2016 Tipperary Senior Football Championship

Football league season
Tipperary S.F.C.
Season2016
ChampionsLoughmore-Castleiney
14th title
RelegatedThomas McDonaghs
Winning CaptainLiam McGrath
Man of the MatchCian Hennessy
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The 2016 Tipperary Senior Football Championship was the 126th edition of the Tipperary GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Tipperary, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 16 teams (15 clubs and 1 divisional side) 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.

Clonmel Commercials were the defending champions after they defeated Moyle Rovers in the previous years final, however they relinquished their crown to Loughmore-Castleiney at the Semi-Final stage this season.

This was Upperchurch-Drombanes return to the senior grade after claiming the 2015 Tipperary Intermediate Football Championship title.

Loughmore-Castleiney won the title after a 1-9 to 1-6 win against Moyle Rovers in the final on 30 October. It was their third county senior football title in four years.[1][2]

Thomas McDonaghs were relegated to the 2017 IFC at the end of the season after conceding a walkover for each of their fixtures.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from I.F.C.

  • Upperchurch-Drombane - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.

Relegated to I.F.C.

  • Moycarkey-Borris

Group stage

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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 Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts
Moyle Rovers 3 2 1 0 44 28 +16 4
Drom & Inch 3 2 1 0 42 35 +7 4
Aherlow Gaels 3 2 1 0 42 36 +6 4
Ardfinnan 3 0 3 0 26 50 -24 0


Round 1

  • Aherlow Gaels 0-10, 0-9 Moyle Rovers, 16/4/2016,
  • Drom & Inch 1-12, 0-8 Ardfinnan, 16/4/2016,

Round 2

  • Drom & Inch 2-11, 0-12 Aherlow Gaels, 30/4/2016,
  • Moyle Rovers 2-11, 1-5 Ardfinnan, 30/4/2016,

Round 3

  • Aherlow Gaels 3-9, 1-7 Ardfinnan, 24/8/2016,
  • Moyle Rovers 0-15, 0-10 Drom & Inch, 24/8/2016, [1]

Quarter-Final Playoff:

  • Aherlow Gaels 1-15, 0-7 Drom & Inch, 5/10/2016, [2]

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts
Clonmel Commercials 3 3 0 0 54 22 +32 6
Ballyporeen 3 2 1 0 34 23 +11 4
JK Brackens 2 0 2 0 16 27 -11 0
Killenaule 2 0 2 0 15 34 -19 0


Round 1

  • Ballyporeen 1-10, 0-10 JK Brackens, 16/4/2016,
  • Clonmel Commercials 2-14, 1-6 Killenaule, 16/4/2016,

Round 2

  • Clonmel Commercials 0-14, 0-6 JK Brackens, 30/4/2016,
  • Ballyporeen 1-11, 0-6 Killenaule, 30/4/2016,

Round 3

  • Clonmel Commercials 3-11, 0-7 Ballyporeen, 1/9/2016, [3]
  • JK Brackens -vs- Killenaule,

Group C

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts
Loughmore-Castleiney 3 3 0 0 23 13 +10 6
Galtee Rovers 3 2 1 0 22 14 +8 4
Éire Óg Annacarty 3 1 2 0 14 35 -21 2
Thomas MacDonaghs 3 0 3 0 0 0 +0 0


Round 1

  • Éire Óg Annacarty w/o, scr Thomas MacDonaghs, 17/4/2016,
  • Loughmore-Castleiney 0-7, 0-6 Galtee Rovers, 17/4/2016,

Round 2

  • Loughmore-Castleiney w/o, scr Thomas MacDonagh's, 30/4/2016,
  • Galtee Rovers 2-10, 0-7 Éire Óg Annacarty, 30/4/2016,

Round 3

  • Loughmore-Castleiney 1-16, 0-7 Éire Óg Annacarty, 14/9/2016, [4]
  • Galtee Rovers w/o, scr Thomas MacDonagh's, 14/9/2016,

Group D

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts
Arravale Rovers 3 2 0 1 50 37 +13 5
Kilsheelan-Kiilcash 3 2 0 1 52 40 +12 5
Cahir 3 1 2 0 38 48 -10 2
Upperchurch-Drombane 3 0 3 0 35 52 -17 0


Round 1

  • Arravale Rovers 1-14, 3-8 Kilsheelan-Kiilcash, 16/4/2016,
  • Cahir 2-11, 0-13 Upperchurch-Drombane, 16/4/2016,

Round 2

  • Arravale Rovers 1-9, 1-6 Upperchurch-Drombane, 29/4/2016,
  • Kilsheelan-Kilcash 1-11, 1-7 Cahir, 1/5/2016,

Round 3

  • Arravale Rovers 2-15, 0-11 Cahir, 24/8/2016, [5]
  • Kilsheelan-Kilcash 1-18, 1-10 Upperchurch-Drombane, 24/8/2016,

Knockout stage

Quarter finals

Clonmel Commercials v Arravale Rovers
16 October 2016 Quarter Final Clonmel Commercials 1-19 - 0-11 Arravale Rovers Cahir
Report
Kilsheelan-Kilcash v Ballyporeen
16 October 2016 Quarter Final Kilsheelan-Kilcash 1-13 - 0-12 Ballyporeen Cahir
Report
Loughmore-Castleiney v Galtee Rovers/Cahir
16 October 2016 Quarter Final Loughmore-Castleiney 3-15 - 0-11 Galtee Rovers/Cahir Cashel
Report
Moyle Rovers v Aherlow Gaels
19 October 2016 Quarter Final Moyle Rovers 2-11 - 0-13 Aherlow Gaels Ballyporeen
Report

Semi finals

Loughmore-Castleiney v Clonmel Commercials
23 October 2016 Semi Final Loughmore-Castleiney 0-9 - 0-8 Clonmel Commercials Boherlahan
Report [6]
Moyle Rovers v Kilsheelan-Kilcash
23 October 2016 Semi Final Moyle Rovers 4-14 - 0-6 Kilsheelan-Kilcash Cahir
14:30 Report [7]

Final

Final
Loughmore-Castleiney1-9 - 1-6Moyle Rovers
Cian Hennessy 1-2, Liam McGrath 0-2, John McGrath 0-1, Liam Treacy 0-1, Noel McGrath 0-1, Joseph Hennessy 0-1, Aidan McGrath 0-1 Report [8] Dara Ryan 1-0, Stephen Quirke 0-3 (1 ’45’, 2F), Liam Boland 0-3 (2F).
Leahy Park, Cashel
Attendance: 1,257
Referee: David Grogan (Aherlow)

References

  1. ^ "Tipperary Water County Senior Football Championship Final – Loughmore-Castleiney 1-9 Moyle Rovers 1-6". Tipperary GAA. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Loughmore-Castleiney continue Tipp football dominance". Irish Times. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. ^ "2016 County Senior Football Championship Draw". Tipperary GAA. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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