2016 Tipperary Senior Football Championship

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.

Tipperary S.F.C.

Season	2016
Champions	Loughmore-Castleiney 14th title
Relegated	Thomas McDonaghs
Winning Captain	Liam McGrath
Man of the Match	Cian Hennessy
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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 walk-over 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, Quarter-Final Playoff: Aherlow Gaels 1-15, 0-7 Drom & Inch, 5/10/2016,

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, 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, 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, Kilsheelan-Kilcash 1-18, 1-10 Upperchurch-Drombane, 24/8/2016,

Knockout stage

Quarter finals

16 October 2016 Quarter Final	Clonmel Commercials	1-19 - 0-11	Arravale Rovers	Cahir
		Report

16 October 2016 Quarter Final	Kilsheelan-Kilcash	1-13 - 0-12	Ballyporeen	Cahir
		Report

16 October 2016 Quarter Final	Loughmore-Castleiney	3-15 - 0-11	Galtee Rovers/Cahir	Cashel
		Report

19 October 2016 Quarter Final	Moyle Rovers	2-11 - 0-13	Aherlow Gaels	Ballyporeen
		Report

Semi finals

23 October 2016 Semi Final	Loughmore-Castleiney	0-9 - 0-8	Clonmel Commercials	Boherlahan
		Report

23 October 2016 Semi Final	Moyle Rovers	4-14 - 0-6	Kilsheelan-Kilcash	Cahir
14:30		Report

Final

30 October 2016

2:30pm

Final

Loughmore-Castleiney	1-9 - 1-6	Moyle 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, Adian McGrath 0-1	Report	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.

External links

• Tipperary GAA Official Site