2022 Tipperary county hurling team season
The 2022 season will be Colm Bonnar's first year as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team, having been appointed on 8 September 2021. Liam Sheedy had stepped down in August 2021 as manager after three years in charge. The team will have a new sponsor after Teneo's three-year deal came to an end. On 21 January, Tipperary GAA announced a two-year sponsorship deal with financial services technology solutions company Fiserv. On 5 February, Ronan Maher was named as the new captain of the team. The decision was made by  a secret ballot vote from all members of the panel. 2022 senior hurling management team. On 1 October 2021, Bonnar announced Tommy Dunne, Johnny Enright and Paul Curran as his selectors, with further appointments to follow. 2022 squad. On 18 January Colm Bonnar announced his panel for the upcoming National League. John O'Dwyer was not named in the panel due to a knee injury. In January Pádraic Maher confirmed that he would be involved but was recovering from an ankle injury and was expected to miss the start of the League campaign. On 1 February, Pádraic Maher announced his retirement  from club and inter-county hurling due to medical advice received regarding a neck injury. The following players made their competitive senior debut in 2022. 2022 Munster Senior Cup. Tipperary started the year by playing in the Munster Senior Cup. In their opening game on 8 January they lost to Kerry by 0-14 to 0-17 in Tralee. It was Kerry's first ever senior hurling win against Tipperary. During the game against Kerry, Willie Connors suffered a serious ankle injury and will miss the remainder of the season. 2022 National Hurling League. Summary. The National league started in  February with Tipperary playing in Division 1 Group B. They played Laois in their opening game on Saturday 5 February, with the team announced on 3 February. In wet and windy conditions Tipperary won the game 0-21 to 1-14. Jason Forde missed a penalty for Tipperary in the 23rd minute after Jake Morris was dragged to the ground, Laois goalkeeper Enda Rowland saved the penalty, deflecting the ball over the bar. Tipperary had an 0-11 to 0-7 lead at half-time. In the 45th minute Laois were reduced to fourteen men when Paddy Purcell appeared to  strike Craig Morgan. In the 50th minute a 65 from Enda Rowland dropped short and ended up in the net to reduce Tipperary's lead to three points but Tipperary went on to win by four points. A week later in round 2, Tipperary played Kilkenny on Sunday 12 February at Semple Stadium. The team announced showed no changes from the previous week. The game was televised live on TG4. In dry windy conditions Tipperary playing with the wind had a 1-11 to 0-8 lead at half-time, the goal coming from Jake Morris in the 37th minute  when he ran in on goal from the left before batting one handed to the net from close range. Kilkenny had leveled the game up in the last minute with a point from Walter Walsh but an injury time long range free from Jason Forde won the game for Tipperary by a point on a 1-19 to 1-18 scoreline. In round 3 of the league, Tipperary played Dublin on Saturday 26 February at Semple Stadium. Seamus Callanan started his first game of the year with Barry Hogan taking over in goal and Brian McGrath starting in the full  back line. In total there were eight changes to the team from the previous game against Kilkenny. The game was televised live on GAAGO with commentary from Darragh Maloney and Dónal Óg Cusack. In very windy conditions Dublin had a 1-8 to 0-10 lead at half-time playing with the wind, their goal coming after 25 minutes with a low shot to the right corner from Riain McBride after he cut in from the right. Dublin got a second goal after 50 minutes when Ronan Hayes cut in from the right to score from a tight angle to  put Dublin into a five point lead. John McGrath, Noel McGrath and Conor Bowe all came on for Tipperary and they were on top for the final ten minutes and reduced the lead down to one point, with Jason Forde missing a goal chance late on before Dublin held on for the win. Dublin’s win was their fourth in 11 league and championship outings against Tipperary. On Sunday 6 March Tipperary played Waterford in round 4 of the league at Walsh Park. There were seven changes to the side which lost to Dublin with Cathal Barrett and James Quigley  returning to the team. Seamus Callanan sustained a broken finger in training on 4 March and will be absent for four to five weeks. The game was televised live on TG4. In dry sunny conditions in front of 5,865, Waterford had a 1-13 to 0-14 lead at half-time with the Waterford goal coming from Stephen Bennett after 21 minutes with a low shot to the left corner, Tipperary initially led by 4 points after seven minutes and later by six before Waterford came back to score 1-6 in nine minutes. Tipperary levelled early in the second  half thru Jason Forde before Waterford pulled away with 10 points in a row including seven from Bennett to win comfortably by ten points. On Sunday 20 March Tipperary played Antrim in round 5 of the league at Semple Stadium. Dan McCormack and Noel