2002 Tipperary county hurling team season

In 2002 Tipperary competed in the National Hurling League and the Munster and All-Ireland championships. It was Nicky English's fourth year in charge of the team with Tommy Dunne also in his forth year as team captain. Finches continued as sponsors of Tipperary GAA.^[2]

National Hurling League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts	Notes
1	Cork	5	4	1	0	6-90	5-60	33	9	Division 1 runners-up
2	Limerick	5	4	1	0	8-77	6-54	29	9
3	Tipperary	5	3	0	2	10-83	9-54	35	6
4	Wexford	5	3	0	2	10-73	8-71	8	6
5	Offaly	5	2	0	3	9-61	9-76	-15	4
6	Derry	5	0	0	5	6-37	12-104	-85	0

10 March 2002 Round 2	Tipperary	1-12 - 2-13	Limerick	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	E Kelly 0-6, E O’Neill 1-2, L Cahill 0-1, E Enright 0-1, M O’Leary 0-1, P Kelly 0-1.		M Keane 2-7, M Foley 0-3, S Lucey 0-1, B Begley 0-1, S O’Connor 0-1.	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

18 March 2002 Round 3	Wexford	3-13 - 1-10	Tipperary	Wexford Park, Wexford
	L O’Gorman 1-4, D O’Brien 1-2, B Lambert 0-4, M Jordan 1-0, D Ruth 0-2, R Mallon 0-1.		J O’Brien 1-1, E Kelly 0-3, T Dunne 0-2, J Enright 0-2, L Cahill 0-1, E O’Neill 0-1.	Referee: P Neary (Kilkenny)

24 March 2002 Round 4	Tipperary	5-23 - 0-3	Derry	MacDonagh Park, Nenagh
	M O’Leary 2-4, J O’Brien 2-4, E Kelly 1-5, L Corbett 0-3, J Enright 0-3, T Dunne 0-1, N Morris 0-1, P Kelly 0-1, B O’Meara 0-1.		M Conway 0-1, Gregory Biggs 0-1, Gary Biggs 0-1.	Referee: E Morris (Dublin)

30 March 2002 Round 1 refixture	Offaly	3-8 - 2-21	Tipperary	St. Brendan's Park, Birr
	B Murphy 1-3, G Hanniffy 1-1, Brian Whelahan 1-0, J Dooley 0-3, B Carroll 0-1.		E Kelly 0-9, L Cahill 1-3, J O’Brien 1-2, T Dunne 0-4, J Carroll 0-2, B Dunne 0-1.	Referee: P Dunphy (Kilkenny)

7 April 2002 Round 5	Cork	1-14 - 1-17	Tipperary	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	J Deane 1-3, E Collins 0-3, N McCarthy 0-2, A Browne 0-2, S McGrath 0-2, B O’Connor 0-2.		E O’Neill 1-2, M O’Leary 0-4, E Kelly 0-4, T Dunne 0-2, L Cahill 0-2, N Morris 0-1, J Enright 0-1, J O’Brien 0-1.	Referee: P Ahern (Carlow)

14 April 2002 Quarter-final	Tipperary	4-13 - 1-17	Galway	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	E Kelly 0-11, J O'Brien 2-1, L Corbett 1-1, B O’Meara 1-0.	Report	E Cloonan 1-8, J Rabbitte 0-3, D Hayes 0-3, R Murray 0-2, R Gantley 0-1.	Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

21 April 2002 Semi-final	Cork	0-21 - 1-10	Tipperary	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	B O’Connor 0-6, J O’Connor 0-6, N McCarthy 0-3, K Murphy 0-2, S Gardiner 0-2, D O'Sullivan 0-1, P Ryan 0-1.	Report	E Kelly 1-3, E O’Neill 0-2, L Corbett 0-2, L Cahill 0-1, J Carroll 0-1, T Dunne 0-1.	Referee: D Murphy (Wexford)

19 May
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	1-18 - 2-13	Clare
E. Kelly (1-8), C. Gleeson (0-2), N. Morris (0-2), T. Dunne (0-2), B. O'Meara (0-1), J. O'Brien (0-1), E. O'Neill (0-1), B. Dunne (0-1).	Report	D. Forde (2-0), T. Griffin (0-6), J. Reddan (0-3), J. O'Connor (0-2), T. Carmody (0-1), N. Gilligan (0-1).

Referee: M. Healy (Cork))

2 June
Semi-Final

Tipperary	1-20 - 1-13	Limerick
E. Kelly (0-12), J. Carroll (1-2), B. Dunne (0-2), T. Dunne (0-1), N. Morris (0-1), B. O'Meara (0-1), C. Gleeson (0-1).	Report	M. Keane (0-8), O. Moran (1-0), P. Lawlor (0-2), O. O'Neill (0-1), J. Butler (0-1), B. Foley (0-1).

Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin))

30 June
Final

Waterford	2-23 - 3-12	Tipperary
P. Flynn (1-6), K. McGrath (0-7), J. Mullane (0-4), T. Browne (1-0), E. Kelly (0-3), D. Bennett (0-1), E. McGrath (0-1), S. Prendergast (0-1).	Report	B. Dunne (2-2), E. Kelly (1-4), T. Dunne (0-2), L. Corbett (0-1), C. Gleeson (0-1), J. Carroll (0-1), B. O’Meara (0-1).

Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin))

13 July
Round 2

Tipperary	2-19 - 1-9	Offaly
B. O'Meara (1-2), J. Carroll (1-1), M. O'Leary (0-4), E. Kelly (0-4), P. Kelly (0-3), T. Dunne (0-2), B. Dunne (0-2), E. O'Neill (0-1).	Report	S. Brown (1-1), S. Whelehan (0-4), R. Hanniffy (0-1), Barry Whelehan (0-1), K. Martin (0-1), B. Carroll (0-1).

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: M. Wadding (Waterford)

28 July
Quarter-final

Tipperary	1-25 - 2-12	Antrim
E. Kelly (0-7), P. Kelly (0-5 (0-1), E. O'Neill (1-1), T. Dunne (0-3), B. Dunne (0-3), J. Carroll (0-2), B. O'Meara (0-2), L. Corbett (0-1), N. Morris (0-1).	Report	L. Watson (1-6), L. Richmond (1-1), P. Richmond (0-2), G. O'Kane (0-2), B. McFall (0-1).

Attendance: 41,619

Referee: P. Ahern (Carlow)

18 August
Semi-final

Kilkenny	1-20 - 1-16	Tipperary
H. Shefflin (0-7), J. Coogan (1-1), D. J. Carey (0-4), D. Lyng (0-2), A. Comerford (0-2), M. Comerford (0-1), J. Hoyne (0-1), E. Brennan (0-1), C. Carter (0-1).	Report	E. Kelly (0-4), J. Carroll (1-0), M. O'Leary (0-3), P. Kelly (0-3), E. O'Neill (0-2), T. Dunne (0-1), B. O'Meara (0-1), L. Corbett (0-1), E. Corcoran (0-1).

Attendance: 53,385

Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin)

Tipperary won two All Star Awards with Paul kelly winning his first and Eoin Kelly winning his second award. Eoin Kelly also won for the second year in a row the Young hurler of the year award^[3]

^ "Flashback: 2002 Munster SHC Final - Waterford v Tipperary". GAA.ie. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
^ "Controversy as Tipp appoint English". Irish Independent. 8 August 1998. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^ "Tipperary All Stars". Tipperary GAA. Retrieved 2 April 2021.