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

## Team Changes

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

## Format

The 16 teams are drawn into random groups of four. The top two teams from each group automatically advance to the knockout 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

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

### Relegation Final

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

## Knockout stage
### Quarter-finals

| 21 September 2018 Quarter-Final | Moyle Rovers | 3-13 - 1-9 | Killenaule | New Inn Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ??? |
| 21 September 2018 Quarter-Final | Loughmore/Castleiney | 1-12 - 0-8 | Arravale Rovers | Clonoulty Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ??? |
| 30 September 2018 Quarter-Final | Clonmel Commercials | 0-17 - 0-4 | Kilsheelan/Kilcash | Monroe Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ??? |
| 30 September 2018 Quarter-Final | Ardfinnan | 0-22 - 0-9 | Ballyporeen | Cahir Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ??? |

### Semi finals

| 14 October 2018 Semi-Final | Moyle Rovers | 2-7 - 0-11 | Clonmel Commercials | Cahir |
| 14 October 2018 Semi-Final | | Report | | Cahir |
| 14 October 2018 Semi-Final | Ardfinnan | 0-9 - 0-8 | Loughmore-Castleiney | Holycross Referee: Seanie Peters (Aherlow). |
| 14 October 2018 Semi-Final | 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). | Holycross Referee: Seanie Peters (Aherlow). |

### Final

| 28 October 2018 15:00 Final | Moyle Rovers | 1-15 - 1-7 | Ardfinnan | Semple Stadium Attendance: 2,863 Referee: S Everard (Moyne-Templetuohy) |
| 28 October 2018 15:00 Final | 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). | Semple Stadium Attendance: 2,863 Referee: S Everard (Moyne-Templetuohy) |