The 2013 season was

Eamon O'Shea Dr. Eamon O'Shea (born 1958) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right wing-forward at senior level for the Tipperary and Dublin county teams. O'Shea began his senior career during the 1979 championship and was a regular player on the ...

's first year as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team. On 25 September 2012, he succeeded Declan Ryan as manager. A panel of 26 players was announced in December 2012 to prepare for the Allianz Hurling League. In February Shane McGrath was appointed as captain for the 2013 season. Tipperary's first

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game came against

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on 9 June, where they were defeated 1-18 to 1-15 at the

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. In phase 2 of the All-Ireland qualifiers on 6 July 2013, Tipperary were eliminated from championship after a 1-14 to 0-20 defeat to

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. On 17 October, goalkeeper Brendan Cummins announced his retirement from the Tipperary hurling team after 20 years and 73 championship appearances.

2013 senior hurling management team

2013 Squad

The following players made their senior debut in 2013. *

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* Thomas Hamill *

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2013 Waterford Crystal Cup

Defending champions Tipperary faced Clare in the final under lights in Thurles on 9 February, with Clare winning by 1-21 to 1-13. ---- ----

2013 National Hurling League

Tipperary reached the semi final stage of the hurling league and defeated

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by 4-20 to 0-17 at

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on 21 April. As a contest the match was effectively over within the first 10 minutes with Tipperary leading by eight points, 2-3 to 0-1 with an early goal from Shane Bourke and a further goal from Patrick Maher. Séamus Callanan scored a third goal from a penalty to leave the half time score at 3-11 to 0-8. A fourth goal came in the last minute of the game from substitute Michael Heffernan after a mistake from the Dublin goalkeeper. Tipperary were defeated by Kilkenny in the final by 2-17 to 0-20 on 5 May in

. Michael Fennelly scored two goals and three points in the first half as Kilkenny led by 2-07 to 0-11. In the second half

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and JJ Delaney were sent off in the 46th minute after they wrestled each other on the ground near the Kilkenny goal.

Results

Division 1A

2013 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

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Phase 2

The game was shown live on TV3. A crowd of 23,307 attended the game in

in Kilkenny on a sunny Saturday evening. The sides were level at half-time on a 1-06 to 0-09 with Lar Corbett getting the goal for Tipperary after 14 minutes when he finished with a shot to corner of the net when the ball broke to him from ten yards out. Corbett was forced off with a hamstring injury after 28 minutes.

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came on as a substitute for Kilkenny with five minutes remaining as they ran out winners by three points. The game was Brendan Cummins's last match for Tipperary.

References

External links

Tipperary GAA Archives 2013Tipperary GAA at ''Hogan Stand''Tipperary Player Profiles for 2013Match Highlights Munster Semi-Final v LimerickFull game v Kilkenny
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