McGrath along with goalkeepr Brian Hogan returned to the starting team. In dry sunny conditions, Tipperary were 5-10 to 0-13 in front at half-time, the first goal coming from Jason Forde with a strike to the net after a pass from the left, there were two further goals from Mark Kehoe, one from  Michael Breen, and one from Seamus Kennedy with a low shot to the net from the left in the first half. John McGrath scored a sixth goal with a shot to the net from the right past the advancing goalkeeper before getting a second when he cut in from the right before firing to the net. Tipperary went on to win by 7-29 to 1-17 but failed to qualify for the league semi-finals. Patrick 'Bonner' Maher came on at half-time to make his first appearance in the league. In total 31 players were used during the  league campaign. On 11 April Seamus Callinan had a setback in his recovery from a broken bone in his hand with an infection in the bone and may now miss most of the Munster Championship. 2022 Munster Senior Hurling Championship. Round 1 (v Waterford 17 April). On 17 April Tipperary played Waterford, managed by Liam Cahill in the first match of the Munster Championship at Walsh Park. The match was televised live on RTÉ 2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Joanne Cantwell with analysis by Anthony Daly, Dónal Óg Cusack, and Shane Dowling. Commentary on the game  was provided by Ger Canning alongside Michael Duignan. In Colm Bonnar's first chamnpionship game in charge he named four championship debuts with James Quigley, Craig Morgan, Dillon Quirke and Conor Bowe all named in the starting team. In front of a sell-out crowd of 10,982 at Walsh Park there had been heavy rain all morning before the game but the weather gradually improved throughout the match. Waterford had raced into a 4 point lead early on before Tipperary scored a goal from Mark Kehoe in the 7th minute with a low shot to the left of the net  past the advancing goalkeeper from the left after a pass from Jason Forde. Waterford goalkeeper Shaun O’Brien saved a certain goal from Jason Forde in the 26th minute diving low to save the low shot. Tipperary were six ahead before it was reduced to a 1-12 to 0-11 lead at half-time. Just before the end of the first half, Waterford's Mikey Kiely pulled wildly on the wall in the air and caught the head of Seamus Kennedy resulting in a blood injury with Kennedy replaced temporarily by Robert Byrne. RTE analysists Anthony Daly and Shane Dowling  both taught that a red card should have been shown to Kiely. Before the start of the second half, Tipperary coach Tommy Dunne was initially shown a yellow card by the referee Johnny Murphy but this turned into a red card after the exchange continued. Dunne could face a three-month ban after Murphy reported him for abuse consistent with a Category 5 infraction for which the minimum penalty is a three-month ban. In the second half Waterford scored two goals early on from Michael Kiely scoring with a volley to the net after 37 minutes and Dessie Hutchinson  with a shot high to the right of the net after 44 minutes to put Waterford into a 2-16 to 1-14 lead. Mark Kehoe got a second goal for Tipperary in the 58th minute with a low shot to the left corner of the net to cut the lead to two before Noel McGrath reduced it to one with a free. Waterford went on to score the next three points to win by four on a 2-24 to 2-20 scoreline. Round 2 (v Clare 24 April). On Sunday 24 April, Tipperary played Clare, managed by Brian  Lohan in their second match of the Munster Championship at Semple Stadium. The match was televised live on RTÉ 2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Joanne Cantwell from MacHale Park with analysis by Liam Sheedy and Davy Fitzgerald. Commentary on the game was provided by Ger Canning alongside Michael Duignan. There were two changes to the Tipperary team from the previous match with Dan McCormack replacing Alan Flynn and John McGrath in for the injured Conor Bowe in the full-forward line. In sunny dry conditions, Clare scored three goals in the first half to lead by  13 at half-time on a 3-11 to 0-7 scoreline. The first Clare goal came from Ian Galvin in the 8th minute when he deflected to the net after Tipperary goalkeeper Brian Hogan had pushed Peter Duggan’s shot onto the crossbar. The second came from Peter Duggan in the 21st minute, again deflecting into the net after Brian Hogan had saved a shot from John Conlon. Brian McGrath on for the injured James Quigley conceded a penalty for holding Peter Duggan’s shirt, with Tony Kelly firing to the net to put 11 points between the side . Two minutes into the second half, substitute Ger Browne scored a goal with a low shot to the right corner after a solo run. In the 49th minute Clare goalkeepr Eibhear Quilligan misjudged Barry Heffernan’s dropping shot from the middle of the pitch when trying to catch it with the ball finding the net for Tipperary's second goal and they got as close as 7 points before Clare eased to the win by 8 points. 2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The All-Ireland Championship is due to start in June. 2022 Tipperary county hurling team season The