2016 Tipperary county football team season

The 2016 season was Liam Kearns's first year as manager of the senior Tipperary county football team.

Tipperary county football team
2016 season
Manager Liam Kearns
Captain Peter Acheson
All-Ireland SFC Semi-finalist
Munster SFC Finalist
NFL D3 6th

Tipperary recorded their first victory over Cork in the Munster Senior Football Championship since 1944 and reached the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 1935.

In November 2015, Liam Kearns had been named as the new manager of the senior Tipperary county football team.[1][2][3]

Intersport/Elverys continued as sponsors of Tipperary GAA for the second year. The Tipperary jersey for the 2016 season was the same as was used in 2015 and displayed the Intersport brand name on the front and their co-sponsor Elvery’s name on the back.[4]

On 3 November 2016, Michael Quinlivan won Tipperary's first All-Star award since 2003, being picked in the full-forward position. Evan Comerford, Robbie Kiely, Peter Acheson, and Conor Sweeney were also nominated. Josh Keane and Jimmy Feehan were also nominated for the GAA/GPA Young Footballer of the Year award.[5][6] Quinlivan became just the second Tipperary footballer to claim an All Star, joining Declan Browne who won the awards in 1998 and 2003.[7]

Squad
No. Player Position Club
1 Evan Comerford Goalkeeper Kilsheelan-Kilcash
2 Colm O'Shaughnessy Right corner back Ardfinnan
3 Alan Campbell Full back Moyle Rovers
4 Ciarán McDonald Left corner back Aherlow
5 Bill Maher Right half back Kilsheelan-Kilcash
6 Robbie Kiely Centre back Carbery Rangers
7 Jimmy Feehan Left half back Killenaule
8 Peter Acheson (c) Midfield Moyle Rovers
9 George Hannigan Midfield Shannon Rovers
10 Josh Keane Right half Forward Golden-Kilfeacle
11 Michael Quinlivan Centre forward Clonmel Commercials
12 Brian Fox Left half Forward Éire Óg, Annacarty
13 Kevin O'Halloran Right corner forward Portroe
14 Conor Sweeney Full forward Ballyporeen
15 Philip Austin Left corner forward Borrisokane
No. Player Position Club
16 Ciarán Kenrick Substitute Moyle Rovers
17 Alan Moloney Substitute Rockwell Rovers
18 Shane Leahy Substitute Arravale Rovers
19 Martin Dunne Substitute Moyle Rovers
20 Billy Hewitt Substitute Ardfinnan
21 Mark Hanley Substitute Aherlow
22 Ian Fahey Substitute Clonmel Commercials
23 Donal Lynch Substitute Clonmel Commercials
24 John O'Callaghan Substitute Ballyporeen
25 Donough Leahy Substitute Arravale Rovers
26 Shane O'Connell Substitute Golden-Kilfeacle

Management

Competitions

National Football League
Main article: 2016 National Football League (Ireland)

  Compete in Division 3 final and automatic promotion to Division 2
  Automatic relegation to Division 4

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Kildare 760110-926-733112
Clare 74037-953-81268
Offaly 74033-855-80-18
Longford 74033-887-82-68
Sligo 73138-8410-85-77
Tipperary 723212-605-90-97
Westmeath 72145-765-7515
Limerick 70164-7311-87-351

1Clare, Offaly and Longford are ranked by scoring difference.

2Sligo are ranked ahead of Tipperary by scoring difference as the head-to-head between the teams was a draw.

