2022 Tipperary Senior Football Championship

County Gaelic Games competition

Dates

30 July 2022 - 16 October 2022

Teams

Sponsor

FBD Insurance

Champions

Clonmel Commercials (20th title)
Jamie Peters (captain)
Tommy Morrissey (manager)

Runners-up

Upperchurch–Drombane
Ailbe O'Donoghue (captain)
Eoin Shortt (manager)

Relegated

Aherlow

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

56 (1.93 per match)

Points scored

640 (22.07 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Paul Shanahan (3-23)

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The 2022 Tipperary Senior Football Championship was the 132nd staging of the Tipperary Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The championship started on 30 July and ended on 16 October.

Loughmore–Castleiney were the defending champions, but lost to Upperchurch–Drombane at the semi-final stage.

Clonmel Commercials won their 20th title after a 1-10 to 1-2 win against first time finalists Upperchurch–Drombane in the final on 16 October.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship

Drom & Inch

From Championship

Relegated to the Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Moyne–Templetuohy

Group stage

Advance to quarter-finals Advance to relegation semi-final

Group 1

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Clonmel Commercials	3	3	0	0	5-47	0-30	+32	6
Upperchurch–Drombane	3	2	0	1	2-33	3-28	+2	4
Killenaule	3	1	0	2	2-31	3-34	-6	2
Cahir	3	0	0	3	2-28	5-47	-28	0

Results

Cahir v Upperchurch–Drombane

30 July 2022 Round 1	Cahir	1-8 - 1-12	Upperchurch–Drombane	Pairc Ciocaim Dundrum
19.00	J Buckley (0-4, 4f), G Quinn (0-3, 2f), C Condon (1-0), S O'Connor (0-1)	Report	P Shanahan (1-5, 4f), L Shanahan (0-4, 3f), G Grant (0-1), A Ryan (0-1), J Butler (0-1)	Referee: M Doyle

Clonmel Commercials v Killenaule

30 July 2022 Round 1	Clonmel Commercials	1-14 - 0-9	Killenaule	Fethard
19.00	S O'Connor (1-5, 1f), Conal Kennedy (0-3), K Fahey (0-1), C Deely (0-1), J Kennedy (0-1), A Matassa (0-1), C Smith (0-1), Colman Kennedy (0-1)	Report	M Doyle (0-5, 5f), Joe O'Dwyer (0-2, 2f), P Feehan (0-1), John O'Dwyer (0-1)	Referee: J Cullen

Clonmel Commercials v Upperchurch–Drombane

12 August 2022 Round 2	Clonmel Commercials	2-11 - 0-9	Upperchurch–Drombane	Golden
19.00	S O'Connor (1-2), J Lonergan (0-3), Conal Kennedy (1-0), Colman Kennedy (0-2), J Morris (0-1), J Kennedy (0-1), A Matassa (0-1), C Smith (0-1)	Report	P Shanahan (0-7), L Ryan (0-1), A O'Donoghue (0-1)	Referee: D Grogan

Cahir v Killenaule

14 August 2022 Round 2	Cahir	1-8 - 2-13	Killenaule	Fethard
14.30	S O'Connor (1-1), J Buckley (0-3, 1m), G Quinn (0-3), I Flannery (0-1)	Report	Joe O'Dwyer (1-4, 3f), M Doyle (0-6, 4f), J O'Dwyer (1-0), E Shaw (0-2), J Gleeson (0-1)	Referee: B Tyrell

Killenaule v Upperchurch–Drombane

28 August 2022 Round 3	Killenaule	0-9 - 1-12	Upperchurch–Drombane	Littleton
14.30	John O'Dwyer (0-4), Joe O'Dwyer (0-1), J Gleeson (0-1), O Shaw (0-1), D Fitzgerald (0-1), M Heffernan (0-1)	Report	P Shanahan (1-4), L Shanahan (0-6), A O'Donoghue (0-1), A Ryan (0-1)	Referee: P Russell

Cahir v Clonmel Commercials

28 August 2022 Round 3	Cahir	0-12 - 2-22	Clonmel Commercials	Leahy Park Cashel
14.30	J Buckley (0-7, 6f), G Hally (0-2), N McKenna (0-2), E Heffernan (0-1)	Report	J Kennedy (1-6, 1f, 1 '45), S O'Connor (0-7, 4f), M O'Reilly (1-0), K Fahey (0-3), A Matassa (0-3), J Peters (0-1), C Smith (0-1), P McGarry (0-1)	Referee: M Doyle

