The Tipperary county hurling team represents Tipperary in hurling and is governed by Tipperary GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and the National Hurling League.

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Tipperary

Sport:	Hurling
Irish:	Tiobraid Árann
Nickname(s):	The Premier men[1]
County board:	Tipperary GAA
Manager:	Liam Cahill
Captain:	Noel McGrath[2]
Home venue(s):	Semple Stadium, Thurles
Recent competitive record
Current All-Ireland status:	Munster (third) in 2023
Last championship title:	2019
Current NHL Division:	1
Last league title:	2008
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Tipperary's home ground is Semple Stadium, Thurles. The team's manager is Liam Cahill.

The team last won the Munster Senior Championship in 2016, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2019 and the National League in 2008.

The teams of the Tipperary County Board, together with those of Kilkenny GAA and Cork GAA, lead the roll of honour in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC). The Board's teams have won 28 All-Ireland SHC titles as of 2019 — the third most successful of all county boards. Three teams also have the distinction of twice winning three consecutive All-Ireland finals (1898, 1899, 1900) and (1949, 1950, 1951). The team of the 1960s is considered the greatest of all Tipperary teams. The county's fortunes declined during the latter half of the twentieth century to the extent that only seven All-Ireland SHC titles were won in the period 1966–2019; however, new systems and extensive work at underage level brought SHC titles to Tipperary in 2010, 2016 and 2019, with old rival Kilkenny defeated in all three. As well as being victorious in four minor and three U21 All-Ireland hurling finals since 2006. For more detail on hurling history, see here.

Since 1991 the following companies have sponsored all of the Tipperary hurling teams.

• 1991–1997: Tipperary Water
• 1992–1994: National Irish Bank
• 1995–2001: Finches
• 2002–2011: Enfer Scientific
• 2011–2014: Škoda
• 2015–2018: Intersport/Elverys
• 2019–2021: Teneo
• 2022–: Fiserv

There exists a supporters' club. According to Liam Kearns, this provides €100,000 in revenue annually for the hurling team.^[3] Babs Keating first established it in 1986 and it was the first such supporters' club in Gaelic games. By 2016, it had raised several million euro for the county hurling team.^[4]

In the All-Ireland series, Kilkenny are Tipp's main rivals. This rivalry has lasted since Kilkenny's coming to power in the early 20th century. Tipp are the only team to have beaten Kilkenny in the All-Ireland SHC (and also in All-Ireland SHC finals) more times than they have lost.^{[citation needed]}

Another rival of Tipperary, in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship (SHC), is Cork. These teams have met 80 times in the championship, more than any other rivalry in hurling. They have also met them countless times in the National League and pre-season challenge tournaments. A Tipp and Cork Munster hurling final in Semple Stadium is often claimed by supporters of both counties to be the most traditional Munster final and the games between them are nearly always close. The draw and replay games of 1987 and 1991 and the 1949–1954 rivalry encapsulates this rivalry and the 1991 replayed final in Thurles is claimed to be one of the greatest Munster hurling finals. This is one of the few rivalries in the provincial championships that is contested by two teams of similar stature whose honours and titles complement each other on a fairly equal basis. Kilkenny and Wexford in hurling have major difference in titles and in football, Dublin and Meath also have a gap between their respective winnings. The football teams of Galway and Mayo enjoy a similar rivalry and whose honours are divided in equal measure.^{[citation needed]}

Tipp also have a strong rivalry with the other county teams in Munster and have had major tussles with Limerick in the 1930s and 40s when the latter's star was in the ascendent, though Tipp enjoy a major advantage in titles and honours won. The Tipp – Clare rivalry came with Clare's coming to power in the 1990s and the Tipp-Waterford rivalry was forged in the period 1957-63 and renewed again due to Waterford's resurgence in the 2000s, when that county enjoyed its most successful period of the modern era.^{[citation needed]}

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Team as per Tipperary vs Clare in the Munster SHC semi-final, 4 July 2021

^INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team.
^RET Player has since retired from the county team.
^RIP Player has since died.
^WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

Appointed in July 2022:

• Manager: Liam Cahill, appointed on a three-year term ahead of the 2023 season^[8]
• Backroom team: Declan Laffan (Loughmore-Castleiney), T. J. Ryan (Clonoulty-Rossmore); appointed ahead of the 2023 season^[9]
• Selectors:
• Coach: Michael Bevans, appointed ahead of the 2023 season^[10]
• Strength and conditioning coach:
• Physio:

Tipperary — like Cork and Kilkenny — traditionally appoints managers from inside, rather than seeking a "foreign" appointment.^[11]