put Tipperary into a 1–9 to 0–11 lead. In the second-half Limerick responded and outscored Tipperary by 0–15 to 0-9 and went on to win by 0–30 to 1-23.
On Saturday 22 February, Tipperary played Cork managed by Pat Ryan in round 4 of the league at Semple Stadium in front of a crowd of 11,357. The match was shown live on RTÉ. In dry conditions, Tipperary had a 1–12 to 1–11 lead at half-time, the goal coming from Jake Morris in the 4th minute when he ran onto a pass from Alan Tynan before firing low to the left corner of the net from the right. In the 59th minute, substitute Dylan Walsh got a second goal for Tipperary with a low shot to the net past the advancing goalkeeper after a pass from Craig Morgan to make the score 2–20 to 1–17 with Tipperary going on to win by 2–22 to 1-21. Captain Ronan Maher was named as the man of the match.
On Sunday 9 March, Tipperary travelled to Nowlan Park to play a Kilkenny team managed by Derek Lyng in round 5 of the league in front of 9,563. The match was shown live on TG4. Tipperary had a 2–13 to 1–10 lead at half-time with goals from Graig Morgan in the 25th minute and Oisín O’Donoghue in the 33rd minute. Tipperary went on to win the game by 2–25 to 1–19 with 14 men as Alan Tynan was sent off in the 43rd minute, Kilkenny ended up with 12 men as David Blanchfield, Mikey Carey, and Jordan Molloy all being sent off.
In the final round of the league on 22 March, Tipperary played already relegated Clare, managed by Brian Lohan in Semple Stadium in front of 6,531 with a place in the league final already secured. Manager Liam Cahill made seven changes from the win over Kilkenny. Clare had a 0–10 to 0–8 lead at half-time but Tippeary went on to win by one point on a 0–22 to 1–18 scoreline after not leading until the fourth and final minute of added time.
In the league final on Sunday 6 April, Tipperary were defeated 3–24 to 0–23 by Cork at a sold-out Páirc Uí Chaoimh, it was Cork's first league title since 1998. The match was shown live on TG4 and played in sunny warm conditions in front of 43,243. The final was played in Cork because of a home and away agreement in league knock-out games. Tickets for the final went on general sale on 25 March and sold-out the same day. Cork had a 3–16 to 0–12 lead at half-time with goals coming from Alan Connolly, Darragh Fitzgibbon, and Ethan Twomey in the 22nd, 27th, and 35th minutes.
Manager, Liam Cahill, admitted his side were well beaten by Cork in the final saying "Cork deserved winners on the day, to be honest. I suppose as the saying goes, goals win matches".
Results
2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship The Munster Senior hurling championship started in April 2025. Ticket prices for terrace and stand tickets increased by €5 from 2024.
Round 1 (v Limerick 20 April) On Sunday 20 April Tipperary played Limerick, managed by John Kiely in their first match of the Munster Championship at Semple Stadium on Easter Sunday. The game was shown live on GAA+. Robert Doyle, Joe Caesar, Sam O’Farrell, and Darragh McCarthy all started and played their first championship match for Tipperary. The match was played in wet drizzly conditions in front of a crowd of 32,295. In the 18th minute, Adam English scored a goal for Limerick when he hit one handed along the ground through the legs of the advancing Tipperary goalkeeper Barry Hogan to put Limerick into a 1-6 to 0-7 lead.
Tipperary had a 0-16 to 1-13 lead at half-time before Limerick came back in the second half to score 1-3 in the first five minutes of the second-half with their goal coming two minutes into the second half from Shane O’Brien when he got past Michael Breen on the left and ran in to fire to the net. In the 41st minute John McGrath received a pass from Craig Morgan and scored a goal for Tipperary with a shot from the right to the left of the net. John McGrath got his second goal in the 63rd minute after a flowing five-pass move ended with a pass from Bryan O’Mara with McGrath finishing from the right to the left of the net to put Tipperary back in front by two points. Diarmaid Byrnes scored a point 13 seconds into injury-time to level the scores and Aaron Gillane then put Limerick back in front with a free. William O’Donoghue was then penalised for a throw ball with Darragh McCarthy scoring the resulting free from 45-yards out in the third minute of added time to level the scores for a final score of 2-23 to 2-23. The sides had been level 12 times during the game. Darragh McCarthy was also named as the man of the match.
Round 2 (v Cork 27 April) On Sunday the 27 April, Tipperary played Cork, managed by Pat Ryan in their second match of the Munster Championship. The match was played in sunny conditions in front of a crowd of 42,231 and was televised live on RTÉ 2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Joanne Cantwell with on site analysis by Liam Sheedy, Henry Shefflin and Dónal Óg Cusack. Tickets for the game cost €35 for the stand and €30 for the terrace. Darragh McCarthy was sent-off in the first minute of the match for striking Cork's Seán O’Donoghue and subsequently received a one match suspension. Noel McGrath, in his 17th season came on as a substitute in this match to play his 74th championship match for Tipperary, breaking the record he had previously shared with Brendan Cummins when he came on as a substitute against Limerick in round 1. Cork scored three goals in 17 minutes in the first half to lead by 10 points on a 3–13 to 0–12 scoreline. Cork got a fourth goal with 6 minutes to go and went on to win by 4–27 to 0-24.
Round 3 (v Clare 10 May) On Saturday the 10 May, Tipperary played Clare, managed by Brian Lohan in round 3 of the Munster championship in Ennis. This was the 61st championship meeting between the counties with Tipperary having won 40 to Clare's 16, with four draws. Tipperary were looking for their first win in the Munster championship since 23 April 2023 when they beat Clare in the first round of the group stage. Since then have drawn three (v Waterford 2023, Limerick 2023 and 2025) and lost six (three v Cork in 2023–2024–2025, one v Limerick 2024, one v Waterford 2023, one v Clare 2024). Tickets for the game cost €35 for the stand and €30 for the terrace and was a sell-out in front of a crowd of 20,685. The match was played in hot sunny conditions and was shown live on GAA+.
Playing with the breeze in the first half, John McGrath got the opening goal for Tipperary after 6 minutes with a low shot from the right to the net, Andrew Ormond got a second goal after 12 minutes with a shot from the left bounced into the right corner. In the 17th minute John McGrath got his second goal of the match when he ran in from the right to shoot low to the left. In the 23 minute, Andrew Ormond then got his second with another low shot to the net form the right after the ball rebounded to him after a save by Eibhear Quilligan from a Jake Morris shot to put Tipperary into a 4-4 to 0-6 lead after 23 minutes, which was increased to 4-6 to 0-6 after 29 minutes. Clare pulled a goal back from Mark Rodgers to reduce the Tipperary lead at half-time to nine points on a 4-9 to 1-9 scoreline.
In the second half, Tony Kelly scored a penalty for Clare to reduce the Tipperary lead down to one point and after a free in the 63rd minute the sides were level. Tipperary responded and went on to score four of the next five points from John McGrath, Jason Forde, Eoghan Connolly and substitute Sean Kenneally and went on to win by 4-18 to 2-21. The win for Tipperary was a first Munster championship victory since the win against Clare on 23 April 23 2023, 748 days ago.
Round 4 (v Waterford 18 May)