31/01/16
Round 1		 Limerick 1-12 - 2-9 Tipperary Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: B Cawley
I Ryan (0-9), P Nash (1-0), S Buckley (0-2), S Cahill (0-1) Report C Sweeney (0-4), P Acheson (1-1), J Keane (1-0), P Austin (0-2), A Maloney (0-1), M Dunne (0-1)
07/02/16
Round 2		 Tipperary 2-7 - 1-7 Clare Clonmel GAA Ground, Clonmel
Referee: P O'Sullivan
P Austin (0-4), B Fox (1-1), C Sweeney (1-0), J Keane (0-1), P Acheson (0-1) Report D Tubridy (0-3), J Malone (1-0), E Cleary (0-2), G Brennan (0-2)
28/02/16
Round 3		 Westmeath 0-11 - 1-8 Tipperary Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: F Barry
J Connellan (0-3), J Heslin (0-3), K Martin (0-3), J Egan (0-1), S Dempsey (0-1) Report A Maloney (0-3), R Kiely (1-0), C Sweeney (0-2), B Fox (0-1), M Quinlivan (0-1), S Leahy (0-1)
06/03/16
Round 4		 Tipperary 2-11 - 0-12 Offaly Sean Treacy Park, Tipperary
Referee: J Molloy
M Quinlivan (1-4), C Sweeney (0-6), M Dunne (1-0), P Austin (0-1) Report N Dunne (0-4), N McNamee (0-3), S Doyle (0-3), B Allen (0-1), S Pender (0-1)
13/03/16
Round 5		 Longford 1-17 - 1-11 Tipperary Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: S McLaughlin
B Kavanagh (0-8), J McGivney (0-5), L Moran (1-0), B McKeon (0-1), D Gallagher (0-1), L Connerton (0-1), M Hughes (0-1) Report C Sweeney (0-6), M Quinlivan (0-4), J Lonergan (1-1)
26/03/16
Round 6		 Tipperary 1-5 - 2-13 Kildare Semple Stadium, Thurles
Referee: N Mooney
K Fahey (1-1), A Moloney (0-2), M Quinlivan (0-1), P Austin (0-1) Report D Flynn (1-2), A Tyrrell (0-3), E O'Flaherty (0-3), N Kelly (1-0), P Cribbin (0-2), T Moolick (0-2), E Callaghan (0-1)
03/04/16
Round 7		 Sligo 0-18 - 3-9 Tipperary Markievicz Park, Sligo
Referee: N McKenna
N Murphy (0-7), A Marren (0-4), K Cawley (0-3), B Egan (0-1), M Breheny (0-1), N Ewing (0-1), N Gaughan (0-1) Report A Moloney (1-3), P Acheson (1-1), M Quinlivan (1-0), C Sweeney (0-2), E Comer (0-1), J Lonergan (0-1), K Fahey (0-1)

Munster Senior Football Championship
Main article: 2016 Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Clare 0-16
Limerick 0-13 Clare 0-17
Kerry 2-23
Kerry 3-17
Tipperary 2-10
Cork 2-16
Waterford 1-07 Tipperary 3-15
Tipperary 1-15

Summary

In June 2016, Tipperary reached the Munster final after a 3-15 to 2-16 win against Cork. They lost the Munster final to Kerry by 3-17 to 2-10 in a game which was shown live on RTÉ One.

First round
Waterford1-7 - 1-15Tipperary
P Whyte (1-5, 0-3 frees, 0-1 ’45); G Crotty, T Prendergast (0-1 each). Report M Quinlivan (0-4); G Hannigan, P Acheson (0-3 each); M O’Gorman (1-0 OG); K O’Halloran (0-2, 0-2 frees); M Dunne, C O’Shaughnessy, B Fox (0-1 each).
Attendance: 1,753
Referee: D Gough (Meath)
Semi Final
Cork2-16 - 3-15 Tipperary
M Collins 2-1, D O'Connor (3fs), P Kerrigan (1f) 0-3 each, C Dorman, C O'Neill (2fs), D Goulding (1f) 0-2 each, B Hurley, J O'Rourke, P Kelleher 0-1 each. Report M Quinlivan 1-3 (0-1f), K O'Halloran 0-7 (3fs, 2 45s), B Fox 1-1, C Sweeney 1-0, P Acheson 0-2, C McDonald, B Maher 0-1 each.
Attendance: 2,734
Referee: P Neilan (Roscommon)
  • Tipperary's last victory over Cork in the Munster Senior Football Championship was in 1944.[8]
Final
Kerry3-17 - 2-10 Tipperary
Paul Geaney 2-3, Paul Murphy 1-1, Bryan Sheehan (0-4f), James O’Donoghue (0-3f) 0-4 each, Barry John Keane, Mikey Geaney, Killian Young, Darran O’Sullivan, Stephen O’Brien 0-1 each Report Kevin O’Halloran 0-6 (0-4f, 0-1 ’45), Jimmy Feehan, Robbie Kiely 1-0 each, Michael Quinlivan 0-3 (0-2f), Alan Moloney 0-1
Attendance: 21,512

