The county's fortunes declined during the latter half of the twentieth century to the extent that only seven All-Ireland SHC titles were won in the period 1966–2019; however, new systems and extensive work at underage level brought SHC titles to Tipperary in 2010, 2016 and 2019, with old rival Kilkenny defeated in all three.

[citation needed] Another rival of Tipperary, in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship (SHC), is Cork.

This is one of the few rivalries in the provincial championships that is contested by two teams of similar stature whose honours and titles complement each other on a fairly equal basis.

Kilkenny and Wexford in hurling have major difference in titles and in football, Dublin and Meath also have a gap between their respective winnings.

The football teams of Galway and Mayo enjoy a similar rivalry and whose honours are divided in equal measure.

[citation needed] Tipp also have a strong rivalry with the other county teams in Munster and have had major tussles with Limerick in the 1930s and 40s when the latter's star was in the ascendent, though Tipp enjoy a major advantage in titles and honours won.

The Tipp – Clare rivalry came with Clare's coming to power in the 1990s and the Tipp-Waterford rivalry was forged in the period 1957-63 and renewed again due to Waterford's resurgence in the 2000s, when that county enjoyed its most successful period of the modern era.

On 12 February 2010, it was announced that Eoin Kelly from the Mullinahone club would captain the county, with Declan Fanning acting as vice-captain.

[23][24] In November 2016, it was announced that Pádraic Maher had been nominated as Tipperary hurling team captain for the 2017 season.

[25] On 22 January 2019, Séamus Callanan was named as Tipperary hurling team captain for the 2019 season.

1971: Tadhg O'Connor, Mick Roche, Francis Loughnane, Babs Keating 1972: Francis Loughnane2nd 1973: Francis Loughnane3rd 1975: Tadhg O'Connor2nd 1978: Thomas Butler 1979: Pat McLoughney, Tadhg O'Connor3rd 1980: Pat McLoughney2nd 1983: Nicky English 1984: Nicky English2nd 1985: Nicky English3rd 1986: Bobby Ryan 1987: Ken Hogan, Aidan Ryan, Pat Fox, Nicky English4th 1988: Bobby Ryan2nd, Colm Bonnar, Declan Ryan, Nicky English5th 1989: Conal Bonnar, Bobby Ryan3rd, Declan Carr, Pat Fox2nd, Cormac Bonnar, Nicky English6th 1990: Noel Sheehy, Michael Cleary 1991: Paul Delaney, Noel Sheehy2nd, Conal Bonnar2nd, John Leahy, Michael Cleary2nd, Pat Fox3rd, Cormac Bonnar2nd 1992: Michael Cleary3rd 1993: Michael Cleary4th 1994: John Leahy2nd 1996: Liam Cahill 1997: Paul Shelly, Tommy Dunne, Declan Ryan2nd, John Leahy3rd 1999: Tommy Dunne2nd 2000: Brendan Cummins, John Carroll 2001: Brendan Cummins2nd, Philip Maher, Eamonn Corcoran, Tommy Dunne3rd, Eddie Enright, Mark O'Leary, Eoin Kelly 2002: Paul Kelly, Eoin Kelly2nd 2003: Brendan Cummins3rd 2004: Eoin Kelly3rd 2005: Paul Kelly2nd, Eoin Kelly4th 2006: Eoin Kelly5th 2007: Declan Fanning 2008: Brendan Cummins4th, Conor O'Mahony, Shane McGrath 2009: Pádraic Maher, Conor O'Mahony2nd, Lar Corbett, Noel McGrath 2010: Brendan Cummins5th, Paul Curran, Brendan Maher, Noel McGrath2nd, Lar Corbett2nd, Eoin Kelly6th 2011: Paul Curran2nd, Michael Cahill, Pádraic Maher2nd, Lar Corbett3rd 2014: Darren Gleeson, Brendan Maher2nd, Pádraic Maher3rd, Shane McGrath2nd, John O'Dwyer, Patrick Maher, Séamus Callanan 2015: Séamus Callanan2nd 2016: Cathal Barrett, James Barry, Ronan Maher, Pádraic Maher4th, Patrick Maher2nd, Séamus Callanan3rd, John McGrath 2017: Pádraic Maher5th 2019: Brian Hogan, Cathal Barrett2nd, Ronan Maher2nd, Brendan Maher3rd, Pádraic Maher6th, Noel McGrath3rd, Séamus Callanan4th As of game vs Cork on 22 February 2025 (d) = defunct; (o) = overseas; (j) = junior team