In January a 37-man training squad was named for the National Hurling League with Billy McCarthy returning to the panel after recovering from another ACL injury.

The game was televised live on RTÉ2 and presented from pitch level by Joanne Cantwell with Dónal Óg Cusack and Brendan Cummins.

[29] Cork got a second goal after 43 minutes when Patrick Horgan ran thru to pat the ball to the net from close range to level the scores 0–14 to 2–8.

[40][41][42] It was announced that Patrick Maher would miss the remainder of the season after suffering an Achilles injury in training on the previous Thursday which requires surgery.

[47] In sunny dry conditions Tipperary had a 1–15 to 0–7 lead at half-time, the first goal coming from John McGrath in the 32nd minute with a shot high to the net after cutting in from the right.

[49] Midway through the second half Robert Byrne received a straight red card for striking Joey Boyle.

[51] A week later on 13 June, Tipperary faced Waterford at Walsh Park in their fifth and final game of the league group stages.

[54] The third goal for Tipperary was scored by Séamus Callanan when he fired in the rebound after John McGrath's effort was saved to narrow the gap to two behind Waterford.

[62] 3000 spectators were allowed attend and the match as the fixture was confirmed as a pilot event, it was televised live on RTÉ 2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Joanne Cantwell with analysis by Anthony Daly, Anna Geary, and Jackie Tyrrell.

In time added on in the first half, Tony Kelly got a second goal for Clare with a quick turn and shot to the left of the net after a flick pass from David Reidy ahead of Cathal Barrett.

Under the new rule on cynical fouling, McCarthy was sent to the sinbin for ten minutes by referee James Owens and awarded Tipperary a penalty.

[79][80][81][82] Tipperary played Limerick in the Munster Final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday 18 July in front of a crowd of 7,000.

Flynn started at midfield alongside Dan McCormack with Michael Breen moving into the half-forward line.

[88] After 19 minutes John O’Dwyer broke onto a ball and ran in on the left before shooting to the right corner of the net for a second Tipperary goal and put them into a 2–08 to 0–07 lead.

[90] In the second half Limerick came back into the game and led by two points at the second-half water break after outscoring Tipperary by 1–10 to 0–1 in that third quarter.

[91][92] Seamus Flanagan had got a goal for Limerick in the 42nd minute when he followed up to push the ball over the line from close range after Barry Hogan had made a save from an Aaron Gillane shot.

[95] They were eight ahead when substitute Mark Kehoe scored a third goal for Tipperary late on with a shot to left corner of the net, with Limerick going on to win by five and retain the Munster title.

The team named showed one change from the previous game against Limerick with Paddy Cadell starting instead of Séamus Kennedy.

[106][107] The opening goal for Tipperary came in the 6th minute from Seamus Callanan when he fired low to the left corner of the net from the right after a pass from Noel McGrath.

Callanan got a second goal a minute later when he got in behind Conor Prunty who slipped, before shooting low to the left of the net to put Tipperary into a 2–1 to 0–6 lead.

[113] Waterford had a three-point lead with two minutes to play, and this was reduced to two when Jason Forde scored with a free from half-way.

[114] Waterford got another point before John McGrath's shot from close range on the left was saved in the 72nd minute by Shaun O’Brien with the ball deflected over the bar.

In a released statement Maher said "“After 13 years playing with Tipperary, I have decided that now is the right time to announce my retirement from inter-county hurling.