Group 2

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Moyle Rovers	3	3	0	0	2-27	2-14	+13	6
Kilsheelan–Kilcash	3	2	0	1	5-35	2-39	+5	4
Rockwell Rovers	3	1	0	2	4-31	1-39	+1	2
Drom & Inch	3	0	0	3	0-25	6-26	-19	0

Results

Rockwell Rovers v Drom & Inch

31 July 2022 Round 1	Rockwell Rovers	3-11 - 0-14	Drom & Inch	Boherlahan
12.00	A Moloney (1-5, 2f), TJ Ryan (1-3, 1f), A Barron (1-0), L Fahey (0-1), G Ryan (0-1), T Tobin (0-1)	Report	T Nolan (0-4, 1f), D Butler (0-3), R Long (0-2), P Mullen (0-2), D Kennedy (0-1), J Lillis (0-1), P Campion (0-1)	Referee: S Everard

Moyle Rovers v Kilsheelan–Kilcash

31 July 2022 Round 1	Moyle Rovers	2-14 - 1-8	Kilsheelan–Kilcash	Clonmel Sportfield
13.00	Liam Boland (0-6, 2f, 1 45'), S Foley (1-2), S Quirke (0-4), D Foley (1-0), C McKeown (0-1), R Collins (0-1)	Report	J Roche (0-5, 3f), B Murphy (1-1), P Maher (0-1), B Kehoe (0-1, 1f)	Referee: D O'Mahoney

Moyle Rovers v Rockwell Rovers

13 August 2022 Round 2	Moyle Rovers	0-13 - 1-6	Rockwell Rovers	Cahir
15.30	Liam Boland (0-8, 6f), D Owens (0-2), C McKeown (0-1), S Foley (0-1), S Cotter (0-1)	Report	A Moloney (0-4, 4f), T Tobin (1-0), L Fahey (0-1), J Lawrence (0-1)	Referee: D O'Mahoney

Drom & Inch v Kilsheelan–Kilcash

13 August 2022 Round 2	Drom & Inch	0-11 - 3-15	Kilsheelan–Kilcash	Leahy Park Cashel
19.00	D Butler (0-7), R Long (0-1), J Ryan (0-1), J Moloney (0-1), T Nolan (0-1)	Report	B Kehoe (0-6), M Stokes (1-1), P Maher (1-1), B Maher (1-0), M Kehoe (0-3), E Comerford (0-1, 1 45'), J Roche (0-1), C Kelly (0-1), C Neville (0-1)	Referee: S Lonergan

Kilsheelan–Kilcash v Rockwell Rovers

27 August 2022 Round 3	Kilsheelan–Kilcash	1-12 - 0-14	Rockwell Rovers	Clonmel Sportfield
18.30	M Kehoe (1-4), E Comerford (0-3), B Kehoe (0-2), S Freaney (0-2), M Stokes (0-1)		A Moloney (0-7), TJ Ryan (0-5), T Tobin (0-1), P Halley (0-1)	Referee: D Grogan

Drom & Inch v Moyle Rovers

27 August 2022 Round 3	Drom & Inch	conc - w/o	Moyle Rovers
18.30

Group 3

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Loughmore–Castleiney	3	3	0	0	6-41	2-24	+29	6
Ardfinnan	3	1	1	1	2-41	3-33	+5	3
Moycarkey–Borris	3	1	0	2	3-29	5-41	-18	2
Aherlow	3	0	1	2	5-23	6-36	-16	1

Results

Loughmore–Castleiney v Ardfinnan

30 July 2022 Round 1	Loughmore–Castleiney	0-12 - 0-7	Ardfinnan	Leahy Park Cashel
19.00	C Ryan (0-5, 2f), B McGrath (0-3), E Connolly (0-1), L McGrath (0-1), N McGrath (0-1), Conor McGrath (0-1)	Report	B Hewitt (0-2, 1f), J Mahoney (0-2), R Condon (0-1), G Whelan (0-1), M Barlow (0-1)	Referee: P Russell

Aherlow v Moycarkey–Borris

30 July 2022 Round 1	Aherlow	1-5 - 2-9	Moycarkey–Borris	Boherlahan
19.00	M Elligot (1-1), B Grogan (0-2, 2f), D Looby (0-1), S Moloney (0-1)	Report	K Shelly (0-4, 3f), M Foley (1-0), L Carney (1-0), J Fallon (0-1), K Cummins (0-1), P Molloy (0-1), D Flood (0-1), C McCullagh (0-1)	Referee: P Ivors

