2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship

The 2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship (sponsored by Tipperary Water) was the 128th edition of the Tipperary GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Tipperary, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 16 clubs with the winner going on to represent Tipperary in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship began with a Group stage before proceeding to a knock-out format. The winning Club received the O'Dwyer Cup.

Tipperary S.F.C.

Season	2019
Champions	Moyle Rovers (8th S.F.C. Title)
Relegated	Drom-Inch GAA
Winning Captain	Alan Campbell
Man of the Match	Peter Acheson
Winning Manager	???
← 2017 2019 →

Clonmel Commercials were the defending champions, however the defence of their title came undone at the Semi-Final stage when losing to eventual champions Moyle Rovers. [1] [2]

This was Kiladangan's debut in the senior grade after claiming the 2017 Tipperary I.F.C. title. [3]

On 28 October 2018, Moyle Rovers claimed their 9th Tipperary S.F.C. crown when defeating Ardfinnan by 1-15 to 1-7 in the final at Semple Stadium. This was their first triumph since 2009. [4][5][6][7]

Drom-Inch GAA were relegated to the 2019 I.F.C. after losing their Relegation Final to ???. This ended their four year tenure in the senior ranks since their promotion in 2014.

The draw for the group stage was made on 28 January 2019.[8]

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2017 Tipperary I.F.C. Kiladangan - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2018 Tipperary I.F.C. Fethard

Format

The 16 teams are drawn into random groups of four. The top two teams automatically enter the knock-out stages. Should a team finish third or fourth in their group but win their regional championship (West Tipperary S.F.C./Mid Tipperary S.F.C./South Tipperary S.F.C.), they will be re-instated into the county series in a Preliminary Quarter-Final in a random draw against any of the second placed teams.

Regional Champions

West Tipperary S.F.C. Final:

• Galtee Rovers 2-8, 1-7 Éire Óg Annacarty, Cappawhite, 14/12/2018,

Mid Tipperary S.F.C. Final:

• Loughmore/Castleiney 1-12, 1-9 Upperchurch/Drombane, (AET), 14/7/2018,

South Tipperary S.F.C. Final:

• Ardfinnan w/o, scr Clonmel Commercials, Monroe, 2/12/2018,

Group stage

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All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group go into the Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group will enter a Relegation Playoff.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Loughmore/Castleiney 3 3 0 0 59 30 +29 6 Kilsheelan/Kilcash 3 2 1 0 52 38 +14 4 J.K. Bracken's 3 1 2 0 24 33 -9 2 Drom & Inch 3 0 3 0 19 53 -34 0

Round 1 Loughmore/Castleiney 1-19, 1-9 Drom-Inch, 22/4/2018, Kilsheelan/Kilcash 1-11, 1-10 JK Bracken's, 22/4/2018, Round 2 Kilsheelan/Kilcash 4-19, 1-4 Drom-Inch, 27/8/2018, Loughmore/Castleiney 1-16, 2-5 JK Bracken's, 27/8/2018, Round 3 Loughmore/Castleiney 2-12, 0-7 Kilsheelan/Kilcash, 4/9/2018, JK Bracken's w/o, scr Drom-Inch, 8/9/2018,

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Moyle Rovers 3 3 0 0 57 25 +32 6 Arravale Rovers 3 2 1 0 57 35 +22 4 Upperchurch/Drombane 3 1 2 0 36 49 -13 2 Galtee Rovers 3 0 3 0 20 60 -40 0

Round 1 Moyle Rovers 1-14, 1-8 Arravale Rovers, 22/4/2018, Upperchurch/Drombane 1-11, 1-7 Galtee Rovers, 22/4/2018, Round 2 Moyle Rovers 3-9, 1-5 Upperchurch/Drombane, 18/8/2018, Arravale Rovers 1-22, 0-4 Galtee Rovers, 20/8/2018, Round 3 Arravale Rovers 4-9, 2-8 Upperchurch/Drombane, 8/9/2018, Moyle Rovers 3-13, 1-3 Galtee Rovers, 8/9/2018,

Group C

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Ballyporeen 3 3 0 0 57 37 +20 6 Killenaule 3 2 1 0 52 45 +7 4 Cahir 3 1 2 0 50 44 +6 2 Kiladangan 3 0 3 0 34 67 -33 0

