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Tipp hungry for more as they face up to Cork challenge


into


TIPPERARY will their


Liberty go Insur-


ance All-Ireland Semi-Fi- nal as rank outsiders against


champions Cork


but having returned to this stage for the first time in 10 years, are not ready to end their season yet. Captain Orla O’Dwyer


was exultant as Tipper- ary survived a determined fightback by Waterford in the second to make it to the last four. “We knew we couldn’t


underestimate Waterford, they’re a super team, up and coming” said O’Dw- yer, who scored


points and was named Liberty Insurance Player of the Match. “We’re delighted. We came out all guns blazing.


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We felt we hadn’t given our true performance yet and we have done that to- day.


“We can’t wait now


for the Semi-Final. We just kept going and our workrate was super. I can’t be more proud of the girls. It’s brilliant. Hopefully now into the Semi-Final, win that again and go on again. “Waterford are very


strong. We knew that and everyone has their pur- ple patch. We knew we couldn’t drop our heads and had to keep going and that’s what we did. It’s all about mentality as well. Our bodies just kept us go- ing. I think Tipperary is on the way up and hopefully we stay going.”


Manager Bill Mullaney


pointed out that his charg- es had shown composure in the face of intense pres- sure on countless occasions already this year, not least when scoring an inju- ry-time goal to beat Offaly in the round-robin stages. So when Waterford got to within two points, he was confident the players would pull through. “We’ve been in this situ-


ation all year. We’ve been down two or three points and came back to win it. Against Offaly, it was the last puck of the game. Their character, you can’t question. When it got back to two points, we steadied, we drove on, we got a point and I thought we were the better team overall.


“I’m delighted for all


of them girls. They’ve got great character.” This was Waterford’s


first appearance in the knockout stages


of the


Senior Championship and the nerves were very evi- dent in the first half. They showed more than enough to show they deserved their place in the top six how- ever and given the youth of the squad, can already look forward to next year with optimism. Points from Grace O’Brien,


the


on the scoresheet, before Carton got a goal in the 30th


by goalkeeper Burke.


minute, after an error Caoimhe


Tipp still replied with points from O’Brien and O’Dwyer to make it 0-11 to 1-4 at the interval. Áine Lyng and Lorraine


excellent


Ciardha Maher, O’Dw- yer and Cáit Devane pro- pelled Tipperary into a 0-7 to 0-1 lead. Waterford gradually set-


tled, with Beth Carton and Niamh Rockett


All Ireland Hurling Final Pairing Decided


Galway will meet Lim-


erick in a repeat of the 1980 All -Ireland hurling final after the “Tribes- men” barely scraped home against a Clare side that had the beat- ing of Galway but failed to put them away in the closing stages. Galway on the other hand were utterly domi- nant in the opening half yet went to the interval leading by just six points, not a lot in hurling. Still Clare looked to be in serious trouble as they were not firing on all cyl- inders, with John Con- lan and Tony Kelly well held. It was left


O’Donnell to raise


to Shane the


banner from their slum- ber and a superbly craft- ed goal by him had the game back in the melt- ing pot. When sub Aar- on Shanagher went high into the clouds, there was just a point in it. Then came the turning point with Shanagher hav- ing his shot blocked by James Skehill, with the


rebound coming back off the post and into a Galway hand. The clear- ance up field saw Gal- way win a side-line that Joe Canning expertly cut over to keep a two-point gap between the sides. Both sides missed chances before


Clare


again closed to the min- imum and when they were


about 50 yards from goal it looked odds on they would level. Instead Duggan failed to lift it properly and the chance was


gone. Momentum


swung back to Galway and despite a late Clare charge, it is the title hold- ers that will be in Croke Park in two weeks’ time to face Limerick as Gal- way held out to earn their place in this year’s final, winning by 1-17 to 2-13.


Football Semi- Finalists Also Known Dublin as expected


brushed aside the chal- lenge


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to keep their unbeaten run going. Up next for the title holders will be Galway, who lost out to Monaghan in Salthill, so now they will have to face off against the Dubs, something that they will either relish or capitulate depending on what side turns up. Galway were poor to be honest against Monaghan, who set about their business and by the end of the con- test the “Farney Army” were looking forward to an All-Ireland semi-final against either Donegal or Tyrone. It proved to be Tyrone in the end as they outlasted Donegal in Ballybofey, so it will be an Ulster side against either Dublin or Galway in this year’s final. Kerry who were the only oth- er side in contention, did what


they had to


by beating Kildare, but Monaghan’s win in Gal- way dumped Kerry out, with


manager Eamon


Fitzmaurice resigning af- ter the match.


The hurling champi- onship has been superb this season and the final should be another crack- ing contest. In contrast the football, apart from the odd game has been drab and the super 8’s as its called has not re- ally captured the imag- ination just


yet. Most


people would have cho- sen Galway to be in the hurling final and Dublin in the football final, but few would have picked Limerick to oppose Gal- way in hurling. In foot- ball two from the final three of Galway, Tyrone or Monaghan will get the chance to dethrone Dublin with Monaghan the only side without an All- Ireland, so all things considered a Gal- way double could still be on as could both of last year’s champions could come through again. To have


new champions


would be great but be- fore the end of August we should know who the new kingpins in hurling and football will be.


• Tim O’Mahony of Cork is presented with his Bord Gáis Man of the Match award by Fionn Buckley, age 8, from Donoughmore, Co Cork following the Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling All-Ireland U21 Championship Semi-Final match between Cork and Wexford at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile


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Bray were inspirational in the second half as Water- ford upped their intensity considerably. Bray and Rockett hit fine scores and when Carton landed placed ball, there were just two points between sides.


Ciardha Maher made


it three soon after though before Devane’s shot from well inside her own half flew all the way to the net in similar fashion to


TIPPERARY: C Burke, J A Burke, G Grace, C Quirke, C Mullaney, K Kennedy, M Ryan, L Loughnane, E Fryday,


Tipperary 1-14 Waterford 1-7


Carton’s, deceiving Ciara Jackman, who had been almost flawless until then. Devane made it a sev- en-point game immediate- ly after and there was no way back for Waterford.


SCORER FOR TIP- PERARY: C Devane 1-4(1-3fs); Ciardha Ma- her, O’O’Dwyer 0-3 each; G O’Brien 0-2; Caoimhe Maher, L Loughanne 0-1 each


SCORERS FOR WA- TERFORD: B


the Carton


1-4(3fs, 1 45); N Rockett 0-2; L Bray 0-1


Ciardha Maher, Caoim- he Maher, O’O’Dwyer, G O’Brien, C Deane, R Ca- hill. Subs: S Fryday for Ca- hill (ht), M Camption for Caoimhe Maher (39), C Hennessey for Loughnane (48), E McDonnell for O’Brien (60+2) WATERFORD: C


Jackman, K Lynch, I Hef- fernan, S Harney, A Lan- ers, A Lyng, S Kiernan, L Bray, D Fahey, N Rockett, Annie Fitzgerald, F Mor- rissey, K Tobin, B Carton, O’Hickey. Subs: A Power for Morrissey (30). Subs: Aisling Power


for Mor-


rissey (30), C Whyte for Landers (ht), M Power for Kiernan inj (ht), K Mc- Mahon for Hickey (44) REFEREE:


(Antrim)


Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling All-Ireland U21 Championship Semi-Final Man of the Match


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