The 2013 season was Eamon O'Shea's first year as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team. On 25 September 2012, he succeeded Declan Ryan as manager.^[1][2] A panel of 26 players was announced in December 2012 to prepare for the Allianz Hurling League.^[3] In February Shane McGrath was appointed as captain for the 2013 season.^[4][5][6]

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Tipperary county hurling team

2013 season
Manager	Eamon O'Shea
All-Ireland SHC	Phase 2 of Qualifiers
Munster SHC	Semi-finalists
National League	Runners Up
Top scorer Championship	John O'Dwyer (1-06)
Highest SHC attendance	23,307 (v Kilkenny)
Lowest SHC attendance	19,507 (v Limerick)
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Tipperary's first Championship game came against Limerick on 9 June, where they were defeated 1–18 to 1–15 at the Gaelic Grounds.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

In phase 2 of the All-Ireland qualifiers on 6 July 2013, Tipperary were eliminated from championship after a 1–14 to 0–20 defeat to Kilkenny at Nowlan Park.^{[12][13][14][15]}

On 17 October, goalkeeper Brendan Cummins announced his retirement from the Tipperary hurling team after 20 years and 73 championship appearances.^[16]

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Defending champions Tipperary faced Clare in the final under lights in Thurles on 9 February, with Clare winning by 1–21 to 1–13.^{[18] [19][20]}

Tipperary reached the semi-final stage of the hurling league and defeated Dublin by 4–20 to 0–17 at Semple Stadium on 21 April.^[21] As a contest the match was effectively over within the first 10 minutes with Tipperary leading by eight points, 2–3 to 0–1 with an early goal from Shane Bourke and a further goal from Patrick Maher. Séamus Callanan scored a third goal from a penalty to leave the half time score at 3–11 to 0–8. A fourth goal came in the last minute of the game from substitute Michael Heffernan after a mistake from the Dublin goalkeeper. ^[22][23][24] Tipperary were defeated by Kilkenny in the final by 2–17 to 0–20 on 5 May in Nowlan Park.^{[25] [26][27]} Michael Fennelly scored two goals and three points in the first half as Kilkenny led by 2–07 to 0–11. In the second half Lar Corbett and JJ Delaney were sent off in the 46th minute after they wrestled each other on the ground near the Kilkenny goal. ^[28][29]