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Tipperary county hurling team

2007 season
Manager	Babs Keating
All-Ireland SHC	Quarter-finalists
Munster SHC	Semi-finalists
National League	Quarter-finalists
Top scorer SHC	Eoin Kelly (1-38)
Highest SHC attendance	42,364 (v Wexford 28 July)
Lowest SHC attendance
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The 2007 season was Babs Keating's second season in charge of the Tipperary senior hurling team in his second spell after previously being in charge from 1986 until 1994. Benny Dunne was the captain for the year and the team were sponsored by Enfer Scientific.

Summary

In the Munster championship, Tipperary played Limerick in the semi-finals on 10 June, with the game ending in a draw 1-19 to 1-19. The replay was held six days later with manager Babs Keating dropping goalkeeper Brendan Cummins from the team and replacing him with Gerry Kennedy. Tipperary had a ten point lead at one stage, however, by the end of the seventy minutes both sides were level once again. A period of extra-time failed to separate the two sides and so a second replay was required. Once again extra-time had to be played, however, after nearly four hours of hurling Limerick emerged as the winners by 0-22 to 2-13.

The All-Ireland qualifiers saw Tipperary win all of their games, including a victory over Cork for the first time since 1991.

Tipperary went on to play Wexford in the All-Ireland quarter-finals on 28 July at Croke Park. A goal from a free by Damien Fitzhenry in the last minute sealed the victory for Wexford and eliminated Tipperary from the championship. It was Wexford's first win in the championship against Tipperary since 1968. Keating resigned as manager on 7 August.

2007 National Hurling League

Division 1B table

2007 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

10 June 2007 Semi-final	Limerick	1-19 - 1-19	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds
	A O’Shaughnessy 0-6 (0-4 frees); O Moran 0-5; P Tobin 1-1; B Foley 0-3; N Moran 0-2; M O’Brien 0-2; M Fitzgerald 0-1.	Report	W Ryan 0-7 (0-6 frees); J Carroll 1-1; D Egan 0-3; J Woodlock 0-2; E Kelly 0-2; L Corbett 0-2; R O’Dwyer, S McGrath, 0-1 each.	Attendance: 36,246 Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

16 June 2007 Semi-final replay	Tipperary	2-21 - 1-24 (AET)	Limerick	Semple Stadium
	E. Kelly 0-9 (0-6 frees); S. Butler 1-3; D. Egan 1-2; L. Corbett 0-3; B. Dunne 0-2; J. Woodlock, E. Corcoran (S/L), 0-1 each.	Report	M. Fitzgerald 1-3; A. O’Shaughnessy 0-6 (0-5 frees 0-1 65); O. Moran 0-5; N. Moran 0-3; K. Tobin 0-2; J. O’Brien 0-2; B. Geary 0-2 (frees); M. Foley 0-1.	Attendance: 27,117 Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

24 June 2007 Semi-final 2nd replay	Limerick	0-22 - 2-13 (AET)	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds
	A. O’Shaughnessy 0-6 (0-3 frees 0-1 65); N. Moran 0-5; B. Geary 0-3 (0-1 free 0-1 65); O. Moran 0-3; M. Fitzgerald 0-2; K. Tobin 0-2; D. O’Grady 0-1.	Report	E. Kelly 0-9 (0-7 frees); D. Egan 1-0; W. Ryan 1-0; S. Butler 0-2; S. McGrath, P. Bourke, 0-1 each.	Attendance: 30,608 Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Qualifiers

Group 1B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Tipperary	3	3	0	0	5-53	4-42	+14	6	Advance to All-Ireland Quarter-Finals
2	Cork	3	2	0	1	5-65	2-42	+32	4
3	Offaly	3	1	0	2	4-49	5-57	-11	2
4	Dublin	3	0	0	3	3-39	6-65	-35	0

30 June Round 1	Tipperary	2-17 - 2-13	Offaly	Semple Stadium
	E Kelly (1-12, 1-10f), L Corbett (1-1), F Devanney (0-2), S Butler (0-2).	Report	D Murray (1-5, 1-4f, 0-1 ‘65'), S Ryan (1-2), G Hanniffy (0-2), P Cleary (0-1f), B Carroll (0-1); J Bergin (0-1), R Hanniffy (0-1).	Attendance: 7,533 Referee: M Haverty (Galway)

7 July Round 2	Dublin	1-11 - 1-20	Tipperary	Parnell Park
	P Carton 1-1, K Dunne 0-3, A McCrabbe 0-2 (0-1f), R O'Carroll, D Qualter, J Kelly, D Curtin (0-1f), S Mullen 0-1 each.	Report	W Ryan 0-10 (0-6), L Corbett 1-1, E Kelly 0-3 (0-1f), S Butler 0-2, B Dunne, F Devanney, D Egan, S McGrath 0-1.	Referee: D Connolly (Kilkenny)

14 July Round 3	Tipperary	2-16 - 1-18	Cork	Semple Stadium
	W Ryan 2-3, L Corbett, B Dunne 0-3 each, S Butler, H Moloney 0-2 each, D Hickey, J Carroll, D Egan 0-1 each.	Report	N Ronan 1-2, J Deane 0-5, J O'Connor 0-3, K Hartnett, K Murphy (Erin's Own), P Cronin 0-2 each, B O'Connor, K Murphy (Sarsfield's) 0-1 each.	Attendance: 12,902 Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

All-Ireland Series

28 July 2007 Quarter-final	Wexford	3-10 - 1-14	Tipperary	Croke Park
	B Lambert (1-2, 1f), R Kehoe (1-0), D Fitzhenry (1-0, 1f), R Jacob, D O'Connor (0-2 each), S Nolan (0-2, 1 '65'), R McCarthy, E Quigley (0-1 each).	Report Report Highlights	L Corbett (1-1), D Hickey (0-4), E Kelly (0-3, 2f), B Dunne, H Maloney (0-2 each), J Carroll, S McGrath (0-1 each).	Attendance: 42,364 Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

Awards

Tipperary won one All Star Award with Declan Fanning being named at full-back.

References

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2. "Launch of the 2007 Guinness All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship". Sportsfile.com. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
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7. "Limerick 0-22 Tipperary 2-13 AET". RTE Sport. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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12. "Babs Keating takes fresh swipe at Tipp officials and playing legends in radio rant". The 42l. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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15. "Hurling All-Stars announced". RTÉ Sport. 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 4 May 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

External links

• Tipperary GAA Archives 2007
• 2007 Teams and Results at Premierview

• 2007 in hurling
• Tipperary county hurling team seasons