Loughmore–Castleiney v Moycarkey–Borris

12 August 2022 Round 2	Loughmore–Castleiney	3-14 - 0-8	Moycarkey–Borris	Templetuohy
19.00	C Ryan (2-5, 2f), L McGrath (1-3, 1m), S O'Connell (0-1), B McGrath (0-1), N McGrath (0-1), T McGrath (0-1), Conor McGrath (0-1), D McCahey (0-1)	Report	K Shelly (0-6, 6f), T Ryan (0-1), M Foley (0-1)	Referee: J Leahy

Aherlow v Ardfinnan

14 August 2022 Round 2	Aherlow	2-9 - 1-12	Ardfinnan	Bansha
14.30	B Grogan (1-3), D Looby (1-2), S Moloney (0-1), B Carey (0-1), M Elligot (0-1), T Hanley (0-1)		M Barlow (1-4), B Hewitt (0-3, 3f), L O'Brien (0-2), C O'Shaughnessy (0-1), J O'Mahoney (0-1), G Whelan (0-1)	Referee: J Butler

Aherlow v Loughmore–Castleiney

27 August 2022 Round 3	Aherlow	2-9 - 3-15	Loughmore–Castleiney	Leahy Park Cashel
18.30	T Hanley (1-6, 2f, 1m), T Carew (1-0), D Neville (0-1), L Coskeran (0-1), L Carew (0-1)	Report	Ciaran McGrath (2-0), L Egan (1-0), J Ryan (0-3), A McGrath (0-2), C Hennessy (0-2), T McGrath (0-2), C Ryan (0-2, 1f), Conor McGrath (0-2), B McGrath (0-1), N McGrath (0-1)	Referee: D Horan

Ardfinnan v Moycarkey–Borris

27 August 2022 Round 3	Ardfinnan	1-22 - 1-12	Moycarkey–Borris	Golden
18.30	G Whelan (1-4), B Hewitt (0-5, 1f), M Barlow (0-5, 1f), L O'Brien (0-2), A Browne (0-2), C O'Shaughnessy (0-1), D O'Leary (0-1), J Coffey (0-1), C O'Gorman (0-1)	Report	R Shelley (1-5, 3f), R Ryan (0-2), K Shelley (0-2), T Ryan (0-1), P Molloy (0-1), D Maher (0-1)	Referee: S Lonergan (M)

Group 4

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
JK Brackens	3	3	0	0	1-22	1-17	+5	6
Arravale Rovers	3	2	0	1	5-29	2-30	+8	4
Ballyporeen	3	1	0	2	4-31	4-35	-4	2
Éire Óg Annacarty	3	0	0	3	0-20	3-20	-9	0

Results

Arravale Rovers v JK Brackens

30 July 2022 Round 1	Arravale Rovers	0-7 - 0-9	JK Brackens	Pairc Ciocaim Dundrum
19.00	J Hogan (0-5, 2f), D Leahy (0-1), T Byrnes (0-1)	Report	J Kennedy (0-6, 4f), D O'Shea (0-1), C Cadell (0-1), K Beban (0-1, 1f)	Referee: D Grogan

Ballyporeen v Éire Óg Annacarty

31 July 2022 Round 1	Ballyporeen	1-11 - 0-9	Éire Óg Annacarty	Cahir
12.30	C Sweeney (0-8, 5f), D Finn (1-0), D Lyons (0-2), D Brennan (0-1)	Report	D Crosse (0-3, 2f), C Devlin (0-2), P Devlin (0-2), C Mooney (0-1), K Fox (0-1, 1f)	Referee: B Tyrell

Arravale Rovers v Éire Óg Annacarty

13 August 2022 Round 2	Arravale Rovers	2-9 - 0-11	Éire Óg Annacarty	Pairc Ciocaim Dundrum
19.00	C Maher (0-5, 3f), S Leahy (1-0), D Leahy (1-0), C Molloy (0-2), J Hogan (0-1, 1f), C Donovan (0-1)		D Crosse (0-5, 3f), C Bradshaw (0-3), D O'Dwyer (0-2), P Bradshaw (0-1)	Referee: J Cullen

