| 1998 season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Len Gaynor | ||||
| All-Ireland SHC | Didn't qualify | ||||
| Munster SHC | Semi-Finals | ||||
| National League | Fourth division 1B | ||||
| Top scorer | |||||
| Highest SHC attendance | |||||
| Lowest SHC attendance | |||||
Tipperary competed in the 1998 National Hurling League and the 1998 Munster Championship. It was Len Gaynor's second year in charge of the team with Declan Ryan named as team captain. Finches continued as sponsors of Tipperary GAA.[1]
| width=20 | Pos | width=150 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=40 | F | width=40 | A | width=20 | Diff | width=20 | Pts | width=250 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cork | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5-64 | 6-42 | 19 | 9 | Division 1 champions | |||||||||||
| 2 | Waterford | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8-64 | 8-52 | 12 | 7 | Division 1 runners-up | |||||||||||
| 3 | Wexford | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4-60 | 2-60 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Tipperary | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10-52 | 7-57 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Laois | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3-54 | 8-56 | -17 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Kilkenny | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5-54 | 5-69 | -15 | 2 |