Tipperary 7-12
Galway 2-12
Kevin O’Brien reports from Croke Park
TIPPERARY WILL MEET Limerick in the All-Ireland MHC final after they produced a demolition job on Galway in today’s semi-final at Croke Park.
The Premier County gained revenge for their defeat to Galway in last year’s All-Ireland final in serious style, smashing home seven goals of the highest quality.
Cian Darcy was the star man with 3-2, while Rian Doody and Mark Kehoe were also devastating along side him in the Tipp forward line.
Galway were forced to abandon the sweeper system at the beginning of the second-half, after they shipped three goals despite the aid of Ian O’Brien as a seventh defender.
Darcy, Doody and Kehoe all raised the green flash inside the opening half hour, ensuring Galway had a rethink at the interval. The Tribesmen went conventional, but they couldn’t deal with Tipp’s powerful attack.
The winners sliced through Galway’s defence at will after the break as Darcy (two), Doody and Ger Browne all adding to the Connacht side’s woe with three-pointers.
Scorers for Tipperary: Cian Darcy 3-2, Rian Doody 2-2 (0-1f), Mark Kehoe 1-4, Ger Browne 1-1, Lydon Fairbrother, Brian McGrath (free) 0-1 each.
Scorers for Galway: Evan Niland 0-5 (0-4 frees), Michael Whelan (own goal), Ronan Murphy 1-0 each, Liam Forde, Enda Fahy, Cianan Fahey, Jack Coyne, Kevin Cooney, Jack Canning 0-1 each.
Tipperary
1. Ciarán Barrett – Clonmel Óg
2. Killian O’Dwyer – Killenaule
3. Michael Whelan – Carrick Davins
4. Tom Murphy – J.K. Brackens
5. Cian Flanagan – Newport
6. Brian McGrath (Capt.) – Loughmore-Castleiney
7. Jerome Cahill – Kilruane MacDonaghs
8. Paddy Cadell – J.K. Brackens
9. Ger Browne – Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams
10. Rian Doody – Cappawhite
11. Jake Morris – Nenagh Éire Óg
12. Colin English – Fr. Sheehy’s
13. Cian Darcy – Kilruane MacDonaghs
14. Mark Kehoe – Kilsheelan-Kilcash
15. Lyndon Fairbrother – J.K. Brackens
Subs: D Walsh for English (h.t.), S Neville (0-01) for Morris (45), D Ryan for Dunne (51), C Stakelum for Fairbrother (53), J Kelly for Whelan (57).
Galway
1. Jack Forde (Liam Mellows)
2. Stephen Molloy (Kilnadeema-Leitrim)
3. Jack Fitzpatrick (Killimordaly)
4. Ronan O’Neill (Padraig Pearses)
5. Ian O’Brien (Athenry)
7. Patrick Foley (Clarinbridge)
6. Cianan Fahy (Ardrahan)
24. Rian Maher (Oranmore Maree)
8. Jack Coyne (Castlegar)
9. Enda Fahy (Kilbeacanty)
13. Kevin Cooney (Sarsfields)
12. Liam Forde (Ardrahan)
10. Jack Canning (Portumna)
11. Evan Niland (Clarinbridge)
15. Michael Lynch (Kilnadeema-Leitrim)
Subs: C Salmon for Lynch (33), R Malone for P Foley (36), I O’Shea for Glennon (38), R Murphy (1-00) for Cooney (45), R O’Neill for E Fahy (51).
Referee: C McAllister (Cork)
Today surely has to be the day where the dead ducks as become dead. Two almighty hammerings yet the provinces are being kept. 12 in a row for Dublin. 9 in 10 for Kerry, absolute joke.
@Mehall: I totally agree
@Mehall: You could make an excuse for it in Munster, as 5 of the 6 are hurling counties. Of the 5, only in Cork is football really given any attention. And even there, it’s very much the poor neighbour to hurling.
In Leinster however, football is the number 1 game in 10 of the 11 competing counties. The performances of the likes of Meath and Kildare in particular is shocking, given that they are proud footballing counties with great tradition and long standing rivalry with Dublin.
In Munster the other five counties outside Kerry don’t care for football, in real terms. There is no such excuse in Leinster. The counties there are just badly prepared and poorly coached in comparison to the Dubs.
@Colm: football not no1 in wexford too
@Colm: It’s always the excuse about Munster being hurling I am a west Clare man and tis all football in West Clare. So it’s not really factually correct to say that Munster is just hurling. In fairness to us in Clare from a hurling and football point of view we are only really picking from half the county in each code, so it even adds to the achievements of the hurlers this year and the footballers under Colm Collins that we can compete, giving the smaller base of players that both managers have available to pick from. Leinster is deplorable really to be honest Limerick were bad but they would beat the most of the teams in Leinster and the same with us in Clare we have beaten most teams in Leinster in the last few years.