Ballyporeen v JK Brackens

14 August 2022 Round 2	Ballyporeen	1-10 - 1-13	JK Brackens	Leahy Park Cashel
14.30	C Sweeney (0-8, 6f), F O'Sullivan (1-0), T Vaughan (0-1), C English (0-1)	Report	C Cadell (1-1), D McEnroe (0-4), J Kennedy (0-4), S Doyle (0-2), N Quinlan (0-1), S Bourke (0-1)	Referee: T Loughnane

Éire Óg Annacarty v JK Brackens

28 August 2022 Round 3	Éire Óg Annacarty	conc - w/o	JK Brackens	New Inn
16.00

Arravale Rovers v Ballyporeen

28 August 2022 Round 3	Arravale Rovers	3-13 - 2-10	Ballyporeen	Bansha
16.00	D Leahy (2-2), C Hickey (1-1), J Hogan (0-3), M Lowry (0-2), C Maher (0-2), S Leahy (0-2), C Ryan (0-1)		C Sweeney (0-5), R O'Callaghan (1-1), D Brennan (1-0), F O'Sullivan (0-3), C English (0-1)	Referee: D O'Mahoney

Relegation

Semi-finals

The relegation semi-finals doubled up as Tom Cusack Cup quarter-finals.

Aherlow v Éire Óg Annacarty

17 September 2022 Relegation Semi-Final	Aherlow	2-12 - 2-13 (a.e.t.)	Éire Óg Annacarty	Golden
15.00	T Hanley (1-7, 4f), R Hennessy (1-0), M Elligot (0-3), M Russell (0-1), L Coskeran (0-1)	Report	C Bradshaw (2-0), P O'Dwyer (0-5, 2f), P Bradshaw (0-3), D Mooney (0-1f), C Mooney (0-1), D O'Dwyer (0-1), T Fox (0-1), P Devlin (0-1)	Referee: J Butler

Cahir v Drom & Inch

18 September 2022 Relegation Semi-Final	Cahir	0-10 - 0-11	Drom & Inch	Boherlahan
13.30		Report		Referee: G Fitzpatrick

Aherlow v Cahir

1 October 2022 Relegation Final	Aherlow	0-8 - 1-8	Cahir	Bansha
14.30				Referee: J Cullen

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

18 September, Clonmel Sportsfield

Moyle Rovers	0-12
		2 October, Golden
Ardfinnan	0-11
		Moyle Rovers	0-9
17 September, Leahy Park Cashel
		Clonmel Commercials	1-15
Clonmel Commercials	0-21
				16 October, Semple Stadium
Arravale Rovers	1-2
				Clonmel Commercials	1-10
17 September, Leahy Park Cashel
				Upperchurch–Drombane	1-2
Loughmore–Castleiney	1-10
		2 October, Golden
Kilsheelan–Kilcash	0-11
		Loughmore–Castleiney	1-11
17 September, Holycross
		Upperchurch–Drombane	1-12
JK Brackens	0-10

Upperchurch–Drombane	1-11

Quarter-finals

Clonmel Commercials v Arravale Rovers

17 September 2022 Quarter-Final	Clonmel Commercials	0-21 - 1-2	Arravale Rovers	Leahy Park Cashel
15.00	J Lonergan (0-4, 3f), S O'Connor (0-3, 1f), M O'Reilly (0-2, 1f, 1 45'), K Fahey (0-2), A Matassa (0-2), P McGarry (0-2), Colman Kennedy (0-2), S Kennedy (0-1), C Deely (0-1), R Peters (0-1), C Smith (0-1f)	Report	C Maher (1-1), C Ryan (0-1)	Referee: S Lonergan (M)

JK Brackens v Upperchurch–Drombane

17 September 2022 Quarter-Final	JK Brackens	0-10 - 1-11	Upperchurch–Drombane	Holycross
16.00	J Kennedy (0-2, 1f), D McEnroe (0-2, 1 45'), C Cadell (0-2), L Fairbrother (0-2), S Bourke (0-1), N Quinlan (0-1)	Report	P Shanahan (1-2, 1-0p, 1f), L Shanahan (0-4, 2f), J Butler (0-2), L Ryan (0-1), C Fahey (0-1), A O'Donoghue (0-1)	Referee: J Leahy

