The Tipperary County Board decided at a special meeting last night not to reappoint manager Ken Hogan for a second term of office. Hogan and his co-selectors Jack Bergin and Colm Bonnar's term ended with Tipperary's defeat at the hands of Galway in the All-Ireland senior hurling quarter-final.

However, Hogan and Bonnar had expressed an interest in staying on with Hogan saying that he wanted to "finish the job".

Bergin had indicated that he was not willing to go another term.

A special meeting of the board last night, which was held in camera in Thurles, resulted in the county executive putting forward a proposal that an entirely new management team for senior hurling be sought. This was unanimously accepted by delegates.

There has been considerable fallout since the Galway defeat with both county chairman Donie Shanahan and Hogan moving to dismiss rumours of bust-ups and player interference within the team.

An eight-man committee has been in operation since the last board meeting, charged with the responsibility of putting forward a new management team - they will now resume their work in an attempt to appoint a successor to Hogan's regime.

The eight-man committee comprises Donie Shanahan, county chairman; Micheal O'Brien, county secretary; John Costigan, vice-chairman; Micheal Nolan, county treasurer; and the four divisional chairmen - Johnny Doyle (Mid), Barry O'Brien (South), Billy Ryan (West), and Jimmy Minogue (North).