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This article lists players who have captained the Tipperary county hurling team in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
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The captain is normally chosen from the club that has won the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship. This did not happen in 1989. In that year, the reigning county champion Loughmore–Castleiney did not hold the captaincy during the championship as none of the club's players were deemed good enough to make the county team. In 1989, therefore, Pat McGrath of Loughmore–Castleiney was Tipperary captain during the league and Bobby Ryan of Borris–Ileigh was Tipperary captain during the championship. Had McGrath played in a championship match he would have been deemed captain for that game; in other words, had he come onto the field during the All-Ireland SHC final, he would have collected the trophy.
The same situation arose in the 2008 season. The county champion was again Loughmore–Castleiney, but that club did not maintain a presence on the county team. Eoin Kelly and Paul Ormond were named as joint-captains. Ormond represented the Loughmore–Castleiney club. Again, if Ormond played he was the captain. However, on each occasion that a trophy was won, both Kelly and Ormond collected it jointly. In all other cases, the captain came from the county hurling champion club.