Loughmore–Castleiney v Kilsheelan–Kilcash

17 September 2022 Quarter-Final	Loughmore–Castleiney	1-10 - 0-11	Kilsheelan–Kilcash	Leahy Park Cashel
17.00	J Ryan (1-0), L McGrath (0-3, 1f), C Ryan (0-2, 1f), N McGrath (0-1), S O'Connell (0-1), Conor McGrath (0-1), A McGrath (0-1), D McCahey (0-1)	Report	B Kehoe (0-6, 5f), M Kehoe (0-2), E Comerford (0-1 45'), S Martin (0-1), J Roche (0-1)	Referee: D O'Mahoney

Moyle Rovers v Ardfinnan

18 September 2022 Quarter-Final	Moyle Rovers	0-12 - 0-11	Ardfinnan	Clonmel Sportsfield
13.30	Liam Boland (0-6, 3f), D Owens (0-2), C Crowe (0-2), D Ryan (0-1), S Quirke (0-1)	Report	M Barlow (0-8, 6f, 2m), D O'Leary (0-2), G Cronin (0-1)	Referee: S Everard

Semi-finals

Moyle Rovers v Clonmel Commercials

2 October 2022 Semi-Final	Moyle Rovers	0-9 - 1-15	Clonmel Commercials	Golden
13.30	Liam Boland (0-4, 3f), R Quigley (0-2), R Collins (0-1), D Ryan (0-1), D Foley (0-1)	Report	J Lonergan (0-7, 3f), J Kennedy (1-3, 1-0p, 1f), S O'Connor (0-4, 2f), S Kennedy (0-1)	Referee: S Everard

Loughmore–Castleiney v Upperchurch–Drombane

2 October 2022 Semi-Final	Loughmore–Castleiney	1-11 - 1-12	Upperchurch–Drombane	Golden
15.15	L McGrath (1-9, 7f), C Ryan (0-1), N McGrath (0-1)	Report	P Shanahan (0-4f), L Shanahan (0-4), C Fahey (1-0), L Ryan (0-1), A O'Donoghue (0-1), D Grant (0-1), A Ryan (0-1)	Referee: D O'Mahoney

Final

Clonmel Commercials v Upperchurch–Drombane

16 October 2022 Final	Clonmel Commercials	1-10 - 1-02	Upperchurch–Drombane	Semple Stadium
15.15	J Kennedy (0-4, 3f), P Looram (1-0), S O'Connor (0-2, 1m), M Quinlivan (0-2, 1f), J Lonergan (0-1), C Deely (0-1)	Report	C Fahey (1-0), P Shanahan (0-1f), L Shanahan (0-1f)	Referee: Sean Lonergan (M)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Paul Shanahan	Upperchurch–Drombane	3-23	32	6	5.33
2	Sean O'Connor	Clonmel Commercials	2-23	29	6	4.83
3	Liam Boland	Moyle Rovers	0-24	24	4	6
4	Liam McGrath	Loughmore–Castleiney	2-16	22	5	4.4
5	Conor Sweeney	Ballyporeen	0-21	21	3	7
	Michael Barlow	Ardfinnan	1-18	21	4	5.25
	Jack Kennedy	Clonmel Commercials	2-15	21	5	4.2
	Conor Ryan	Loughmore–Castleiney	2-15	21	5	4.2
9	Alan Moloney	Rockwell Rovers	1-16	19	3	6.33
9	Luke Shanahan	Upperchurch–Drombane	0-19	19	6	3.83

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Liam McGrath	Loughmore–Castleiney	1-9	12	Upperchurch–Drombane
2	Conor Ryan	Loughmore–Castleiney	2-5	11	Moycarkey–Borris
3	Thomas Hanley	Aherlow	1-6	9	Loughmore–Castleiney
3	Jack Kennedy	Clonmel Commercials	1-6	9	Cahir
5	Michael Barlow	Ardfinnan	0-8	8	Moyle Rovers
	Liam Boland	Moyle Rovers	0-8	8	Rockwell Rovers
	Donagh Leahy	Arravale Rovers	2-2	8	Ballyporeen
	Alan Moloney	Rockwell Rovers	1-5	8	Drom & Inch
	Sean O'Connor	Clonmel Commercials	1-5	8	Killenaule
	Paul Shanahan	Upperchurch–Drombane	1-5	8	Cahir
	Rhys Shelley	Moycarkey–Borris	1-5	8	Ardfinnan
	Conor Sweeney	Ballyporeen	0-8	8	Éire Óg Annacarty
	Conor Sweeney	Ballyporeen	0-8	8	JK Brackens

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