Round 1 Ballyporeen 3-16, 1-12 Cahir, 22/4/2018, Killenaule 4-14, 4-7 Kiladangan, 22/4/2018, Round 2 Ballyporeen 1-13, 2-5 Kiladangan, 19/8/2018, Killenaule 2-9, 0-10 Cahir, 20/8/2018, Round 3 Ballyporeen 2-10, 0-11 Killenaule, 8/9/2018, Cahir 3-16, 0-4 Kiladangan, 9/9/2018,

Group D

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Clonmel Commercials 3 3 0 0 45 14 +31 6 Ardfinnan 3 2 1 0 36 54 -18 4 Aherlow Gaels 3 1 2 0 30 38 -6 2 Éire Óg Annacarty 3 0 3 0 21 26 -5 0

Round 1 Clonmel Commercials 3-22, 0-7 Ardfinnan, 22/4/2018, Aherlow Gaels 1-9, 0-9 Éire Óg Annacarty, 22/4/2018, Round 2 Ardfinnan 1-11, 0-12 Éire Óg Annacarty, 20/8/2018, Clonmel Commercials 0-14, 0-7 Aherlow Gaels, 20/8/2018, Round 3 Ardfinnan 2-9, 2-5 Aherlow Gaels, 9/9/2018, Clonmel Commercials w/o, scr Éire Óg Annacarty, 9/9/2018,

Relegation Play-off

Relegation Semi-Final

6 October 2018 Relegation Semi-Final	Galtee Rovers	1-13 - 0-11	Drom-Inch	Clonoulty Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

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9 October 2018 Relegation Semi-Final	Éire Óg Annacarty	1-13 - 2-8	Kiladangan	Drombane Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

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Relegation Final

14 October 2018 Relegation Final	Kiladangan	2-11 - 1-12	Drom-Inch	Dolla Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

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Knockout stage

Quarter Finals

21 September 2018 Quarter-Final	Moyle Rovers	3-13 - 1-9	Killenaule	New Inn Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

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21 September 2018 Quarter-Final	Loughmore/Castleiney	1-12 - 0-8	Arravale Rovers	Clonoulty Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

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30 September 2018 Quarter-Final	Clonmel Commercials	0-17 - 0-4	Kilsheelan/Kilcash	Monroe Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

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30 September 2018 Quarter-Final	Ardfinnan	0-22 - 0-9	Ballyporeen	Cahir Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

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Semi finals

14 October 2018 Semi-Final	Moyle Rovers	2-7 - 0-11	Clonmel Commercials	Cahir
		Report

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14 October 2018 Semi-Final	Ardfinnan	0-9 - 0-8	Loughmore-Castleiney	Holycross Referee: Seanie Peters (Aherlow).
	Gavin Whelan (0-1), Sean Nagle (0-1), Billy Hewitt (0-2, 0-1 frees), Michael Barlow (0-4), Paul Kennedy (0-1).	Report	Joseph Hennessy (0-1), Noel McGrath (0-1), Liam McGrath (0-6, 0-4 frees).

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Final

28 October 2018 15:00 Final	Moyle Rovers	1-15 - 1-7	Ardfinnan	Semple Stadium Attendance: 2,863 Referee: S Everard (Moyne-Templetuohy)
	S Foley (1-2); L Boland (0-5, 2 frees); D Foley (0-2); R Mulcahy, D McGrath, R Power, S Quirke, S Carey, D Owens (0-1 each)	Report	P Kennedy (1-0); M Barlow (0-2); B Hewitt, D O’Regan, C O’Shaughnessy, C O’Gorman, S Nagle (0-1 each).

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References

1. "Late Commercials salvo denies Killenaule". Irishexaminer.com. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
2. "Moyle Rovers beat county football champions Clonmel Commercials in thrilling finish". Tipperarylive.ie. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
3. "2018 Tipperary I.F.C. Football Final". Odphotography.ie. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
4. "Moyle Rovers claim Tipperary crown". Irish Times. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
5. "Red-hot Moyle Rovers change gears in second-half blitz". Irish Examiner. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
6. "Clinical Moyle Rovers crush Ardfinnan's dreams". RTE Sport. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
7. "Moyle Rovers return to the summit of Tipperary football for the first time since 2009". Tipperary Live. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
8. "Here are the draws for the 2019 Tipperary senior county championships". The 42. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
9. "2017 County Senior Football Championship Draw". The42.ie. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

External links

• Tipperary GAA Official Site