# 2020 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship

The 2020 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 130th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 27 January 2020. The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The championship eventually began on 25 July and ended on 20 September 2020.
Borris–Ileigh were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Drom & Inch in a penalty shoot-out at the quarter-final stage. Burgess were relegated after a 1–17 to 0–16 defeat by Éire Óg Annacarty in a playoff.
On 20 September 2020, Kiladangan won the championship after a 1–28 to 3-20 extra-time defeat of Loughmore–Castleiney in the final at Semple Stadium. This was their first ever championship title.
Loughmore–Castleiney's John McGrath was the championship's top scorer with 1-64.

## Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship.

## Group stage

The championship format essentially remained the same with 16 teams being divided into four groups of four teams, however, on 25 June 2020 the management committee of the Tipperary County Board announced the removal of the preliminary quarter-finals and the abolition of a place for a divisional champion in the knock-out stage.
Advance to quarter-finals  Advance to relegation semi-final

### Table

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Kiladangan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7-54 | 3-46 | 20 | 5 |
| Drom & Inch | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-52 | 7-46 | -3 | 4 |
| J.K. Bracken's | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5-46 | 3-56 | -4 | 2 |
| Roscrea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-50 | 5-54 | -13 | 1 |

### Group 2
#### Table

Advance to quarter-finals  Advance to relegation semi-final
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Clonoulty–Rossmore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5-57 | 2-52 | 14 | 5 |
| Nenagh Éire Óg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-55 | 2-47 | 14 | 4 |
| Holycross–Ballycahill | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-54 | 4-54 | -9 | 3 |
| Éire Óg Annacarty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-48 | 4-61 | -19 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group 3
#### Table

Advance to quarter-finals  Advance to relegation semi-final
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Thurles Sarsfields | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-72 | 1-57 | 24 | 6 |
| Loughmore–Castleiney | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-61 | 4-57 | 1 | 4 |
| Kilruane MacDonagh's | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6-46 | 5-52 | -3 | 2 |
| Moycarkey–Borris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-55 | 5-68 | -22 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group 4
#### Table

Advance to quarter-finals  Advance to relegation semi-final
| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Borris–Ileigh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4-64 | 4-42 | 22 | 5 |
| Toomevara | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5-60 | 4-53 | 10 | 4 |
| Upperchurch–Drombane | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-48 | 2-59 | -2 | 3 |
| Burgess | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-45 | 6-63 | -30 | 0 |

#### Results
## Finals
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 29 August, Semple Stadium | 29 August, Semple Stadium | | | |
| Kiladangan | 3-16 | | | |
| Kiladangan | 3-16 | 5 September, Semple Stadium | 5 September, Semple Stadium | | |
| Toomevara | 0-18 | 5 September, Semple Stadium | 5 September, Semple Stadium | |
| Toomevara | 0-18 | Kiladangan | 1-21 | |
| 30 August, Semple Stadium | 30 August, Semple Stadium | | Kiladangan | 1-21 | |
| 30 August, Semple Stadium | 30 August, Semple Stadium | Drom & Inch | 0-09 | |
| Borris–Ileigh | 1-28 (2) | Drom & Inch | 0-09 | |
| Borris–Ileigh | 1-28 (2) | | | | 20 September, Semple Stadium | 20 September, Semple Stadium |
| Drom & Inch (p) | 4-19 (3) | | | | 20 September, Semple Stadium | 20 September, Semple Stadium |
| Drom & Inch (p) | 4-19 (3) | | | | Kiladangan | 1-28 |
| 30 August, Semple Stadium | 30 August, Semple Stadium | | | | | Kiladangan | 1-28 |
| 30 August, Semple Stadium | 30 August, Semple Stadium | | | | Loughmore–Castleiney | 3-20 |
| Clonoulty–Rossmore | 0-20 | | | | Loughmore–Castleiney | 3-20 |
| Clonoulty–Rossmore | 0-20 | 5 September, Semple Stadium | 5 September, Semple Stadium | | | |
| Loughmore–Castleiney | 2-21 | 5 September, Semple Stadium | 5 September, Semple Stadium | | | |
| Loughmore–Castleiney | 2-21 | Loughmore–Castleiney | 1-22 | | | |
| 29 August, Semple Stadium | 29 August, Semple Stadium | | Loughmore–Castleiney | 1-22 | | | |
| 29 August, Semple Stadium | 29 August, Semple Stadium | Nenagh Éire Óg | 1-12 | |
| Thurles Sarsfields | 0-08 | Nenagh Éire Óg | 1-12 | |
| Nenagh Éire Óg | 3-12 | | | |

### Final
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | John McGrath | Loughmore–Castleiney | 1-64 | 67 | 6 | 11.16 |
| 2 | Jake Morris | Nenagh Éire Óg | 5-37 | 52 | 5 | 10.40 |
| 3 | Séamus Callanan | Drom & Inch | 2-45 | 51 | 5 | 10.20 |
| 4 | Stephen Murray | Burgess | 2-43 | 49 | 5 | 9.80 |
| 5 | Billy Seymour | Kiladangan | 1-33 | 36 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 6 | Lyndon Fairbrother | J.K. Bracken's | 2-28 | 34 | 3 | 11.33 |
| 6 | Luke Cashin | Roscrea | 0-34 | 34 | 4 | 8.50 |
| 7 | Timmy Hammersley | Clonoulty–Rossmore | 0-31 | 31 | 4 | 7.75 |
| 8 | Kieran Morris | Moycarkey–Borris | 0-30 | 30 | 3 | 10.00 |
| 8 | Aidan McCormack | Thurles Sarsfields | 0-30 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Stephen Murray | Burgess | 1-13 | 16 | Moycarkey-Borris |
| 2 | Jake Morris | Nenagh Éire Óg | 3-06 | 15 | Thurles Sarsfields |
| 3 | Paudie Greene | Upperchurch–Drombane | 1-11 | 14 | Toomevara |
| 3 | Jake Morris | Nenagh Éire Óg | 1-11 | 14 | Éire Óg Annacarty |
| 3 | Timmy Hammersley | Clonoulty–Rossmore | 0-14 | 14 | Toomevara |
| 3 | John McGrath | Loughmore–Castleiney | 0-14 | 14 | Thurles Sarafields |
| 4 | Séamus Callanan | Drom & Inch | 1-10 | 13 | Roscrea |
| 4 | John McGrath | Loughmore–Castleiney | 1-10 | 13 | Kiladangan |
| 4 | Timmy Hammersley | Clonoulty–Rossmore | 0-13 | 13 | Loughmore–Castleimey |
| 5 | Lyndon Fairbrother | J.K. Bracken's | 1-09 | 12 | Kiladangan |
| 5 | Séamus Callanan | Drom & Inch | 1-09 | 12 | Borris–Ileigh |
| 5 | Lyndon Fairbrother | J.K. Bracken's | 1-09 | 12 | Drom & Inch |
| 5 | Jake Morris | Nenagh Éire Óg | 1-09 | 12 | Clonoulty–Rossmore |
| 5 | Brendan Maher | Borris–Ileigh | 0-12 | 12 | Drom & Inch |
| 5 | Cian Darcy | Kilruane MacDonagh's | 0-12 | 12 | Moycarkey–Borris |
| 5 | Aidan McCormack | Thurles Sarsfields | 0-12 | 12 | Moycarkey–Borris |
| 5 | John McGrath | Loughmore–Castleiney | 0-12 | 12 | Nenagh Éire Óg |

### Miscellaneous

* Kiladangan won their first title, having previously lost three finals.