The 2019 season was Liam Sheedy's first year in charge since returning as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team, having been previously in charge from 2008 to 2010. The team were sponsored by world leading CEO advisory firm Teneo for the first year in a deal worth up to €180,000 a year on a rolling 12-month contract. On 3 November 2018, a Tipperary XV played a Kilkenny selection in a charity match to raise money for Amanda Stapleton, the sister of former Tipperary All-Ireland winner Paddy Stapleton, who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.