List of Tipperary senior hurling team captains
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This article lists players who have captained the Tipperary county hurling team in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
The captain is normally chosen from the club that has won the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship. This did not happen in 1989. In that year, the reigning county champion Loughmore–Castleiney did not hold the captaincy during the championship as none of the club's players were deemed good enough to make the county team. In 1989, therefore, Pat McGrath of Loughmore–Castleiney was Tipperary captain during the league and Bobby Ryan of Borris–Ileigh was Tipperary captain during the championship. Had McGrath played in a championship match he would have been deemed captain for that game; in other words, had he come onto the field during the All-Ireland SHC final, he would have collected the trophy.
The same situation arose in the 2008 season. The county champion was again Loughmore–Castleiney, but that club did not maintain a presence on the county team. Eoin Kelly and Paul Ormond were named as joint-captains. Ormond represented the Loughmore–Castleiney club. Again, if Ormond played he was the captain. However, on each occasion that a trophy was won, both Kelly and Ormond collected it jointly. In all other cases, the captain came from the county hurling champion club.
List of captains
[edit]References
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- ^ "Liam Cahill: Tipperary need to win silverware in 2024". RTE Sport. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Noel McGrath named captain as Tipperary unveil 40-man senior hurling panel for 2023". The 42. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Dundon, Noel (5 February 2022). "Ronan Maher appointed Tipperary captain for 2022". www.tipperarylive.ie.
- ^ Doggett, Eamon (3 September 2019). "Tipp hero reunited with cabinet he made in school for Liam McCarthy". Irish Mirror.
- ^ a b "Tipperary GAA Press Release - Padraic Maher Retirement". 1 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Brendan Maher retains Tipperary captaincy". www.gaa.ie. 8 January 2015.
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