2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship

2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Dates28 April - 8 October 2017
Teams16
SponsorTipperary Water
Champions Thurles Sarsfields (36th title)
Pádraic Maher (captain)
Tommy Maher (manager)
Runners-up Borris-Ileigh
Paddy Stapleton (captain)
Johnny Kelly (manager)
Relegated Ballina
Burgess
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored104 (2.97 per match)
Points scored1177 (33.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Pa Bourke (3-43)
2016 (Previous) (Next) 2018

The 2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 127th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 23 January 2017.[1] The championship began on 28 April 2017 and ended on 8 October 2017.

Thurles Sarsfields were the defending champions and entered the championship in search of a fourth successive title.[2] Ballina and Burgess were relegated after finishing bottom of the relegation group.

The final was played on 8 October 2017 at Semple Stadium in Thurles, between Thurles Sarsfields and Borris-Ileigh, in their first meeting in a final in 62 years. Thurles Sarsfields won the match by 1–24 to 0–11 to claim their 36th championship title overall and a fourth title in succession.[3][4][5]

Thurles Sarsfields' Pa Bourke was the championship's top scorer with 3-43.

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  2. ^ "No fairytale for Kiladangan as Thurles Sars clinch Tipperary hurling three-in-a-row". The 42. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Pádraic Maher hails 'lunatic' Thurles Sarsfields team-mates". Irish Examiner. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Padraic Maher leads powerful Thurles Sarsfields to four in a row". Irish Examiner. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Maher: We can go all the way". Irish Independent. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.