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Main article: 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Summary

Tipperary went on to defeat Derry by 1-21 to 2-17 in round 4A of the qualifiers to reach the All Ireland Quarter-finals for the first time.[9] On 31 July 2016, Tipperary defeated Galway by 3-13 to 1-10 in the 2016 All-Ireland Quarter-finals at Croke Park as they reached their first All-Ireland semi-final since 1935.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

On 21 August 2016, Tipperary were beaten in the semi-final by Mayo on a 2-13 to 0-14 scoreline. In the first half of the match Robbie Kiely received a black card after ten minutes for pulling on the jersey of Jason Doherty which the referee David Coldrick deemed as a cynical foul. Former players including Jim McGuinness and Peter Canavan have said that the black card was a wrong decision by the referee. The Derry game was shown live on Sky Sports with the Galway game shown live on RTÉ One. The Mayo game was shown live on RTÉ One and Sky Sports. [21][22][23][24][25][26]

Round 4A
Derry2-17 - 1-21 Tipperary
M. Lynch (1-4, 0-3 frees); D. Heavron (0-4); N. Loughlin (0-3); E. Brown (1-0); J. Kielt (0-2, 1 free); E. Lynn, E. Bradley, L. McGoldrick, C. Bradley (0-1 each). Report K. O’Halloran (1-5, 0-4 frees, 0-1 45); M. Quinlivan (0-6, 4 frees); C. Sweeney (0-5); J. Keane (0-2); P. Austin, P. Acheson, B. Maher (0-1 each).
Attendance: 2,795
Referee: M. Duffy (Sligo)
Galway1-10 - 3-13 Tipperary
S Walsh 0-4 (4fs), D Comer 1-0, D Cummins 0-3, E Brannigan 0-1, P Conroy 0-1, P Varley 0-1 Report C Sweeney 2-2, M Quinlivan 1-4 (1f), K O'Halloran 0-4 (2fs, 145), B Fox 0-1, R Kiely 0-1, P Acheson 0-1
Attendance: 29,251
Referee: C Lane (Cork)
Mayo2-13 - 0-14 Tipperary
A. Moran (0-4); J. Doherty, C. O’Shea (1-0 each); C. O’Connor (0-3, frees); D. O’Connor (0-2); K. McLoughlin, L. Keegan, A. O’Shea, C. Boyle (0-1 each). Report M. Quinlivan (0-7, frees); C. Sweeney (0-3, 1 free); K. O’Halloran (0-2, frees); P. Austin, B. Maher (0-1 each).
Attendance: 53,212
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

See also

References
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  2. "'We can be right up with the big boys' - Liam Kearns has high hopes for Tipp". Irish Independent. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  3. "Liam Kearns confirmed as new Tipperary football boss". Irish Examiner. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  4. "Intersport/Elverys take over Tipperary sponsorship and unveil 2015 Tipperary GAA strip". Tipperary GAA. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. "Revealed: Axed Mayo goalkeeper Clarke lands All-Star but Dubs star McManamon misses out". Guardian. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. "6 from Dublin and 4 from Mayo - here's the 2016 GAA-GPA All-Star football team". The 42. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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  11. "A new chapter in Tipperary's fairytale season". Irish Examiner. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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  13. "Tipperary's loyal core of followers get sweet reward". Irish Examiner. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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  16. "'They know them all by name' - Liam Kearns highlights special relationship between Tipperary players and fans". Irish Independent. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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  20. "Liam Kearns: 'A semi-final? We'd have told you to lie down in a darkened room'". Irish Examiner. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  21. "Fairytale over for Tipperary as unconvincing Mayo progress to All-Ireland final". Irish Examiner. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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