2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship


The 2018 Tipperary Senior Football Championship 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.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from 2017 Tipperary I.F.C.

From S.F.C.

Relegated to 2018 Tipperary I.F.C.

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, 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,, 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 A

Team
Loughmore/Castleiney33005930+296
Kilsheelan/Kilcash32105238+144
J.K. Bracken's31202433-92
Drom & Inch30301953-340

Round 1Loughmore/Castleiney 1-19, 1-9 Drom-Inch, 22/4/2018,Kilsheelan/Kilcash 1-11, 1-10 JK Bracken's, 22/4/2018,
Round 2Kilsheelan/Kilcash 4-19, 1-4 Drom-Inch, 27/8/2018,Loughmore/Castleiney 1-16, 2-5 JK Bracken's, 27/8/2018,
Round 3Loughmore/Castleiney 2-12, 0-7 Kilsheelan/Kilcash, 4/9/2018,JK Bracken's w/o, scr Drom-Inch, 8/9/2018,

Group B

Team
Moyle Rovers33005725+326
Arravale Rovers32105735+224
Upperchurch/Drombane31203649-132
Galtee Rovers30302060-400

Round 1Moyle Rovers 1-14, 1-8 Arravale Rovers, 22/4/2018,Upperchurch/Drombane 1-11, 1-7 Galtee Rovers, 22/4/2018,
Round 2Moyle Rovers 3-9, 1-5 Upperchurch/Drombane, 18/8/2018,Arravale Rovers 1-22, 0-4 Galtee Rovers, 20/8/2018,
Round 3Arravale Rovers 4-9, 2-8 Upperchurch/Drombane, 8/9/2018,Moyle Rovers 3-13, 1-3 Galtee Rovers, 8/9/2018,

Group C

Team
Ballyporeen33005737+206
Killenaule32105245+74
Cahir31205044+62
Kiladangan30303467-330

Round 1Ballyporeen 3-16, 1-12 Cahir, 22/4/2018,Killenaule 4-14, 4-7 Kiladangan, 22/4/2018,
Round 2Ballyporeen 1-13, 2-5 Kiladangan, 19/8/2018,Killenaule 2-9, 0-10 Cahir, 20/8/2018,
Round 3Ballyporeen 2-10, 0-11 Killenaule, 8/9/2018,Cahir 3-16, 0-4 Kiladangan, 9/9/2018,

Group D

Team
Clonmel Commercials33004514+316
Ardfinnan32103654-184
Aherlow Gaels31203038-62
Éire Óg Annacarty30302126-50

Round 1Clonmel Commercials 3-22, 0-7 Ardfinnan, 22/4/2018,Aherlow Gaels 1-9, 0-9 Éire Óg Annacarty, 22/4/2018,
Round 2Ardfinnan 1-11, 0-12 Éire Óg Annacarty, 20/8/2018,Clonmel Commercials 0-14, 0-7 Aherlow Gaels, 20/8/2018,
Round 3Ardfinnan 2-9, 2-5 Aherlow Gaels, 9/9/2018, Clonmel Commercials w/o, scr Éire Óg Annacarty, 9/9/2018,