Tipperary senior hurling team season 2014
| 2014 Hurling Season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manager | Eamon O'Shea | |
| Captain | Brendan Maher | |
| All-Ireland SHC | Finalists | |
| Munster SHC | Semi-Finalists | |
| National League | Finalists | |
| Waterford Crystal Cup | Winners | |
| Top scorer Championship | Séamus Callanan (9-50) | |
| Highest SHC attendance | 82,179 (v Kilkenny 7 September) | |
| Lowest SHC attendance | 9,500 (v Offaly 12 July) | |
The 2014 season was Eamon O'Shea's second year as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team.
In October 2013, Brendan Maher was named as the new Tipperary captain for 2014. A statement from the County board read as follows "Tipperary County Board is pleased to announce that the senior hurling management team have appointed Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh) as captain and Noel McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney) as vice captain of the Tipperary senior hurling team for 2014."
In December 2013, Skoda Ireland announced the extension of its sponsorship of Tipperary GAA another year. The new 2014 Tipperary strip was also unveiled which features an 1884 motif to commemorate 130 years of Tipperary GAA.
On 7 February Tipperary won the Waterford Crystal Cup after a 4–22 to 3–11 win against Clare in the final.
On 27 September, Tipperary were beaten by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Final on a 2-17 to 2-14 scoreline after the initial match had finished in a draw three weeks earlier.
It was Kilkenny's 35th title and also the fifth time that they have beaten Tipperary in the last six years of the Championship.
The following players made their senior debut in 2014.
On 7 December 2013, Tipperary defeated Westmeath in The Ragg by 3–20 to 0–13, with two goals from Patrick Maher and one from Conor Kenny. Wexford were defeated in Clonmel by 0–17 to 1–9 on 15 December. They then beat UCC on 4 January in Dr. Morris Park by 6–25 to 0–9. On 5 January, Tipperary defeated Offaly by 3–18 to 1–10 in Moneygall. Tipperary led by 2–9 to 0–6 at half-time with the goals coming from Conor Kenny and David Collins. John O’Dwyer scored Tipperary’s third goal with five minutes remaining in the match.
J Logue
P Stapleton, C O'Mahony, J Peters
S McGrath, J Barry, T Treacy
N McGrath, S Kennedy
D Collins, J O'Dwyer, S O'Brien
L McGrath, C Kenny, S Bourke.
Subs: P Murphy for L McGrath, D Maher for S O'Brien, T Hamill for O'Mahony, C O'Brien for Treacy.
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