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]

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)

Division 1B Table

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)